hce_cmu
113年
英文
第 39 題
📖 題組：
All education systems may ultimately be judged in terms of equality of opportunity. This is often referred to in the debates over selective versus comprehensive schooling. The main issue is whether everyone has the same opportunities for educational achievement or whether (36) of one sort or another is (37) the system. League tables for schools and colleges may actually help unintentionally to (38) inequalities, while claiming to promote the raising of standards. Inevitably, league tables divide educational institutions into good and bad, successful and failing, resulting in a two-tier system, or at least that is how the public (39) it. The ability of better-off parents and well-endowed schools to push children towards the institutions at the top of the league may, in the long term, have the effect of depressing opportunity for the less well-off or for children from home environments that do not provide the push and motivation to excel. Financial support of different kinds can help to make educational opportunity more equal. There are, for example, scholarships or bursaries that make it possible for less (40) youngsters to afford tertiary education. Student loans allow undergraduates to pay for their tuition fees and living expenses while they are studying. But few would claim that real equality of opportunity has been achieved.
All education systems may ultimately be judged in terms of equality of opportunity. This is often referred to in the debates over selective versus comprehensive schooling. The main issue is whether everyone has the same opportunities for educational achievement or whether (36) of one sort or another is (37) the system. League tables for schools and colleges may actually help unintentionally to (38) inequalities, while claiming to promote the raising of standards. Inevitably, league tables divide educational institutions into good and bad, successful and failing, resulting in a two-tier system, or at least that is how the public (39) it. The ability of better-off parents and well-endowed schools to push children towards the institutions at the top of the league may, in the long term, have the effect of depressing opportunity for the less well-off or for children from home environments that do not provide the push and motivation to excel. Financial support of different kinds can help to make educational opportunity more equal. There are, for example, scholarships or bursaries that make it possible for less (40) youngsters to afford tertiary education. Student loans allow undergraduates to pay for their tuition fees and living expenses while they are studying. But few would claim that real equality of opportunity has been achieved.
(39)
- A perceives
- B aggravates
- C persists
- D aggregates
思路引導 VIP
當我們在句子中看到「這至少是（某群體）對它的……」這種結構時，通常是在描述一種主觀的看法。請試著思考：當公眾觀察到一個社會現象（如學校分級）並在心中形成一個評價或印象時，這個「從觀察到形成看法」的心智過程，最適合用哪一種動作來形容？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你能精準捕捉到文意脈絡，選出 (A) perceives 是非常正確且敏銳的判斷。這題的核心在於理解大眾如何「看待」或「認知」教育制度的變革。文中提到學校排名（league tables）將學校劃分為優劣兩等，形成了一種「雙層制」（two-tier system），而後半句透過「or at least that is how...」來銜接，正是在強調這不見得是絕對的客觀事實，而是大眾心理上的「感受」或「認知」。
語境與詞彙的精準搭配
在英文閱讀中，perceive 常被用來描述「察覺、理解」或「將某事視為…」的心理過程。當它與 the public（公眾）搭配時，完美地描繪了社會大眾對某種現象的觀感。這道題目具有相當的鑑別度，難度切入點在於考生是否能從上下文的轉折中，察覺到作者正從「制度的運作」轉向論述「社會的主觀評價」。相較於其他干擾選項，如 aggravates（惡化）或 aggregates（合計），只有 perceives 能與受詞 "it"（指代前述的雙層系統）構成合乎邏輯的語意聯繫，表現出大眾對教育分級的解讀方式。