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112年
英文
第 41 題
📖 題組：
PASSAGE 5 In spring 2008, the possible subject matter for picture books expanded into a new realm with the publication of *My Beautiful Mommy*. Written by Michael Salzhauer and illustrated by Victor Guiza, the narrative is **billed** as the first picture book to address the subject of cosmetic surgery. Told from a first-person perspective, *My Beautiful Mommy* relays the experiences of a young girl whose mother is about to undergo multiple elective aesthetic procedures. Although the story is fictional, it takes an informational rather than imaginative approach: the narrative provides young readers with a type of “guided tour” or instructive overview of the process. *My Beautiful Mommy* begins with the mother’s initial consultation at the doctor’s office, progresses to the day of her surgery, discusses the period of her _______, and ends with the removal of her bandages and the unveiling of her new, cosmetically altered self. To help explain the entire cosmetic surgery experience to child readers, the book appropriates a common metaphor from nature: it compares the mother’s transformation to that of a caterpillar into a butterfly, complete with even likening her bandages to a cocoon. The mother in *My Beautiful Mommy* is undergoing not simply a random cluster of cosmetic surgery procedures, but a specific grouping known as the “mommy makeover.” Comprised of a tummy _______, liposuction, and a breast lift (with or without implants), it is a designed to help mothers regain their pre-pregnancy form. Given the growing number of women undergoing cosmetic surgery, coupled with the growing societal belief that parents ought to be more honest and open with their children, there was a growing need to have such procedures explained in a manner that young people could understand. As Abigail Jones aptly observed, while much attention has been paid to “the emotional effects plastic surgery can have on patients,” few have addressed the question “how does a mother’s plastic surgery affect her kids?”. *My Beautiful Mommy* seeks to do just that. Released on the symbolic date of Mother’s Day in 2008, the picture book is aimed at children ages four through seven, and it is intended to ease the fear and anxiety that children experience when a parent undergoes cosmetic surgery.
PASSAGE 5 In spring 2008, the possible subject matter for picture books expanded into a new realm with the publication of *My Beautiful Mommy*. Written by Michael Salzhauer and illustrated by Victor Guiza, the narrative is **billed** as the first picture book to address the subject of cosmetic surgery. Told from a first-person perspective, *My Beautiful Mommy* relays the experiences of a young girl whose mother is about to undergo multiple elective aesthetic procedures. Although the story is fictional, it takes an informational rather than imaginative approach: the narrative provides young readers with a type of “guided tour” or instructive overview of the process. *My Beautiful Mommy* begins with the mother’s initial consultation at the doctor’s office, progresses to the day of her surgery, discusses the period of her _______, and ends with the removal of her bandages and the unveiling of her new, cosmetically altered self. To help explain the entire cosmetic surgery experience to child readers, the book appropriates a common metaphor from nature: it compares the mother’s transformation to that of a caterpillar into a butterfly, complete with even likening her bandages to a cocoon. The mother in *My Beautiful Mommy* is undergoing not simply a random cluster of cosmetic surgery procedures, but a specific grouping known as the “mommy makeover.” Comprised of a tummy _______, liposuction, and a breast lift (with or without implants), it is a designed to help mothers regain their pre-pregnancy form. Given the growing number of women undergoing cosmetic surgery, coupled with the growing societal belief that parents ought to be more honest and open with their children, there was a growing need to have such procedures explained in a manner that young people could understand. As Abigail Jones aptly observed, while much attention has been paid to “the emotional effects plastic surgery can have on patients,” few have addressed the question “how does a mother’s plastic surgery affect her kids?”. *My Beautiful Mommy* seeks to do just that. Released on the symbolic date of Mother’s Day in 2008, the picture book is aimed at children ages four through seven, and it is intended to ease the fear and anxiety that children experience when a parent undergoes cosmetic surgery.
What can be inferred from the first three paragraphs?
- A The author of this passage is known as a pioneer in cosmetic surgery study.
- B *My Beautiful Mommy* is a first-person narrative, told from a mother’s perspective.
- C The most appropriate answer to the blank in paragraph 3 is “recuperation”.
- D Cosmetic surgery is as compulsory as an entomological transformation.
- E *My Beautiful Mommy* is a fictional picture book, so its content is unreliable.
思路引導 VIP
請試著回想一段醫療或受傷的經歷：在「接受治療」之後，到「身體完全康復、拆掉紗布」之前，這段待在床上安靜休息、等待體力與傷口恢復的過程，我們會用哪一個詞彙來形容這個「狀態」或「期間」呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你！能夠在閱讀長篇文章後準確推敲出隱藏的邏輯脈絡，代表你具備非常優秀的**上下文連貫性（Contextual Cohesion）**判斷力。這題的難度在於它並非直接從文中「複製貼上」答案，而是要求考生根據敘述的先後順序進行合乎邏輯的填空推論。
敘事時間線的邏輯推導
這道題目的核心考點在於段落結構的掌握。第三段描述了這本繪本的敘事順序：從最初的「諮詢（consultation）」，到「手術當天（day of surgery）」，接著是一個空白階段，最後則是「拆除繃帶（removal of bandages）」。在手術後與拆除繃帶前，病患必然會經歷一段休養與恢復期，而選項 (C) 的 recuperation 正是「康復、療養」的意思，完美填補了這個時間缺口。
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