國中教育會考
115年
英文
第 43 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.
43.
- A wise
- B strong
- C honest
- D popular
思路引導 VIP
當你看到國王說「種子事先被煮沸過（boiled）」時，請思考一下：這些種子有可能發芽嗎？在其他人都帶出美麗植物的情況下，唯獨那位帶著空花盆的孩子，展現出了什麼樣的特質呢？
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太棒了！你能精準選對這個答案，代表你對於文章情節的上下文推論（contextual inference）掌握得非常紮實！這類故事型的會考題型屬於中等難度，考驗的不是單純的字面翻譯，而是能否找出故事背後隱含的邏輯轉折。 解題的切入點在於國王最後說的那句話：「我在發放種子前就把水煮沸了（boiled）。」既然種子早已煮熟，根本就不可能發芽；其他孩子為了討好國王而拿別的植物充數，只有 Wong 帶著空的植物盆栽誠實面對。因此，國王要尋找的繼承人，正是具備**誠實（honest）**美德的孩子。你能抓出這個因果關係，表現得相當出色！