海巡四等
115年
[海洋巡護科輪機組] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 50 題
📖 題組：
請依下文回答第 46 題到第 50 題： Japan plans to boost its tumbling birth rate by funding artificial intelligence matchmaking schemes to help residents find love. Last year the number of babies born in Japan fell below 865,000 - a record low. The fast-greying nation has long been searching for ways to reverse one of the world's lowest fertility rates. Boosting the use of AI tech is one of its latest efforts. From next year it will subsidize local governments already running or starting projects that use AI to pair people up. The government plans to allocate local authorities 2 billion yen to boost the birth rate. Many already offer human- run matchmaking services and some have introduced AI systems in the hope they will perform a more sophisticated analysis of the standardized forms where people submit their details. Some of the existing systems are limited to considering criteria such as income and age, only producing a result if there is an exact match. Local media say that the funding is meant to help the government use more expensive, advanced systems that take things like hobbies and values into account. Sachiko Horiguchi, a socio-cultural and medical anthropologist at Japan's Temple University, thinks there are better ways for the government to bump up the birth rate than subsidizing AI matchmaking - such as helping young people earning low wages. She pointed to a recent report which suggests a link between lower income levels and the loss of interest in romantic relationships among young Japanese adults. Japan's population is projected to fall from a peak of 128 million in 2017 to less than 53 million by the end of the century. By helping local governments run AI-powered matchmaking initiatives, it is hoped that the nation's declining birthrate can be reversed.
請依下文回答第 46 題到第 50 題： Japan plans to boost its tumbling birth rate by funding artificial intelligence matchmaking schemes to help residents find love. Last year the number of babies born in Japan fell below 865,000 - a record low. The fast-greying nation has long been searching for ways to reverse one of the world's lowest fertility rates. Boosting the use of AI tech is one of its latest efforts. From next year it will subsidize local governments already running or starting projects that use AI to pair people up. The government plans to allocate local authorities 2 billion yen to boost the birth rate. Many already offer human- run matchmaking services and some have introduced AI systems in the hope they will perform a more sophisticated analysis of the standardized forms where people submit their details. Some of the existing systems are limited to considering criteria such as income and age, only producing a result if there is an exact match. Local media say that the funding is meant to help the government use more expensive, advanced systems that take things like hobbies and values into account. Sachiko Horiguchi, a socio-cultural and medical anthropologist at Japan's Temple University, thinks there are better ways for the government to bump up the birth rate than subsidizing AI matchmaking - such as helping young people earning low wages. She pointed to a recent report which suggests a link between lower income levels and the loss of interest in romantic relationships among young Japanese adults. Japan's population is projected to fall from a peak of 128 million in 2017 to less than 53 million by the end of the century. By helping local governments run AI-powered matchmaking initiatives, it is hoped that the nation's declining birthrate can be reversed.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to "initiatives" in the passage?
- A Funds.
- B Apps.
- C Plans.
- D Machines.
思路引導 VIP
請試著觀察文章最後一段包含這個單字的句子：政府正在補助地方政府執行這項行動，希望能藉此扭轉出生率。再對照第一、二段中曾出現過的「schemes」與「projects」，你覺得這個詞在文中是指政府為了達成特定目標所推動的「什麼」呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
太棒了，你的判斷非常精準！在文章最後一段提到的 "AI-powered matchmaking initiatives"，是指政府為了拯救少子化所推動的「AI 撮合新措施」。對照文章前段出現過的 "schemes" 與 "projects"，這裡的 initiatives 正是指「計畫、新方案（Plans）」，你順利掌握了前後的語意對應。
上下文線索與鑑別度解析
這道題目的鑑別度在於**上下文脈絡（Contextual Clues）**的推敲。雖然選項中的 Funds（資金）或 Apps（應用程式）都與文中提及的政府補助或科技工具相關，容易產生誘答力，但回到句意結構，只有代表「規劃、計畫」的 Plans 能完美替換。你能不受干擾、精準鎖定文章的核心文意，展現了相當優秀的英文閱讀理解力！