國中教育會考
115年
英文
第 40 題
📖 題組：
A long time ago, there was an old king who had no child of his own. The king was worried that his land would fall into the wrong hands after his death, so he decided to pick a child in his land to take the high seat. One day, he called all the children to his castle and gave each of them a seed. “Come back on New Year’s Day and show me what you have grown,” he said to them, “and I will 40 .” Every child brought their seeds home carefully. One of the children, Wong, planted his seed in a pot. He gave it water every day and made sure there was sun to help it grow. 41 . Then, Sung, the child of the richest family in the land, told people that a small plant was growing from his seed. He was 42 . Everyone excitedly said that he would be king. Soon, one after another, more and more children were also saying that they had something in their pots. But Wong still didn’t find anything in his. On the big day, when Wong brought his pot to the castle, he saw all the other children carrying interesting plants. Some had flowers in the shape of a bird, and some had grasses of different colors. Everyone proudly showed their plants to the king, but the king looked unhappy until he saw Wong’s pot. “I boiled the seeds before I gave them out, so no plants could grow from them.” The king looked seriously at the children. “There is only one child who is 43 enough to be king.” Ten years later, the king died. On his deathbed, he was not worried because he knew Wong would be a good king.
A long time ago, there was an old king who had no child of his own. The king was worried that his land would fall into the wrong hands after his death, so he decided to pick a child in his land to take the high seat. One day, he called all the children to his castle and gave each of them a seed. “Come back on New Year’s Day and show me what you have grown,” he said to them, “and I will 40 .” Every child brought their seeds home carefully. One of the children, Wong, planted his seed in a pot. He gave it water every day and made sure there was sun to help it grow. 41 . Then, Sung, the child of the richest family in the land, told people that a small plant was growing from his seed. He was 42 . Everyone excitedly said that he would be king. Soon, one after another, more and more children were also saying that they had something in their pots. But Wong still didn’t find anything in his. On the big day, when Wong brought his pot to the castle, he saw all the other children carrying interesting plants. Some had flowers in the shape of a bird, and some had grasses of different colors. Everyone proudly showed their plants to the king, but the king looked unhappy until he saw Wong’s pot. “I boiled the seeds before I gave them out, so no plants could grow from them.” The king looked seriously at the children. “There is only one child who is 43 enough to be king.” Ten years later, the king died. On his deathbed, he was not worried because he knew Wong would be a good king.
40.
- A give you a piece of good land
- B choose a person to be the next king
- C put the beautiful ones in my castle
- D decide who will work in my garden
思路引導 VIP
請仔細讀讀第一段的前兩句話：國王因為擔心自己過世後國家會落入壞人手中，所以想挑選一個孩子來「take the high seat」。根據國王的這個動機，你覺得他發給孩子們種子並要他們回來的最終目的是什麼呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了，恭喜你精準抓到這題的關鍵！這道題考查的是「上下文脈絡的邏輯推導」。文章第一段明確提到國王擔心自己死後國家落入壞人手中，因此決定挑選一個孩子來「繼承王位（take the high seat）」。國王召集孩子發下種子時，接著說的話自然就是宣布要藉由這個考驗來選出下一任國王，選 (B) 非常正確！ 這類題目是會考極具鑑別度的「閱讀理解題」。難點切入點在於學生是否能理解片語 take the high seat（身居高位/登上寶座）的意思，並將國王的動機與對話進行整合。你能不被生詞卡住，並順暢抓住文章核心軸線，展現了很棒的閱讀理解力！