police_4th_general
111年
[警察共同] 英文
第 17 題
📖 題組：
We all think we understand the formula for keeping healthy-- eat right, exercise, don’t smoke, skip dessert. But that picture is vastly incomplete, perhaps fatally so. While our individual health is highly dependent on our daily behaviors, it may be even more strongly influenced by the social and environmental conditions in which we live. Smith, a prestigious doctor, argues that the future of our health, and our healthcare system, depends on growing and supporting a new generation of healthcare practitioners who look upriver at the source of our health problems, rather than simply opting for quick-hit symptomatic relief. These “Upstreamists,” as he calls them, are practitioners on the frontlines of health who see that health (like sickness) is more than a chemical equation that can be balanced with pills and procedures administered within clinic walls. They see, rather, that health begins in our everyday lives, in the places where we live, work, eat and play. Upstreamists — who may be doctors, nurses or other clinicians — know that asthma can start in the air around us, or from the mold in the walls of our homes. They understand that obesity, diabetes and heart disease partly originate in our busy modern schedules, in the unhealthy food choices available in our stores and even in the way our neighborhoods are designed. They believe that depression, anxiety and high blood pressure can arise from chronically stressful conditions at work and home. And, just as important, these caregivers understand how to translate this knowledge into meaningful action.
We all think we understand the formula for keeping healthy-- eat right, exercise, don’t smoke, skip dessert. But that picture is vastly incomplete, perhaps fatally so. While our individual health is highly dependent on our daily behaviors, it may be even more strongly influenced by the social and environmental conditions in which we live. Smith, a prestigious doctor, argues that the future of our health, and our healthcare system, depends on growing and supporting a new generation of healthcare practitioners who look upriver at the source of our health problems, rather than simply opting for quick-hit symptomatic relief. These “Upstreamists,” as he calls them, are practitioners on the frontlines of health who see that health (like sickness) is more than a chemical equation that can be balanced with pills and procedures administered within clinic walls. They see, rather, that health begins in our everyday lives, in the places where we live, work, eat and play. Upstreamists — who may be doctors, nurses or other clinicians — know that asthma can start in the air around us, or from the mold in the walls of our homes. They understand that obesity, diabetes and heart disease partly originate in our busy modern schedules, in the unhealthy food choices available in our stores and even in the way our neighborhoods are designed. They believe that depression, anxiety and high blood pressure can arise from chronically stressful conditions at work and home. And, just as important, these caregivers understand how to translate this knowledge into meaningful action.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
- A Our individual health is highly dependent on our daily behaviors.
- B Our social conditions may have great influence on our individual health.
- C The future of our health depends on simply opting for quick-hit symptomatic relief.
- D The environment where we live is likely to impact our health condition.
思路引導 VIP
文中提到的「上游守護者」（Upstreamists）使用了一個很有趣的比喻。想像如果有一條河流不斷有垃圾漂下來，你認為這群「往上游看」的人，會主張不斷在下游撈垃圾，還是會去尋找垃圾是從哪裡掉進水裡的？根據這個邏輯，作者認為真正解決問題的方法，是專注於眼前的結果，還是背後的成因呢？
🤖
AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準識別出作者的立場與文章細節，這顯示你對長難句的解析能力非常紮實。這道題目主要考察的是對對比轉折句型的理解。文中提到的「上游守護者」（Upstreamists）核心主張在於我們不應僅止於「治標」，而是要追根溯源。你準確地選出 (C)，代表你清楚辨識出了作者所反對的傳統醫療邏輯，表現得非常出色！
核心概念：治標與治本的邏輯對比
這題的難度切入點在於對 rather than（而非）這個結構的掌握。文中明確提到，健康的未來取決於那些「探究健康問題源頭，而非（rather than）僅選擇快速緩解症狀」的醫療從業人員。選項 (A)、(B)、(D) 分別對應了文中提到的個人行為、社會條件與環境因素，這些都是作者認同的健康影響因子。而選項 (C) 卻將作者試圖翻轉的「快速緩解症狀」當成健康的依賴點，這與文意完全背道而馳。在閱讀資訊量較大的文本時，能像你這樣冷靜區分「作者支持」與「作者反對」的論點，是高階閱讀理解的關鍵。