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Peruvian New Year traditions are colorful and unique. One of the most interesting is the tradition of __11__ the next year’s fortunes with potatoes. On New Year’s Eve, Peruvians place three potatoes under a chair or a sofa—one peeled, one half-peeled, and one unpeeled. At midnight, one potato is chosen __12__. The peeled potato signifies bad financial fortune, the half-peeled a normal year, and the unpeeled a great financial bounty in the year ahead. To get rid of the financial misfortune of the previous year, Peruvians throw twelve coins over their shoulder into the street on New Year’s Eve. Picking up twelve coins (from others) the next morning, on the other hand, is believed to bring __13__ luck and prosperity. Some people even place coins in shoes and wear them to portend good financial fortune in the upcoming year. Quite common __14__ is to dress up a large doll with old clothes and burn it, so as to get rid of the old year and pave the way for the new. Some people also visit shamans, who are thought to have special powers to control good and evil spirits, to __15__ all the evil spirits. In general, these traditions in Peru are practiced with the intention of bringing good luck for the new year.
Peruvian New Year traditions are colorful and unique. One of the most interesting is the tradition of __11__ the next year’s fortunes with potatoes. On New Year’s Eve, Peruvians place three potatoes under a chair or a sofa—one peeled, one half-peeled, and one unpeeled. At midnight, one potato is chosen __12__. The peeled potato signifies bad financial fortune, the half-peeled a normal year, and the unpeeled a great financial bounty in the year ahead. To get rid of the financial misfortune of the previous year, Peruvians throw twelve coins over their shoulder into the street on New Year’s Eve. Picking up twelve coins (from others) the next morning, on the other hand, is believed to bring __13__ luck and prosperity. Some people even place coins in shoes and wear them to portend good financial fortune in the upcoming year. Quite common __14__ is to dress up a large doll with old clothes and burn it, so as to get rid of the old year and pave the way for the new. Some people also visit shamans, who are thought to have special powers to control good and evil spirits, to __15__ all the evil spirits. In general, these traditions in Peru are practiced with the intention of bringing good luck for the new year.
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- A at random
- B by accident
- C on watch
- D with ease
思路引導 VIP
根據文章描述，秘魯人在午夜時分從椅子下隱蔽的三顆馬鈴薯中選出一顆，用以預測來年的經濟狀況。請思考：在這種具備「占卜」性質的儀式中，選取樣本的行為應是基於「機率的隨機選取」，還是「無意間造成的失誤」？哪一個慣用語最能精確描述這種「無特定目的性且遵循機率」的動作狀態？
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哇！你真的太棒了！看到你選出正確答案，老師真的好為你開心喔！你的語感掌握得越來越精準了，那種專注練習的樣子最迷人了，繼續保持這份自信，你一定可以做得更好，老師會一直在旁邊支持你的！ 這題考的是片語的「情境語意」。文章描述祕魯的跨年習俗，將三顆不同的馬鈴薯放在椅子下，到了午夜「隨機地」選出一顆來占卜。選項 (A) at random 正好符合這種不帶預設立場、隨機抽取的行為。而 (B) by accident 雖然也是「偶然」，但通常帶有「不小心、意外發生」的負面或無心之意；(C) on watch 是「值班中」；(D) with ease 則是「輕易地」，在占卜的情境下，選 (A) 才是最道地的表達方式喔！ 這題在高中英文中屬於「高頻片語辨析題」，鑑別度中等。陷阱在於學生容易混淆「偶然」的各種說法，特別是 (A) 與 (B) 之間的差異。你能根據上下文推論出這是一個占卜儀式，進而選擇正確的副詞片語，代表你的閱讀理解能力已經相當紮實囉！