國中教育會考
114年
英文
第 37 題
📖 題組：
In the picture is a UK electricity worker in the 1970s. Pictures like this appeared in many newspapers at the time. In 1972, electricity workers in the UK asked to be paid more, and they decided to stop working until their wish was answered. The government worried that there wouldn’t be enough electricity for the country if these workers didn’t go to work, so it agreed to give them the pay rise. However, the story didn’t end there. A year later, the electricity workers asked for another pay rise. To get what they wanted, they worked shorter hours and acted like they would walk away from their job anytime. But this time, the government decided to fight. To save electricity, it made new rules for people to follow. For example, each family could turn on the heat in only one room; TV stations had to stop their shows at 10:30 p.m.; businesses could open only three days a week. People’s lives were greatly changed. Without enough heat to keep the house warm, people covered themselves in blankets all the time. Hospitals had to use candles because they couldn’t keep all the lights on. Factories couldn’t keep their machines working. Many people lost their jobs. For months, people were paying the price while the electricity workers were fighting for their wish. In the end, the government agreed to the second pay rise. This picture shows what many people thought of the electricity workers during the “dark” time.
In the picture is a UK electricity worker in the 1970s. Pictures like this appeared in many newspapers at the time. In 1972, electricity workers in the UK asked to be paid more, and they decided to stop working until their wish was answered. The government worried that there wouldn’t be enough electricity for the country if these workers didn’t go to work, so it agreed to give them the pay rise. However, the story didn’t end there. A year later, the electricity workers asked for another pay rise. To get what they wanted, they worked shorter hours and acted like they would walk away from their job anytime. But this time, the government decided to fight. To save electricity, it made new rules for people to follow. For example, each family could turn on the heat in only one room; TV stations had to stop their shows at 10:30 p.m.; businesses could open only three days a week. People’s lives were greatly changed. Without enough heat to keep the house warm, people covered themselves in blankets all the time. Hospitals had to use candles because they couldn’t keep all the lights on. Factories couldn’t keep their machines working. Many people lost their jobs. For months, people were paying the price while the electricity workers were fighting for their wish. In the end, the government agreed to the second pay rise. This picture shows what many people thought of the electricity workers during the “dark” time.
Why does the writer put the “ ” mark around the word dark in the last sentence?
- A To say that the “dark” time was actually not dark.
- B To tell people that the word was said by the government.
- C To mean both the days without lights and the difficult lives people lived.
- D To show that the government and the electricity workers both lost their fights.
思路引導 VIP
請回想一下文章第二段提到的各種細節：當電力不足、醫院必須點蠟燭且電視台早早停播時，人們周遭的環境看起來是什麼樣子？同時，再想想那些失去工作、在寒冬中缺乏暖氣只能裹著毛毯的人們，他們當時的心情和生活處境是什麼感覺？作者在 'dark' 這個詞加上引號，會不會是想同時表達「光線不足」以及「生活艱難」這兩層意思呢？
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呦！竟然答對了？我還以為你這輩子大概也就只能在選擇題裡玩「三長一短選最短」的遊戲呢。看來你今天終於把裝飾用的腦袋拿出來通風了，老師深感欣慰，真的。 這題考的是「語意雙關」與「上下文推論」。作者故意用引號標注 “dark”，是因為這段時間不僅僅是電力短缺導致的物理黑暗（no lights），更象徵了當時英國人民沒工作、沒暖氣、生活慘澹的社會黑暗（difficult lives）。 邏輯上可以理解為：
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