READING PASSAGE 3 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.
The strange world of sight …… A dramatic and discomforting example is looking at the two sides of a face-mask. From the front it is a convex shape with the nose sticking out. Then if the mask is rotated, the back of the mask will be seen as convex, though we know that it must be concave. It is almost, if not quite, impossible to sketch the back of a hollow mask to look as it is — hollow. Science often learns from what does not happen: people not seeing a hollow face as hollow is the most revealing experiment on perception. The unsettling truth from brain science is that even people with no visual impairment see what, at some level, they expect to see, and often miss things as they really are.
Questions 37–40 Complete the summary using the list of words, A–J, below. Write the correct letter, A–J, in boxes 37–40 on your answer sheet.
The mask experiment
In this experiment, having looked at the front of a simple face-mask, subjects look at the reverse. However, the subjects are convinced that they are still looking at a mask which is 37 ………… in shape. They believe that the 38 ………… is poking out in the normal manner because that is what they are used to seeing. Attempting to make a 39 ………… of the mask in this orientation leads to the same problem. The subjects fail to see a concave form because of the 40 ………… they have that the features of a face stick out.
A back B brain C view D round E sight F nose G convex H hollow I drawing J preconception
我不確定該如何定性，原因在於它同時具備了這兩種文體的特徵，令我難以取捨： 1. 它是說明文？（基於內容屬性） 文章的主體部分是在客觀分析兩類商店的屬性（Economy, Accessibility, Services）。這些分析基於客觀事實（如進貨量大、24小時營業），使用的是典型的“比較與對比”說明手法，似乎旨在讓讀者“理解”兩者的差異。 2. 它是論說文？（基於寫作目的與結論） 文章結尾給出了明確的個人選擇與立場："Two wins out of three... I will choose the convenience store..."。 既然文章最終是為了導出一個“個人選擇”和“偏好”，這是否意味著它的本質目的是“說服”或“表態”，從而應歸類為論說文？
請問老師 1. As lovely as it was, the robe clashed with ... 第二個 as 是雖然，第一個 as 是未倒裝的原句沒有的字，該作何解？ 2. It has the ability to produce a wide variety of products. 這句的不定詞片語是當形容詞還是副詞使用啊？看起來是形容詞，但要還原成形容詞子句，我就不知道長怎樣了，還請老師指點，感恩。 多謝解惑。
1 Though it was very lovely, ... 改寫為As lovely as it was，第2個as相當於though，屬於從屬連接詞，引導副詞子句。第1個as是程度副詞，修飾形容詞lovely。意思是「儘管它如此可愛…」 2 to produce若當形容詞修飾the ability，會還原為形容詞子句：It has the ability which can produce...。To produce若當副詞修飾has，則會還原為副詞子句It has the ability so that it can produce...。我比較傾向於後者的解釋。
可以算是倒裝。例如有個題目： Poor as my parents are, they have spared no effort in financing my education. 前面的副詞子句可還原為As (or though) my parents are poor..。把補語poor移到句首來強調，這個部分算是倒裝。不過，主詞動詞並沒有倒裝，所以和一般的倒裝句不同。
But some of the flexibility was lost at the beginning of the 20th century, as stadiums were developed using new products such as steel and reinforced concrete, and made use of bright lights for night-time matches.
