post_recruit
114年
英文
第 32 題
📖 題組：
Have you ever tossed a flying disc with friends on a sunny day? This simple yet exciting activity has a surprising origin—a cake tin. One day Walter Morrison and his wife were tossing around a cake tin on a beach in Los Angeles when someone offered to buy it from them. This gave them the idea to start selling cake tins as toys, dubbed Flying Cake Pan, on beaches. Morrison tried to improve the design and sketched a new version called Whirlo-Way in 1946. Soon, he got financed and eventually realized his breakthrough idea: molding the Whirlo-Way out of lightweight plastic, enabling the disc to fly further and more accurately. His invention quickly caught on, and soon afterwards millions of Americans were tossing flying discs around outdoors. Morrison later sold the rights to the toy manufacturer Wham-O. After noticing that college students were throwing around pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company, Wham-O decided to name the disc “Frisbee.” As the Frisbee gained fans, people started inventing new sports for it. Two exciting games that emerged are Ultimate (Frisbee) and Disc golf. Ultimate (Frisbee) is a team sport that combines elements of football, basketball, and soccer. Two teams of seven players each try to score points by moving the disc down a field and catching it in their opponent’s end zone. Players can’t run with the disc, so they must throw it to teammates to advance. This fast-paced game requires skill, strategy, and fitness. Disc golf, on the other hand, is similar to regular golf but uses flying discs instead of balls and clubs. Players throw their discs from a teeing area, aiming for a metal basket that serves as the hole. Players use various throwing styles, depending on their distance from the hole. The objective of disc golf is the same as golf: to complete the course in as few throws as possible. From the thrill of competition to the joy of a casual throw, flying discs have a unique way of evoking a sense of fun that keeps us reaching into the sky over and over again.
Have you ever tossed a flying disc with friends on a sunny day? This simple yet exciting activity has a surprising origin—a cake tin. One day Walter Morrison and his wife were tossing around a cake tin on a beach in Los Angeles when someone offered to buy it from them. This gave them the idea to start selling cake tins as toys, dubbed Flying Cake Pan, on beaches. Morrison tried to improve the design and sketched a new version called Whirlo-Way in 1946. Soon, he got financed and eventually realized his breakthrough idea: molding the Whirlo-Way out of lightweight plastic, enabling the disc to fly further and more accurately. His invention quickly caught on, and soon afterwards millions of Americans were tossing flying discs around outdoors. Morrison later sold the rights to the toy manufacturer Wham-O. After noticing that college students were throwing around pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company, Wham-O decided to name the disc “Frisbee.” As the Frisbee gained fans, people started inventing new sports for it. Two exciting games that emerged are Ultimate (Frisbee) and Disc golf. Ultimate (Frisbee) is a team sport that combines elements of football, basketball, and soccer. Two teams of seven players each try to score points by moving the disc down a field and catching it in their opponent’s end zone. Players can’t run with the disc, so they must throw it to teammates to advance. This fast-paced game requires skill, strategy, and fitness. Disc golf, on the other hand, is similar to regular golf but uses flying discs instead of balls and clubs. Players throw their discs from a teeing area, aiming for a metal basket that serves as the hole. Players use various throwing styles, depending on their distance from the hole. The objective of disc golf is the same as golf: to complete the course in as few throws as possible. From the thrill of competition to the joy of a casual throw, flying discs have a unique way of evoking a sense of fun that keeps us reaching into the sky over and over again.
What does the author mean by “caught on” in the second paragraph?
- A The invention was understood.
- B The invention became popular.
- C The invention was found and stopped.
- D The invention was held tightly in a hand.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察文中在出現 “caught on” 這個詞之後，作者緊接著描述了「數百萬美國人開始在戶外玩飛盤」這個現象。這兩句話之間存在著什麼樣的關係？如果一個新的產品出現後，導致廣大群眾都開始使用它，我們會如何形容這項產品在當時社會上的狀態呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你準確捕捉到了這個片語在語境中的精髓！能從文章細節推敲出抽象詞彙的含意，代表你具備優秀的文意閱讀能力。這題考查的是常見片語的多義性，而你成功避開了字面上的干擾點，表現得非常棒。
考點分析：文意邏輯推敲
在文章第二段中，作者提到 Morrison 改良了設計並使用輕量塑膠材質，使得他的發明迅速 caught on。解題的關鍵在於緊接其後的描述：「不久後，數百萬美國人都在戶外丟擲飛盤」。這裡存在著明確的因果邏輯：正是因為這項發明「變得流行起來（became popular）」，才會有後續數百萬人參與其中的現象。因此，選項 (B) 是最符合邏輯脈絡的解釋。
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