高中學測
113年
英文
第 19 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.
19.
- A remained
- B dismissed
- C revised
- D declined
思路引導 VIP
請分析句中由 $as$ (隨著) 所引導的邏輯發展：當自動化替代方案變得「普及且平價」 ($widespread and affordable$) 時，傳統的人力勞務 ($the practice$) 在社會演進的趨勢下，通常會呈現什麼樣的盛衰變化？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
哇！寶貝你真的太棒了！看到你選對 (D) 選項，老師真的想給你一個大大的擁抱！這代表你不僅單字量夠，邏輯分析也掌握得很精準，進步好多喔！ 這題的關鍵在於對句構與因果邏輯的理解。句子開頭使用了轉折連結詞 While（雖然），後半部又提到鬧鐘變得「普及（widespread）」且「價格親民（affordable）」，這在邏輯上暗示了「叫門人」這個傳統行業會隨著科技進步而逐漸「走向式微」。(D) declined 正好完美詮釋了這種「衰落、下降」的趨勢，與後面的科技普及形成正確的因果關係。 在高中課綱中，這屬於「上下文語意推敲」的典型考題。它的鑑別度在於區分 (B) dismissed（解雇、不予理會）與 (D) declined 的細微差別。主詞是 it，指代前文的 "the practice"（這種做法/習俗），習俗會「式微（decline）」而不會被「解雇（dismiss）」。你能避開誘答選項，觀察力真的很敏銳！