It has 25 so many people that a film version was also made.
答案:(A) appealed to
【句型】appeal to 固定片語「吸引」;presented with(呈現給,通常是sb be presented with sth的被動結構)、resulted in(導致)、brought about(引起)都不太符合「吸引這麼多人」的語意。
appeal 在你腦中的第一個意思大概是「呼籲、懇求」(appeal for help),或者名詞的「上訴」,要它表示「吸引」是課本有教但不會第一個想起來的用法。resulted in 也很誘人,因為後面確實接了一個結果——拍成了電影版。
先看句型:It has ______ so many people that a film version was also made. 這是 so...that... 的句型,so many people 是「如此多的人」,that 之後才是結果。也就是說,空格這個動詞的受詞是 so many people,「因此造成什麼」由 that 子句負責,不需要空格的動詞自己去表達因果。這一步就能刷掉 resulted in 和 brought about:它們後面接的是結果或事件,不是人,你不會說 result in so many people。再看語意:這一段在講這齣音樂劇多受歡迎,接的受詞是人,要的就是「吸引了這麼多人」。appeal to somebody 就是「吸引某人、對某人有吸引力」(劍橋詞典),注意它一定要加 to,是不及物動詞加介系詞的組合。
presented with:present somebody with something 是「把某物頒給某人」,句型不合,而且需要第二個受詞。resulted in:導致,後面接的是結果或事件。brought about:引起、造成,後面接的同樣是變化或事件,不接人。
appeal to somebody(吸引某人)、so...that...(如此…以致於…)、result in(導致…的結果)、bring about(引起、造成)、present somebody with something(把某物頒給某人)、a film version(電影版)。
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