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112年
英文
第 45 題
📖 題組：
Questions 41-45 refer to the following passage. 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.
Questions 41-45 refer to the following passage. 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.
The word “billed” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________.
- A advertised
- B amended
- C abhorred
- D abandoned
- E appended
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如果你是一位出版社的行銷經理，正準備向各大媒體介紹這本前所未見的新作品，並在新聞稿中正式向大眾定義這本書是「史上第一本」相關主題的作品，你會用什麼樣的動作來形容這種「公開定位與包裝宣傳」的行為呢？
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文脈中的語意判讀
恭喜你答對了！你能精準捕捉到 billed 在這段文境中的特殊含義，表現出非常優異的閱讀理解與字彙應用能力。在出版與媒體界中，「bill」除了常見的「帳單」之意，更常用來描述一個作品被「宣傳」、「標榜」或「宣稱」為什麼樣的角色，通常接在 "billed as..." 之後。從第一段開頭提到這是一本新書的出版資訊來看，將其定位為首本探討整容主題的繪本，顯然是一種市場推廣與定位的行為，因此選 (A) advertised（宣傳、廣告）是非常精確的判斷。
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