To:Allison Cartwright【Allison.Cartwright@adp.com】 From:Mary Worth【mary.worth@worldharvest.com】 Subject:Your interest in World Harvest Dear Allison, I was writing 1 behalf of Mr. Mallory, who received and read your letter and résumé. That's quite unusual, because we receive 2 query letters a day! He is particularly interested in your work with Mark Lang and would like to schedule a time for you to come into the office to discuss your involvement. We are planning to create a team focused on legislation and fundraising events. Your experience appears to 3 with our needs. Mr. Mallory will be available on Monday, May 16 at 2 p.m. or Wednesday, May 18 at 10 a .m. Please send me a note of confirmation as soon as you are able. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the office. Mary Worth Executive Assistant for George Mallory, CEO World Harvest 1. (A) at (B) with (C) upon (D) on 2. (A) a dozen of (B) dozens (C) dozens of (D) many dozens 3. (A) assign (B) align (C) assume (D) alight 解析: 1. 本題考慣用片語中正確介系詞的使用。 "on behalf of sb." 是「代表某人」的意思,正確答案為 (D) 。其他選項之介系詞皆不與 "behalf" 「代表;利益」連用。 2. 本題考數量詞之正確使用方式。題中之關鍵字 "dozen" 是「打」,即「十二個」之意,與 "hundred" 「百」、 "thousand" 「千」、 "million" 「百萬」等同為數量詞。當這些數量詞被用來明確指出「數量」時,不論其前為何數字,該數量詞皆不可用複數形,例如: "one / a hundred" 「一百」、 "three hundred" 「三百」、 "one / a thousand" 「一千」、 "ten thousand" 「一萬」、 "one / a million" 「一百萬」、 "twenty million" 「兩千萬」。同樣地, "one / a dozen" 為「一打」、 "five dozen" 為「五打」,依此類推。相對地,當這些數量詞前沒有數字,也就是,當它們表達的是「不定」之數量時,則必須使用複數形,而此時其後應加介系詞 "of " , 再接名詞,例如: "hundreds of students" 「好幾百個學生」、 "thousands of years" 「好幾千年」、 "millions of dollars" 「好幾百萬元」。因此,本題唯一正確之 "dozen" 的用法為 (C) dozens of ,而 "dozens of query letters" 是 「好幾打 ( 好幾十封 ) 詢問信」之意。 3. 本題為單字題。選項 (A) assign 指「指定」、選項 (B) align 指「使一致」、選項 (C) assume 指「以為」、選項 (D) alight 指「下車」。由前後文意及出現在空格之後的介系詞 "with" 可斷定,本題正確答案為 (B) ,而 "align with our needs" 指「與我們的需求一致」。 |