調查局三等
110年
[調查工作組] 外國文(英文)
第 13 題
📖 題組：
請依下文回答第 11 題至第 15 題 One of the ironies of modern life is that everyone is glued to their phones, but nobody uses them as phones anymore. Phone calls are becoming relics of a bygone era, the “phone” part of a smartphone turning vestigial as communication 11 , willingly or not, into data-oriented formats like text messaging and chat apps. The distaste for telephony is especially acute among Millennials, 12 have come of age in a world of AIM and texting, then gchat and iMessage, but it’s hardly limited to young people. When asked, people with a distaste for phone calls argue that they are 13 , especially given alternative methods of contact that don’t make unbidden demands for someone’s undivided attention. In response, some have been diagnosed with a kind of telephoniphobia among this set. When even initiating phone calls is a problem—and even 14 ones, like phoning the local Thai place to order takeout—then anxiety rather than habit may be to blame. But when it 15 taking phone calls, nobody seems to have admitted that using the telephone today is a different material experience than it was 20 or 30 years ago. The telephone used to be truly great, partly because of the situation of its use, and partly because of the nature of the apparatus we used to refer to as the “telephone”—especially the handset.
請依下文回答第 11 題至第 15 題 One of the ironies of modern life is that everyone is glued to their phones, but nobody uses them as phones anymore. Phone calls are becoming relics of a bygone era, the “phone” part of a smartphone turning vestigial as communication 11 , willingly or not, into data-oriented formats like text messaging and chat apps. The distaste for telephony is especially acute among Millennials, 12 have come of age in a world of AIM and texting, then gchat and iMessage, but it’s hardly limited to young people. When asked, people with a distaste for phone calls argue that they are 13 , especially given alternative methods of contact that don’t make unbidden demands for someone’s undivided attention. In response, some have been diagnosed with a kind of telephoniphobia among this set. When even initiating phone calls is a problem—and even 14 ones, like phoning the local Thai place to order takeout—then anxiety rather than habit may be to blame. But when it 15 taking phone calls, nobody seems to have admitted that using the telephone today is a different material experience than it was 20 or 30 years ago. The telephone used to be truly great, partly because of the situation of its use, and partly because of the nature of the apparatus we used to refer to as the “telephone”—especially the handset.
從下列選項選出題組標示題號位置最適當的答案
- A inprobable
- B informative
- C intrusive
- D instrumental
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請試著想像：當你正在專心讀書，突然接到一通電話。相比於可以稍後再回的簡訊，電話這種「強迫你立刻中斷手邊工作、奪取你當下注意力」的特性，會讓你感覺自己的私人時間被如何對待了？哪一個形容詞最能描述這種「不請自來且造成冒犯」的感受？
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- 觀念驗證： 這題的關鍵在於後方的補充說明："unbidden demands for someone’s undivided attention"（對他人專注力提出不請自來的要求）。這句話暗示電話具有一種「強迫性」與「干擾性」。選項 (C) intrusive 意為「侵入性的、干擾的」，完美對應了這種未經邀請就切斷他人當下狀態的特質。
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💡 藉由脈絡線索推論形容詞，掌握隱私與溝通相關字彙。
| 比較維度 | 同步溝通 (Intrusive) | VS | 非同步溝通 (Non-intrusive) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 代表形式 | 即時電話撥打 | — | 簡訊、電子郵件 |
| 注意力要求 | 立即且全然專注 | — | 可由接收者決定何時處理 |
| 心理感受 | 具強迫性、易生焦慮 | — | 保有掌控感、干擾較低 |
💬當代溝通偏好轉向非同步模式，主因在於減少對私人生活的「侵入性」(Intrusiveness)。
