移民行政三等
114年
[移民行政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
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請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題 Mark Bertram, 46, lost the tips of two fingers at work in 2018 when his hand became trapped in a fan belt. "It's life-changing but it's not life-ending," he says. "Doing work is harder now. Everything is just a little different." After two surgeries and occupational therapy, Bertram decided to make light of his condition by asking Eric Catalano, an auto-finance manager turned tattoo artist, to create fingernail tattoos. The idea made everyone in the studio laugh—until they saw the final result. "The mood changed," Catalano recalls from his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio in Illinois. "Everything turned from funny to 'wow.'" When Catalano posted a photo of the tattoos, a pair of fingernails that looked so real no one could believe their eyes, he had no idea the image would eventually be viewed by millions of people around the world. The viral photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical tattooing. Now people with life-altering scars come from as far away as Ireland to visit his shop. They enter Eternal Ink looking for the artistic healing they saw online. Using flesh-toned inks and a needle, Catalano transforms his clients' view of themselves. Leslie Pollan, 32, a dog breeder in Oxford, Mississippi, was bitten on the face by a puppy in 2014. She underwent countless surgeries to correct a scar on her lip. "Plastic surgery gave me no hope," she says. "So I looked for other options." She ultimately traveled six hours for a session with Catalano. He camouflaged Pollan's lip scar, giving her back a piece of her confidence. "You don't understand until you've been through it," Pollan says. "It made me have a different outlook on life." Using tattoos to blend in rather than stand out is a relatively new field, but it is growing, thanks in part to interest in cosmetic and plastic surgery. In fact, Americans spent more than $16.5 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2018. After tummy tucks, breast augmentations, and other procedures, some patients want to cover the scars that are a product of such operations.
請依下文回答第 46 題至第 50 題 Mark Bertram, 46, lost the tips of two fingers at work in 2018 when his hand became trapped in a fan belt. "It's life-changing but it's not life-ending," he says. "Doing work is harder now. Everything is just a little different." After two surgeries and occupational therapy, Bertram decided to make light of his condition by asking Eric Catalano, an auto-finance manager turned tattoo artist, to create fingernail tattoos. The idea made everyone in the studio laugh—until they saw the final result. "The mood changed," Catalano recalls from his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio in Illinois. "Everything turned from funny to 'wow.'" When Catalano posted a photo of the tattoos, a pair of fingernails that looked so real no one could believe their eyes, he had no idea the image would eventually be viewed by millions of people around the world. The viral photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical tattooing. Now people with life-altering scars come from as far away as Ireland to visit his shop. They enter Eternal Ink looking for the artistic healing they saw online. Using flesh-toned inks and a needle, Catalano transforms his clients' view of themselves. Leslie Pollan, 32, a dog breeder in Oxford, Mississippi, was bitten on the face by a puppy in 2014. She underwent countless surgeries to correct a scar on her lip. "Plastic surgery gave me no hope," she says. "So I looked for other options." She ultimately traveled six hours for a session with Catalano. He camouflaged Pollan's lip scar, giving her back a piece of her confidence. "You don't understand until you've been through it," Pollan says. "It made me have a different outlook on life." Using tattoos to blend in rather than stand out is a relatively new field, but it is growing, thanks in part to interest in cosmetic and plastic surgery. In fact, Americans spent more than $16.5 billion on cosmetic procedures in 2018. After tummy tucks, breast augmentations, and other procedures, some patients want to cover the scars that are a product of such operations.
Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?
- A Pessimistic.
- B Suggestive.
- C Cynical.
- D Neutral.
思路引導 VIP
當我們在閱讀一篇報導時，如果作者只是把事件的經過、當事人的訪談內容以及相關的統計數字如實呈現，而沒有加入個人主觀的讚美、批評或情緒化的形容詞，這代表作者在寫作時採取的是一種什麼樣的姿態呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
同學做得很好！這題你精確地掌握了文章的整體氛圍。這篇文章雖然描述了兩位傷患透過刺青重獲自信的感人故事，但作者採用的筆法非常克制，主要透過引述當事人原話（如 Mark 和 Leslie 的自白）以及客觀數據（如 2018 年美容手術的消費總額）來鋪陳內容。
客觀敘事與事實呈現
在判斷語氣（Tone）時，關鍵在於作者是否加入了強烈的個人偏好或情感評論。這篇文章中，作者既沒有表現出悲觀（Pessimistic）的負面情緒，也沒有憤世嫉俗（Cynical）的嘲諷。雖然故事結局是正面且充滿希望的，但那是「事件本身」帶給讀者的感受，而非作者刻意使用煽情字眼所致。這種專注於事實描述與報導的風格，在英文閱讀測驗中最適當的描述便是「中立（Neutral）」。
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