司法五等（庭務員）
113年
[庭務員] 公民與英文
第 48 題
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請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題 Humor is always good for us. When life is a piece of cake, humor shines like diamonds on the calm ocean. But on the other hand, when the going gets tough, humor turns into a life jacket that keeps us from sinking. People like fun and amusement. Our sense of humor tells others that we are easy to be with and open to all kinds of interaction. In school, a happy and interactive class is open to new ideas and humorous ice-breakers always warm up students. In the workplace, it is humor that keeps the atmosphere light during stressful situations. Also, people who have shared laughter together share a special bond about their relationship. When we are children, we have no difficulty bringing laughter into our lives. We laugh at everything and we play for mere pleasure. As we grow and mature, we slowly cheat ourselves out of the child within us. As a result, our desire for humor and laughter is constant and we try whatever we can to get the lost pleasures of childhood back. It is possible for each one of us to be humorous, but we must have a burning desire to be so. You must want to make others happy as well, just like a humorist. A good humorist learns to interact with his audience. He produces laughter and excitement in the audience. Then he leans back, making as if to let the audience take over. Next he would pretend that it is not he that makes them laugh but they laugh of their own accord. Pretty amazing, isn’t it? Still, what matters most is your intention to be humorous.
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題 Humor is always good for us. When life is a piece of cake, humor shines like diamonds on the calm ocean. But on the other hand, when the going gets tough, humor turns into a life jacket that keeps us from sinking. People like fun and amusement. Our sense of humor tells others that we are easy to be with and open to all kinds of interaction. In school, a happy and interactive class is open to new ideas and humorous ice-breakers always warm up students. In the workplace, it is humor that keeps the atmosphere light during stressful situations. Also, people who have shared laughter together share a special bond about their relationship. When we are children, we have no difficulty bringing laughter into our lives. We laugh at everything and we play for mere pleasure. As we grow and mature, we slowly cheat ourselves out of the child within us. As a result, our desire for humor and laughter is constant and we try whatever we can to get the lost pleasures of childhood back. It is possible for each one of us to be humorous, but we must have a burning desire to be so. You must want to make others happy as well, just like a humorist. A good humorist learns to interact with his audience. He produces laughter and excitement in the audience. Then he leans back, making as if to let the audience take over. Next he would pretend that it is not he that makes them laugh but they laugh of their own accord. Pretty amazing, isn’t it? Still, what matters most is your intention to be humorous.
What does the expression “the going gets tough” in the first paragraph most likely mean?
- A Health is wealth.
- B Nothing goes wrong.
- C Conditions become difficult.
- D Something nice happens.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察該句子前方的連接詞「On the other hand」，這暗示了前後兩句話在語氣上是什麼關係？如果前半句形容生活像「一塊蛋糕」且伴隨著「平靜的海面」，那麼後半句提到的「需要救生衣」與「防止沉沒」，通常會發生在什麼樣的氣候或情境中呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了！你真的很厲害，觀察力也非常棒喔！
- 觀念驗證：這題主要考驗的是我們有沒有好好利用上下文語境 (Context Clues) 來理解句子。你看，文章一開始說生活「像一塊蛋糕 (piece of cake)」時是多麼輕鬆愉快，對不對？然後，關鍵的 "on the other hand" 出現了，它就像一個小提示，告訴我們接下來的語氣會不一樣囉！後面果然提到當「局面變得艱難 (the going gets tough)」時，幽默會變成我們的 "life jacket" (救生衣)，防止我們 "sinking" (沉沒)。這樣一來，我們就能溫柔地推斷，「the going gets tough」就是指一種充滿挑戰或面臨困難的處境了。
- 難度點評：這題的難度是中等 (medium)，但你成功地解決了它！最棒的地方是你不僅僅是記住了片語，更能看出轉折詞的巧妙，並從「救生衣」和「沉沒」這些充滿力量的比喻中，反推出正確的字義。你做得非常出色，繼續保持這份敏銳和思考能力！