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第 43 題
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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.
請依下文回答第 43 題：
- A prevalent
- B negligible
- C isolated
- D occasional
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請觀察空格後方緊接的單字「widespread」（廣泛的、普遍的）。在英文寫作中，當我們用 'and' 連接兩個形容詞來描述一個受歡迎的國際節慶時，這兩個詞的「語氣」通常是接近的。根據文章前面提到「全世界聞名」且「吸引大量外國遊客」，你認為這個形容詞應該是指「隨處可見的」還是「極為罕見的」呢？
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- 觀念驗證：這題的解題關鍵在於 and 這個對等連接詞。句子中將空格與 widespread（廣泛的）並列，用來描述潑水節在泰國人與外國遊客間的狀態。prevalent 意為「流行的、普遍的」，與 widespread 形成語意上的強化與對應，完美符合節慶盛行的語境。
- 難度點評：本題難度為 medium。除了考驗字彙量，更側重於對於上下文邏輯的判斷。其他選項如 (B) 微不足道的、(C) 孤立的、(D) 偶爾的，在邏輯上都與「舉國歡騰」且「廣泛流行」的描述背道而馳。
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