請問這個句子最後的made，它的並列成分是什麼？ 是與were developed 並列，省掉了were 還是與using並列，共同作爲were developed的補語？（如果是與using並列，是否可以改成making，兩者會有什麼不同嗎？）
This was despite the large numbers that went through some zoos, particularly London Zoo and Tasmania's Hobart Zoo. 請問老師，這句是svc結構嗎？這句話怎樣理解？despite在這是什麼用法呢？ （它前面一句話是 There was only one successful attempt to breed a thylacine in captivity, at Melbourne Zoo in 1899.） 謝謝老師
《旋元佑英文閱讀》Chapter 6 雅思閱讀測驗
回覆刪除1. Questions 11–12 （Page 373），屬於什麼題型？
2. Questions 13–14 （Page 373），屬於什麼題型？
《旋元佑英文閱讀》Chapter 10 雅思閱讀測驗
3. Questions 1–7 （Page 554）這種表格式的題目，屬於“限定字數填空”題嗎？
4. Questions 11–13 （Page 555）這種流程圖的題目，屬於“限定字數填空”題嗎？
1, 2都是主流題型中的細節題，但是改為複選的型態包裝。3, 4都是限定字數填空。
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回覆刪除the stone slabs of what are ostensibly the sarcophagi of Changsu
the stone slabs of ostensibly the sarcophagi of Changsu.
兩個句子在語意上有何不同
謝謝老師
前者較好。ostensibly是副詞，用來修飾動詞are比較恰當。換個位置看看：換成what ostensibly are...，意思和what are ostensibly...仍然相同。但是，後者則是用副詞ostensibly來修飾名詞the sarcophagi，詞類不恰當。
刪除老師您好
回覆刪除Readers with no more courage than it takes to the bookstores are snapping up new fire fighter books on the shelves.
意思是:讀者唯一的勇氣就只有到書店買書 ?
謝謝老師
句子不大好。應該改為…with no more courage than it takes to go to the bookstores...。是你說的意思
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回覆刪除You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.
The strange world of sight
……
A dramatic and discomforting example is looking at the two sides of a face-mask. From the front it is a convex shape with the nose sticking out. Then if the mask is rotated, the back of the mask will be seen as convex, though we know that it must be concave. It is almost, if not quite, impossible to sketch the back of a hollow mask to look as it is — hollow. Science often learns from what does not happen: people not seeing a hollow face as hollow is the most revealing experiment on perception. The unsettling truth from brain science is that even people with no visual impairment see what, at some level, they expect to see, and often miss things as they really are.
Questions 37–40
Complete the summary using the list of words, A–J, below.
Write the correct letter, A–J, in boxes 37–40 on your answer sheet.
The mask experiment
In this experiment, having looked at the front of a simple face-mask, subjects look at the reverse. However, the subjects are convinced that they are still looking at a mask which is 37 ………… in shape. They believe that the 38 ………… is poking out in the normal manner because that is what they are used to seeing. Attempting to make a 39 ………… of the mask in this orientation leads to the same problem. The subjects fail to see a concave form because of the 40 ………… they have that the features of a face stick out.
A back
B brain
C view
D round
E sight
F nose
G convex
H hollow
I drawing
J preconception
老師您好，這種雅思題目，在《旋元佑英文閱讀》圖書裡面，屬於哪種題型？還是屬於克漏字 (Cloze)題型（在書里前言裡面講到的被排除在本書的講解範圍之外的克漏字）？為什麼克漏字 (Cloze)被排除在本書的講解範圍之外？
這應該是雅思獨有的題型，結合了摘要與克漏字。書中排除了克漏字，主要是因為克漏字在台灣一般的英文考試中都是獨立在閱讀測驗之外、自成一個大題，所以在這本介紹閱讀測驗的書中就沒有去介紹克漏字。
刪除【讀者請教】關於《旋元佑英文寫作》範文 "Supermarkets vs. Convenience Stores" 的文體定性：是說明文還是論說文？
回覆刪除在研讀您書中 Chapter 8 的範文 "Supermarkets vs. Convenience Stores" (Page 363-364) 時，我在“文體歸類（Article Type）”的判斷上陷入了極大的困惑，特此寫信向您求證一個確切的答案。
我的核心問題非常明確：
在您的學術體系中，這篇範文究竟應當被歸類為【說明文 (Exposition)】，還是【論說文 (Argumentation)】？
我不確定該如何定性，原因在於它同時具備了這兩種文體的特徵，令我難以取捨：
1. 它是說明文？（基於內容屬性）
文章的主體部分是在客觀分析兩類商店的屬性（Economy, Accessibility, Services）。這些分析基於客觀事實（如進貨量大、24小時營業），使用的是典型的“比較與對比”說明手法，似乎旨在讓讀者“理解”兩者的差異。
2. 它是論說文？（基於寫作目的與結論）
文章結尾給出了明確的個人選擇與立場："Two wins out of three... I will choose the convenience store..."。
既然文章最終是為了導出一個“個人選擇”和“偏好”，這是否意味著它的本質目的是“說服”或“表態”，從而應歸類為論說文？
我的請教：
當一篇以“客觀分析”為主體的文章，最終導向了一個“個人選擇”的結論時，這個“結論”是否足以改變整篇文章的“文體屬性”？
懇請老師指點迷津，告訴我這篇範文在您體系中的準確歸類。
祝
教安
一般是以「目的」作為文章分類的標準。如果採用這個標準，那麼這篇文章主要是要說服讀者同意作者的選擇，應該分類為論說文。
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回覆刪除1. As lovely as it was, the robe clashed with ...
