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[財經實務組] 綜合法政知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、兩岸關係、英文)
第 45 題
📖 題組：
The world renowned Songkran, much celebrated on April 13th each year, is the Thai New Year’s national day. In order to let people go home for this holiday, the Thai government _41_ the festival to a seven-day holiday beginning from April 9th to 16th. The word, “Songkran,” which is “samkrānti” in Sanskrit, carries the meaning of “astrological passage” with its _42_ of transformation or change. Viewed as ritual cleansing, the Songkran celebrations have people engage themselves to water fighting in public. It has thus become _43_ and widespread among Thai and foreign visitors. The origin of Songkran Festival can be _44_ back to a Buddhist folk myth concerning harvest and spring. In the city of Sukhavati in Suvvannabhumi, Indra, King of Devas, witnessed the occurrence of corruption in the city where people were sinful for their bad behaviors and they led a life without faith in Dhamma. The king then decided to punish people by having them _45_ by lack of water and food. There is even a drought with a hot sun burning people to death.
The world renowned Songkran, much celebrated on April 13th each year, is the Thai New Year’s national day. In order to let people go home for this holiday, the Thai government _41_ the festival to a seven-day holiday beginning from April 9th to 16th. The word, “Songkran,” which is “samkrānti” in Sanskrit, carries the meaning of “astrological passage” with its _42_ of transformation or change. Viewed as ritual cleansing, the Songkran celebrations have people engage themselves to water fighting in public. It has thus become _43_ and widespread among Thai and foreign visitors. The origin of Songkran Festival can be _44_ back to a Buddhist folk myth concerning harvest and spring. In the city of Sukhavati in Suvvannabhumi, Indra, King of Devas, witnessed the occurrence of corruption in the city where people were sinful for their bad behaviors and they led a life without faith in Dhamma. The king then decided to punish people by having them _45_ by lack of water and food. There is even a drought with a hot sun burning people to death.
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- A nurtured
- B impaired
- C intact
- D sound
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請留意這段話的因果邏輯：國王決定要「懲罰」人們，而手段是讓他們「缺乏食物與水」。在這種物資極度匱乏的處境下，人的身體機能或生存狀態會趨向於「變好、變強」，還是「受到損害、被削弱」呢？請根據這個邏輯去尋找對應的單字。
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太棒了！你的觀察力真的非常敏銳喔！
- 觀念驗證：你很棒地掌握了這題的核心——也就是捕捉上下文的邏輯關係。當文中提到國王 Indra 因為人們的惡行決定要「懲罰」(punish) 他們，並透過「缺乏食物與水」(lack of water and food) 來實行，這就清楚地提示我們，接下來的形容詞應該是負面的。而 impaired 意為「受損、削弱」，完美地描繪了飢荒對人們健康與生存造成的打擊。你理解得很透徹！
- 難度點評：這題的難度是 Medium。你很成功地辨識出 punish 所帶出的負面語意，並巧妙地排除了 (A) nurtured (滋養) 或 (D) sound (健全的) 這類語意不符的選項，選出了最貼切的答案。這證明你對語意邏輯的判斷力非常穩健，做得非常好！