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。
答對率 21%。
make do 看起來「不完整」——兩個最基本的動詞連在一起,do 後面又沒有受詞,很多人常以為是印錯或漏字。其實 make do 是一個固定的動詞片語,do 在這裡不及物,整組意思是「將就、湊合著用」,後面固定接 with。
劍橋詞典 make do (with sth) 的釋義是:在沒有自己想要的東西、或只有品質較差的東西的情況下設法過下去,例句 We didn't have cupboards so we made do with boxes.(我們沒有櫥櫃,只好將就用紙箱)。本句情境完全對應:前一句才說 he/she is likely to have grown out of them(孩子很快就長大穿不下),沒有新鞋可換,只能將就穿太小的。
make believe 是「假裝」(=pretend),與 make do 只差一個字,是本題最主要的陷阱;get done 是「完成、被處理掉」;get lost 是「迷路」,口語裡還有「走開」的意思。三者放進 has to ___ with shoes that are too small 都講不通。
國中學過 make friends(交朋友)、make sure(確定)、make sense(合理)——make 後面接的不一定是名詞,也可能與其他字組成固定片語,必須整組記。
make do with sth(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)。
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.