post_recruit
110年
英文
第 49 題
In the early days of his life, Eddie Chapman was a petty criminal that lived in England.
He ran away from the army, stole, and even formed his own gang. His crimes landed him in
jail, where he had little hope of continuing his criminal assets. He didn't stay in jail,
however. When the Germans invaded England in the summer of 1940, Chapman, then 25, wrote
them a letter stating his intentions to join the Germans as a spy to avoid troubles with
the law in England.
After some consideration, the Germans proceeded to break Chapman out of jail, trained
him, and sent him on a mission to blow up a British airplane factory. But, it seemed that
Chapman still had some love for his country. Upon parachuting from a plane en route to
completing his mission, Chapman turned himself in to the local police, and managed to
convince the British that he was still on their side.
To fool the Germans, the British faked damage to the plane factory, and taught Chapman
what to say when he went back to the Germans to appear successful. And Chapman did manage
to appear successful. The Germans loved the double-agent so much that they awarded him
with a war award, gave him vast sums of money, and even gave him promotion.
The British, however, did not love Chapman quite as much. As Chapman was not secretive
about his sources of income, the British saw him as a liability, and eventually dismissed
the spy in 1944. Chapman then returned to his former life of crime, assuming that as he
now held secrets to the British, he could probably bargain his way out of the arms of the
law. The following years were spent avoiding punishment from the British law enforcement.
Chapman eventually settled down in 1953 after he managed to release his war stories.
He got married, had a daughter, and quietly lived the rest of his life as a businessman
until his heart gave out in 1997.
What does the word “liability” in the fourth paragraph most likely mean?
He ran away from the army, stole, and even formed his own gang. His crimes landed him in
jail, where he had little hope of continuing his criminal assets. He didn't stay in jail,
however. When the Germans invaded England in the summer of 1940, Chapman, then 25, wrote
them a letter stating his intentions to join the Germans as a spy to avoid troubles with
the law in England.
After some consideration, the Germans proceeded to break Chapman out of jail, trained
him, and sent him on a mission to blow up a British airplane factory. But, it seemed that
Chapman still had some love for his country. Upon parachuting from a plane en route to
completing his mission, Chapman turned himself in to the local police, and managed to
convince the British that he was still on their side.
To fool the Germans, the British faked damage to the plane factory, and taught Chapman
what to say when he went back to the Germans to appear successful. And Chapman did manage
to appear successful. The Germans loved the double-agent so much that they awarded him
with a war award, gave him vast sums of money, and even gave him promotion.
The British, however, did not love Chapman quite as much. As Chapman was not secretive
about his sources of income, the British saw him as a liability, and eventually dismissed
the spy in 1944. Chapman then returned to his former life of crime, assuming that as he
now held secrets to the British, he could probably bargain his way out of the arms of the
law. The following years were spent avoiding punishment from the British law enforcement.
Chapman eventually settled down in 1953 after he managed to release his war stories.
He got married, had a daughter, and quietly lived the rest of his life as a businessman
until his heart gave out in 1997.
What does the word “liability” in the fourth paragraph most likely mean?
- A A source of income.
- B An interesting person.
- C A potential problem.
- D A faithful friend.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察第四段中，英國政府對於 Chapman 「不避諱談論收入」這一行為的反應。如果一個秘密情報員表現得如此高調，你認為對於雇用他的政府來說，這會讓任務變得更安全，還是會增加計畫曝光的風險呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
語境線索與邏輯推論
太棒了！你能準確捕捉到文中對主角性格的描述，並推論出正確答案，代表你對文章脈絡的掌握非常敏銳。這題的核心在於理解 liability 在特定情境下的負面涵義。文章提到 Chapman 對於自己的收入來源毫不隱瞞（not secretive），這種高調的作風對於講求隱密的情報單位來說，無疑是一種風險。因此，英國政府並不像德國人那樣器重他，反而將他視為一種「潛在的麻煩」。
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