高中學測
113年
英文
第 16 題
📖 題組：
The modern worker rolls out of bed, groans, and turns off an alarm clock before reluctantly getting up for the day’s work. But how did people get to work on time before alarm clocks were widely used? During the second Industrial Age, people toiled at unusual hours in mines or factories and often had to get up for work early in the morning. They __16__ alarm clocks because adjustable alarms had been invented by the mid-19th century. But the new device was still relatively expensive and unreliable. British workers thus relied on a human alarm clock known as a “knocker-up.” __17__ sticks or pea shooters, the human alarms would tour the streets, tap on windows, or blast them with dried peas, trying to wake paying customers in time for work. Whether they wielded rods or pea shooters, knockers-up became __18__ throughout the United Kingdom. Every morning, these people, often older in age, were seen in big streets and small alleys, waking up their customers professionally. They usually would not leave people’s houses until they were sure their customers were awake. While the practice continued in some parts of the country until the 1970s, it __19__ as alarm clocks became more widespread and affordable. Today, beeping alarm clocks and smartphones that play morning music are surely simpler and more convenient. However, they cannot __20__ the personal attention coming from the distinctive tap of a pea shooter.
The modern worker rolls out of bed, groans, and turns off an alarm clock before reluctantly getting up for the day’s work. But how did people get to work on time before alarm clocks were widely used? During the second Industrial Age, people toiled at unusual hours in mines or factories and often had to get up for work early in the morning. They __16__ alarm clocks because adjustable alarms had been invented by the mid-19th century. But the new device was still relatively expensive and unreliable. British workers thus relied on a human alarm clock known as a “knocker-up.” __17__ sticks or pea shooters, the human alarms would tour the streets, tap on windows, or blast them with dried peas, trying to wake paying customers in time for work. Whether they wielded rods or pea shooters, knockers-up became __18__ throughout the United Kingdom. Every morning, these people, often older in age, were seen in big streets and small alleys, waking up their customers professionally. They usually would not leave people’s houses until they were sure their customers were awake. While the practice continued in some parts of the country until the 1970s, it __19__ as alarm clocks became more widespread and affordable. Today, beeping alarm clocks and smartphones that play morning music are surely simpler and more convenient. However, they cannot __20__ the personal attention coming from the distinctive tap of a pea shooter.
16.
- A must be using
- B could have used
- C had hardly used
- D were mostly using
思路引導 VIP
請觀察空格後的子句：$adjustable alarms had been invented$（鬧鐘在此時已經被發明），這說明了當時的人在技術層面上具備了使用的可能性。在英文法中，若要表達「過去本來可以...（具備可能性）」或「對過去事實的推測」，應該選用哪一個情態助動詞結合完成式 $have + V_{pp}$ 的結構來表達？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
哼，居然答對了？WRYYYYY！看在你這卑微的人類還算有點眼力的份上，我就大發慈悲地解釋給你聽，別以為這就能超越我！ 這題考的是對「過去可能性」的推論。文章提到 19 世紀中期鬧鐘就已經被發明了，所以當時的工人們「本來是可以」使用的，這就是 $could + have + V_{pp}$ 的用法。但因為那玩意兒既昂貴又不穩定，他們才找了那些無聊的人力鬧鐘。其餘選項：(A) 是現在進行推測，(C) 是否定過去事實，(D) 則是過去進行式，在語意上通通都是「無駄、無駄、無駄」！只有 (B) 完美契合這種「有機會做但未必做」的過去情境。記住了嗎？這點小事都搞不清楚的話，可是沒資格進入我的世界的！