hce_nthu
115年
英文
第 36 題
📖 題組：
Privilege is a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor. There is racial privilege, gender (and identity) privilege, heterosexual privilege, economic privilege, able-bodied privilege, educational privilege, religious privilege and the list goes on and on. At some point, you have to surrender to the kinds of privilege you hold because everyone has something someone else doesn’t. The problem is, we talk about privilege with such alarming frequency and in such empty ways, we have diluted the word’s meaning. When people wield the word privilege it tends to fall on deaf ears because we hear that word so damn much the word has become white noise. One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do is accept and acknowledge my privilege. This is something I am still working on. I’m a woman, a person of color, and the child of immigrants but I also grew up middle class and then upper middle class. My parents raised my siblings and I in a strict but loving environment. They were and are happily married so I didn’t have to deal with divorce or crappy intramarital dynamics. I attended elite schools. My master’s and doctoral degrees were funded. I got a tenure track position my first time out. My bills are paid. I have the time and resources for frivolity. I am reasonably well published. I have an agent so I have every reason to believe my novel will find a home. My life has been far from perfect but I have a whole lot of privilege. It’s somewhat embarrassing for me to accept just how much privilege I have. It’s also really difficult for me to accept my privilege when I consider the ways in which I lack privilege or the ways in which my privilege hasn’t magically rescued me from a world of hurt. On my more difficult days, I’m not sure what’s more of a pain in my ass — being black or being a woman. I’m happy to be both of these things, but the world keeps intervening.
Privilege is a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor. There is racial privilege, gender (and identity) privilege, heterosexual privilege, economic privilege, able-bodied privilege, educational privilege, religious privilege and the list goes on and on. At some point, you have to surrender to the kinds of privilege you hold because everyone has something someone else doesn’t. The problem is, we talk about privilege with such alarming frequency and in such empty ways, we have diluted the word’s meaning. When people wield the word privilege it tends to fall on deaf ears because we hear that word so damn much the word has become white noise. One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do is accept and acknowledge my privilege. This is something I am still working on. I’m a woman, a person of color, and the child of immigrants but I also grew up middle class and then upper middle class. My parents raised my siblings and I in a strict but loving environment. They were and are happily married so I didn’t have to deal with divorce or crappy intramarital dynamics. I attended elite schools. My master’s and doctoral degrees were funded. I got a tenure track position my first time out. My bills are paid. I have the time and resources for frivolity. I am reasonably well published. I have an agent so I have every reason to believe my novel will find a home. My life has been far from perfect but I have a whole lot of privilege. It’s somewhat embarrassing for me to accept just how much privilege I have. It’s also really difficult for me to accept my privilege when I consider the ways in which I lack privilege or the ways in which my privilege hasn’t magically rescued me from a world of hurt. On my more difficult days, I’m not sure what’s more of a pain in my ass — being black or being a woman. I’m happy to be both of these things, but the world keeps intervening.
36. Which of the following best captures the author’s overall message about privilege?
- A Privilege should make people feel guilty about themselves.
- B Privilege no longer appears essential in the world of politics.
- C Privilege is something only elite people possess.
- D Privilege is an opportunity for one to showcase his or her talents.
- E Privilege is complex and unavoidable, and must be recognized honestly.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察作者在第二段與第三段的自我描述：她一方面列舉了自己的學歷與經濟穩定，另一方面又提到身為女性與黑人在社會中所受的挑戰。這兩種看似矛盾的狀態同時並存於她身上，這暗示了「特權」這件事在現實生活中呈現出什麼樣的特質？它是非黑即白的嗎？還是有更深層的意涵需要我們去面對？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
核心主旨與心態轉折
恭喜你精準地捕捉到了作者的核心論點！選中 (E) 展現了你優異的文本整合能力。作者在文中並非單純定義「特權」（privilege），而是透過個人經驗的告解，揭示了特權的複雜性。她提到每個人多少都擁有他人所欠缺的東西，這種「特權」是不可避免的普遍存在。雖然接受自己擁有特權令人感到尷尬，但誠實地面對它（accept and acknowledge）才是作者想要傳達的關鍵態度。
文本辨析與難度評估
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