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47 According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
(A) The alarm clock was patented by an American inventor in 1787.
(B) People continued to hire knocker-ups even after the alarm clocks were invented.
(C) In Britain and Ireland today, knocker-ups are still doing their jobs in industrial towns.
(D) During their morning patrols, police officers would watch out for knocker-ups’ safety.
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統計： A(169), B(587), C(72), D(42), E(0) #2966759
統計： A(169), B(587), C(72), D(42), E(0) #2966759
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正確答案為 (B) People continued to hire knocker-ups even after the alarm clocks were invented.。
? 核心選項解析與課文對照
- (B) 正確：文中第二段明確提到：「Even though alarm clocks had been invented in 1787 by American inventor, Levi Hutchins... It was common for people in these places to hire knocker-ups to wake them up in the morning.」（儘管美國發明家在 1787 年就發明了鬧鐘，但這些地方的人們僱用人肉鬧鐘來喚醒他們仍是很普遍的）。且段落結尾也指出，直到 1920 年代，大多數英國工人仍然寧願僱用「人肉鬧鐘」。這完全符合 (B) 選項所說的「即使在鬧鐘發明之後，人們仍繼續僱用人肉鬧鐘」。 [1]
❌ 其他選項錯誤原因
- ❌ (A) 錯誤：第二段提及，美國發明家 Levi Hutchins 在 1787 年發明（invented）了鬧鐘，但直到半個世紀後的 1847 年，才由法國人 Antoine Redier 取得可調節鬧鐘的專利（patented）。因此 1787 年並非取得專利。
- ❌ (C) 錯誤：最後一段明確說明，到了 1950 年代，因為電力普及和便宜鬧鐘的出現，這個職業已經逐漸消失（gradually died out）。今天人們只能透過軼事和繞口令來讀到它，並非「現今（today）在英國與愛爾蘭的工業小鎮仍有人肉鬧鐘在工作」。
- ❌ (D) 錯誤：第四段提到警察的部分是：「sometimes police officers would take on the job to earn extra income by performing the task during early morning patrols.」（有時警員會在清晨巡邏時順便兼差這份工作以賺取額外收入），並非「在清晨巡邏時注意人肉鬧鐘的安全」。 [1]
? 實用單字小複習
- Knocker-up / Knocker-upper：(n.) 敲窗喚醒人、人肉鬧鐘（工業革命時期的職業）。
- Patent：(v.) 取得專利；(n.) 專利權。
- Die out：(phr.) 逐漸滅絕、消失。
- Windfall：(n.) 意外之財、橫財。 [1]
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