第二個 as 是雖然，第一個 as 是未倒裝的原句沒有的字，該作何解？
2. It has the ability to produce a wide variety of products. 這句的不定詞片語是當形容詞還是副詞使用啊？看起來是形容詞，但要還原成形容詞子句，我就不知道長怎樣了，還請老師指點，感恩。
多謝解惑。
謝謝。
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刪除Though it was very lovely, ... 改寫為As lovely as it was，第2個as相當於though，屬於從屬連接詞，引導副詞子句。第1個as是程度副詞，修飾形容詞lovely。意思是「儘管它如此可愛…」
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to produce若當形容詞修飾the ability，會還原為形容詞子句：It has the ability which can produce...。To produce若當副詞修飾has，則會還原為副詞子句It has the ability so that it can produce...。我比較傾向於後者的解釋。
As important as Wegener's work on continental drift has turned out to be,
回覆刪除as important as這個結構放在這裡是省略加倒裝嗎？請老師幫忙還原
謝謝老師
可以算是倒裝。例如有個題目：
刪除Poor as my parents are, they have spared no effort in financing my education.
前面的副詞子句可還原為As (or though) my parents are poor..。把補語poor移到句首來強調，這個部分算是倒裝。不過，主詞動詞並沒有倒裝，所以和一般的倒裝句不同。
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老師我想追問上面的句子
刪除我看老師書裡有這樣一個例句 Short as/though he is, he plays good basketball.
那上面的句子是不是也可以寫成 Important as Wegener's work...? 這樣寫兩者會有什麼不同嗎？
謝謝老師
意思是一樣的。
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老師好
回覆刪除But some of the flexibility was lost at the beginning of the 20th century, as stadiums were developed using new products such as steel and reinforced concrete, and made use of bright lights for night-time matches.
請問這個句子最後的made，它的並列成分是什麼？
是與were developed 並列，省掉了were
還是與using並列，共同作爲were developed的補語？（如果是與using並列，是否可以改成making，兩者會有什麼不同嗎？）
謝謝老師
and的左邊是過去簡單式的動詞（were developed，被動態），右邊也是過去簡單式（made，主動態），共用的主詞是stadiums。如果改為making，那會和using對稱（分詞構句），共同修飾動詞were developed
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This was despite the large numbers that went through some zoos, particularly London Zoo and Tasmania's Hobart Zoo.
回覆刪除請問老師，這句是svc結構嗎？這句話怎樣理解？despite在這是什麼用法呢？
（它前面一句話是 There was only one successful attempt to breed a thylacine in captivity, at Melbourne Zoo in 1899.）
謝謝老師
這是SVC的句型。despite the large numbers這個介系詞片語就是主詞補語。意思：「情況如此，儘管在某些動物園中有大量的thylacine進出。」就是說，雖然許多動物園都有引進這種動物，但是只有一家繁殖成功。
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