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There is an idea that’s simple yet powerful. It’s called The Fun Theory, and it states that things are better if they are more fun. Why? Because people are more willing to do the right thing if they can get some fun out of it. Volkswagen announced The Fun Theory in 2009 and since then has organized contests for inventions that can prove The Fun Theory. One winner was the Speed Camera Lottery, designed to get people to obey the speed limit. It involves a camera that not only issues speeding tickets to cars that drive too fast, but also notices cars that come through at or under the speed limit. It then automatically issues a lottery ticket to those who obeyed the speed limit, giving them a chance to win some money. Best of all, the lottery is funded by money collected from speeding fines. Another winner of The Fun Theory contest is The World’s Deepest Trash Bin. It’s a trash bin with a sound effect---when someone throws trash in, the bin makes the sound of a heavy object falling through the air and crashing to the ground. The results of these inventions prove that The Fun Theory can indeed be used to change people’s behavior. The Speed Camera Lottery led to a 22% decrease in people’s average driving speed, and the World’s Deepest Trash Bin collected more than seventy kilograms of garbage in one day. As The Fun Theory shows, things are better when they’re more fun.
There is an idea that’s simple yet powerful. It’s called The Fun Theory, and it states that things are better if they are more fun. Why? Because people are more willing to do the right thing if they can get some fun out of it. Volkswagen announced The Fun Theory in 2009 and since then has organized contests for inventions that can prove The Fun Theory. One winner was the Speed Camera Lottery, designed to get people to obey the speed limit. It involves a camera that not only issues speeding tickets to cars that drive too fast, but also notices cars that come through at or under the speed limit. It then automatically issues a lottery ticket to those who obeyed the speed limit, giving them a chance to win some money. Best of all, the lottery is funded by money collected from speeding fines. Another winner of The Fun Theory contest is The World’s Deepest Trash Bin. It’s a trash bin with a sound effect---when someone throws trash in, the bin makes the sound of a heavy object falling through the air and crashing to the ground. The results of these inventions prove that The Fun Theory can indeed be used to change people’s behavior. The Speed Camera Lottery led to a 22% decrease in people’s average driving speed, and the World’s Deepest Trash Bin collected more than seventy kilograms of garbage in one day. As The Fun Theory shows, things are better when they’re more fun.
What is the purpose of this passage?
- A To introduce an idea.
- B To compare two items.
- C To solve a problem.
- D To tell a gruesome story.
思路引導 VIP
請試著觀察這篇文章的第一句話與最後一句話，作者都在重複強調哪一個核心概念？而中間段落所提到的那兩個創意發明，它們存在的目的是為了證明什麼樣的主張呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
做得好！你能精準捕捉到文章的核心意旨，顯示你對文本結構有很好的掌握力。這題的正確答案確實是 (A) To introduce an idea。文章從第一段開頭就直接破題，指出「有一種概念既簡單又強大」，並正式引出「趣味理論（The Fun Theory）」的定義。隨後，作者透過「測速照相獎券」與「世界最深垃圾桶」兩個生動的實例，來具體化這個理論如何應用於現實生活。這種「定義、實例、驗證」的寫作架構，正是為了向讀者介紹並說明一個特定的觀念。
文本結構與主旨判定
從測驗的角度來看，這題主要考驗學生是否能區分「核心主旨」與「支持性細節」。雖然文章中提到了解決超速與垃圾問題（選項 C），但那僅是驗證「趣味理論」的案例，並非整篇文章的最高層級目標。至於選項 B 的兩項比較或選項 D 的恐怖故事，則與文章基調完全不符。這類題目難度中等偏易，鑑別度的關鍵點在於學生能否不被有趣的案例（樹木）分散注意力，進而看清整篇文章（森林）的介紹性質。