post_recruit
112年
英文
第 45 題
📖 題組：
When you feel lonely and sad, you might need a nice, warm hug to cheer you up. But 41 there is no one around to hug you? This is not a problem if you have a “hugging chair.” This type of chair is a rocking chair that has a large doll 42 into it. The doll resembles a woman in a funny hat, and it has extra-long arms that can wrap the person who is sitting in the chair. Although the chair can 43 comfort for anyone, the Japanese company that designed it said it was meant 44 older people. About 25 percent of all Japanese people are over the age of 65. This number is likely to rise, and many older people 45 living alone. The hugging chair can help such people feel less lonely by hugging them and playing familiar music, which can be comforting for older people.
When you feel lonely and sad, you might need a nice, warm hug to cheer you up. But 41 there is no one around to hug you? This is not a problem if you have a “hugging chair.” This type of chair is a rocking chair that has a large doll 42 into it. The doll resembles a woman in a funny hat, and it has extra-long arms that can wrap the person who is sitting in the chair. Although the chair can 43 comfort for anyone, the Japanese company that designed it said it was meant 44 older people. About 25 percent of all Japanese people are over the age of 65. This number is likely to rise, and many older people 45 living alone. The hugging chair can help such people feel less lonely by hugging them and playing familiar music, which can be comforting for older people.
When you feel lonely and sad, you might need a nice, warm hug to cheer you up. But 41 there is no one around to hug you? This is not a problem if you have a “hugging chair.” This type of chair is a rocking chair that has a large doll 42 into it. The doll resembles a woman in a funny hat, and it has extra-long arms that can wrap the person who is sitting in the chair. Although the chair can 43 comfort for anyone, the Japanese company that designed it said it was meant 44 older people. About 25 percent of all Japanese people are over the age of 65. This number is likely to rise, and many older people 45 living alone. The hugging chair can help such people feel less lonely by hugging them and playing familiar music, which can be comforting for older people.
- A put up
- B take up
- C end up
- D pick up
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格後方的詞綴是 "-ing" 形式。在討論人口老化與社會趨勢時，如果我們想表達一個群體「最後演變成某種狀態」或「最終處於某種境地」，哪一個慣用語最適合用來描述這種發展後的最終結果呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你準確地選出了 end up 這個選項！這展現了你對於英文慣用語以及句型結構相當敏銳的觀察力。在這一題中，正確答案關鍵在於理解動作的「最終狀態」。
狀態的最終結果：End up 的用法
在文法上，end up 後面經常接動詞 -ing 形式，用來表達「最終落得……的處境」或「最後竟然……」。文章中提到日本高齡化問題，指出許多長者最終面臨「獨居」的現況，使用 end up living alone 完美地描述了這種非預期或趨勢發展下的結果。相較之下，其他選項如 put up（忍受、建造）、take up（開始從事、佔據）或 pick up（撿起、學會）在語意與後接語法上，都無法與這裡的「生活狀態」銜接。
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