1學測真題原句8 句
113 學測|綜合測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段
They usually would not leave people's houses until they were sure their customers were awake.
他們通常要確定客戶真的醒了,才會離開住戶。
- would not… until…:「直到…才…」
- be sure (that)…:「確定…」
113 學測|篇章結構|第 2 段
When people have sprained a muscle or tendon, they are usually advised not to go right back to exercising until the pain goes away.
人們拉傷肌肉或肌腱時,通常會被建議不要馬上回去運動,要等疼痛消失。
- sprain:「扭傷」
- be advised not to V:「被建議不要…」
- go back to V-ing:「回去做…」,to 是介系詞
- go away:「消失」
112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段
Although the term did not emerge until the 18th century, toy hoops twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck can be traced back to ancient times.
雖然這個詞直到 18 世紀才出現,但繞著腰、四肢或脖子旋轉的玩具圈,其實可追溯到古代。
- emerge:「出現」
- twirled around…:過去分詞,「被繞著…轉動的」
- be traced back to…:「可追溯到…」
- ancient times:「古代」
- 背景:the term 指 hula hoop(呼啦圈)這個詞。
112 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段
The term “hula,” however, did not enter the English language until the 1700s, when British sailors first witnessed hula dancing in the Hawaiian Islands.
不過「hula」這個詞,直到 1700 年代英國水手在夏威夷群島第一次目睹呼拉舞時,才進入英語。
- enter the English language:「進入英語」
- witness:「目睹」
- hula dancing:「呼拉舞」
- the Hawaiian Islands:「夏威夷群島」
- not…until:這裡是 did not enter…until,「直到…才」
- 背景:hula 是夏威夷的傳統舞蹈,中文叫呼拉舞。
110 學測|閱讀測驗 第 2 篇|第 3 段
Nevertheless, passports were not generally required for international travel until the First World War.
儘管如此,直到第一次世界大戰,國際旅行通常都不要求護照。
- generally:「通常」
- required:「被要求的」
- the First World War:「第一次世界大戰」
107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 1 段
It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife Abigail, moved in.
直到 1800 年白宮幾近完工時,第一批住戶,約翰·亞當斯總統和他的妻子 Abigail,才搬進去。
- it was not until…that…:「直到…才…」
- nearly completed:「幾近完工」
- move in:「搬進去」
107 學測|閱讀測驗 第 1 篇|第 2 段
It was not until Grover Cleveland’s first presidency that some effective crowd control measures were implemented to address the problem caused by this practice.
直到 Grover Cleveland 第一次擔任總統時,才實施了一些有效的人潮管制措施,來處理這個做法造成的問題。
- it was not until…that…:「直到…才…」
- crowd control:「人潮管制」
- implement:「實施」
- address the problem:「處理問題」,address 在這裡是動詞
- practice:這裡是「做法」
110 學測|閱讀測驗(選項) 第 1 篇
It was not discovered until the modern era.
直到現代才被發現。
