Then the child has to 22 with shoes that are too small.
答案:(C) make do
make do with sth 是「將就使用、湊合著用」,本句指孩子只好將就穿太小的鞋;get done(完成、被處理掉)、get lost(迷路、走開)、make believe(假裝)語意都不合。
你是不是覺得 make do 看起來像印錯、少了一個字?很合理——你學過的 make 幾乎都帶受詞(make a cake、make him laugh),do 也是(do homework),兩個動詞光溜溜黏在一起,確實不像正常的英文。但 make do 是整組的固定片語,要當一個字記:do 在這裡不及物,整組意思是「將就、湊合著用」,後面固定接 with。這個 do 就是你國中學過的 That will do.(這樣就行了)裡的那個 do——「夠用、行得通」。檢驗法:把整組換成 manage 唸唸看,has to manage with shoes that are too small 通順,就對了。
這一段在講問題,不在講解法:窮困地區的孩子拿到鞋,很快就 grown out of them(長大穿不下),而 shoes that are the right size 又不容易取得。沒有新鞋可換,結果只能是「將就穿太小的」。後面 The Shoe That Grows 才登場解決這個問題。空格落在問題那一半,填的必須是委屈、湊合的動作。
make believe = 假裝(= pretend),跟 make do 只差一個字,是本題最主要的陷阱,但「假裝穿太小的鞋」講不通。get done = 完成;get lost = 迷路,口語裡還有「走開」的意思。make 家族一句記完:When jobs are scarce, many graduates make do with work far below their training; pretending to be content is just making believe.(工作難找的時候,許多畢業生只能將就做遠低於所學的工作;假裝自己滿意,那只是自欺欺人。)〔情境取材自 105 指考作文題:碩士考清潔隊員〕
make do with(將就使用)、make do without(沒有…也過得去)、make believe(假裝)、make ends meet(收支相抵)、grow out of(長大而穿不下)、outgrow(長大而不再適合)、readily available(容易取得的)。其中 make ends meet 這一組考過 3 個年度,95 年第 19 題 →、111 年第 13 題 →都出現過。
Shoes are hugely important for protecting our feet, especially in places like Africa, where healthcare provision is limited. Unfortunately, shoes are not always readily available for people living in poverty, 21 shoes that are the right size. Almost as soon as a child receives shoes to wear, he/she is likely to have grown out of them. Then the child has to 22 with shoes that are too small.
The Shoe That Grows, created by a charity called Because International, changes all this. It allows children to 23 their shoes' size as their feet grow. The innovative footwear resembles a common sandal and is made of leather straps and rubber soles, a material similar to that used in tires. They come 24 two sizes, and can expand in three places. The straps on the heel and toe control the length of the shoe, 25 the two on either side allow for different widths. With this special design, the shoes can "grow" up to five sizes and last for at least five years.