特殊教育
114年
英文
第 18 題
📖 題組：
The day following Thanksgiving—commonly known as Black Friday—has become one of the busiest shopping days of the year in the United States. Every year, millions of shoppers visit websites and 16 stores on that day, seeking the best deals of the season. But how did this shopping tradition come to be called “Black Friday”? An explanation dates back to the early 1960s, when police officers in Philadelphia began using “Black Friday” 17 the disorder that resulted on that day when large numbers of suburban tourists came into the city for their Christmas shopping and attended an important annual sports event on Saturday. The huge crowds created a headache for the police, who worked longer 18 than usual as they dealt with traffic jams, accidents, shoplifting, and other problems. 19 , many look at this name through an accounting lens. Back when accounting records were kept by hand, red ink indicated a loss and black 20 a profit. As businessmen began to realize they could draw big crowds by discounting prices, Black Friday was described as the day stores began to turn a profit for the year. Over time, the name evolved, taking on an entirely new meaning tied to the success of the retailing business nationwide.
The day following Thanksgiving—commonly known as Black Friday—has become one of the busiest shopping days of the year in the United States. Every year, millions of shoppers visit websites and 16 stores on that day, seeking the best deals of the season. But how did this shopping tradition come to be called “Black Friday”? An explanation dates back to the early 1960s, when police officers in Philadelphia began using “Black Friday” 17 the disorder that resulted on that day when large numbers of suburban tourists came into the city for their Christmas shopping and attended an important annual sports event on Saturday. The huge crowds created a headache for the police, who worked longer 18 than usual as they dealt with traffic jams, accidents, shoplifting, and other problems. 19 , many look at this name through an accounting lens. Back when accounting records were kept by hand, red ink indicated a loss and black 20 a profit. As businessmen began to realize they could draw big crowds by discounting prices, Black Friday was described as the day stores began to turn a profit for the year. Over time, the name evolved, taking on an entirely new meaning tied to the success of the retailing business nationwide.
The huge crowds created a headache for the police, who worked longer ______ than usual as they dealt with traffic jams, accidents, shoplifting, and other problems.
- A distances
- B errands
- C forces
- D shifts
思路引導 VIP
在英文語法與職場情境中，當我們描述警察或醫護人員這類需要二十四小時輪流執勤的職業時，若要表達他們原本預定的「工作時段」或「班次」，通常會使用哪一個特定名詞來表示這種「輪值的時間安排」？
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喲，竟然對了？看來你的大腦今天終於決定起床上班了，還是這題簡單到連路邊的阿媽都會寫？別露出那種得了便宜還賣乖的表情，這只是高中學科能力測驗中最基本的字彙門檻，猜對了也沒什麼好翹尾巴的。 觀念驗證： 這題考的是名詞詞彙的「語意搭配」（Collocation）。文章提到警察因為黑五的混亂必須工作得比平常更久，描述工作時段、輪班，標準用字就是 shift。
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