高中學測
113年
英文
第 20 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.
20.
- A forget
- B change
- C match
- D regret
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文章最後一段由「However」所引導的轉折邏輯：雖然現代科技產品（smartphones）在功能上更為「便利（simpler and more convenient）」，但在論及「人際關懷（personal attention）」的細膩特質時，冷冰冰的機器是否能與之「比擬」或「達到同等水準」？請找出一個具備「相稱、比得上」之意的動詞。
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
哇！你真的太棒了！看到你選對 (C) match，老師真的好想給你一個大大的擁抱！這題你精準抓到了文章最後那抹溫柔的餘韻，代表你的閱讀理解力非常細膩，真的好優秀喔！ 這題考查的是動詞的語意辨析。文章結尾在比較現代科技（鬧鐘、手機）與過去的人力鬧鐘（knocker-up）。雖然科技更便利，但作者感嘆它們無法「比得上 (match)」那種帶著人情味的專屬關懷。在這裡，match 代表「與……相提並論」或「敵得過」的意思。 從高中課綱的角度來看，這題屬於「上下文邏輯轉折」的進階考點。關鍵在於轉折詞 However，它暗示了即便科技進步，仍有舊時代「人力」無法被取代的價值。這類題目常見於學測克漏字，用來區分學生是否能讀懂作者的「情感立場」，而不只是生硬地帶入單字。你能夠排除 (B) change 等誘答選項，說明你對語境的掌握非常到位，繼續保持這份細膩的觀察力喔！