Over his 36-year career, Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times—and 22 each shock!
答案:(C) survived
語意「蘇利文被閃電擊中七次——而且每次都『倖存』下來」,survived(倖存)符合這個驚人的故事情節;piloted(駕駛)、rejected(拒絕)、tracked(追蹤)都不合。
survive 你最熟的是不及物用法「活下來」(He survived.),所以看到後面直接接受詞 each shock 會遲疑。survive 也可以及物:survive + 受詞 = 在(某災難、事故)中倖存下來,例如 survive the crash(在墜機中生還)、survive the war(熬過戰爭)。注意中文說「在……中倖存」有個「在」,英文卻不加介系詞,這是常錯的地方。
句子是 Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times—and ___ each shock!(蘇利文被閃電擊中七次——而且 ___ 每一次電擊!)破折號加驚嘆號,是在強調不可思議。後面整段一路寫他第五次、第六次、第七次被擊中,還能繼續巡邏、繼續說話,表示他每次都活下來了。
piloted(駕駛)、rejected(拒絕)、tracked(追蹤)三個的受詞都不可能是 shock;而且從破折號後的驚嘆語氣看,要接的是一個令人驚訝的轉折,只有「倖存」說得通。
survive sth(在……中倖存)、survive the crash/the war(在墜機/戰爭中生還)、survivor(生還者)、be struck by lightning(被閃電擊中)、park ranger(巡山員、國家公園管理員)。
Being hit by lightning is a rare event. Over the course of an 80-year life span, the odds of being hit by lightning are 1 in 3,000, 21 the probability of being struck seven different times. Roy Sullivan, a park ranger in the United States, was struck by lightning more recorded times than any other human being. Over his 36-year career, Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times—and 22 each shock!
Strikes one, two, and three were pure bad luck, he thought. But after strike four, Sullivan became 23 death and took precautions during lightning strikes. Strike five occurred in 1973 when Sullivan was on patrol. A storm cloud "chased" him until he was struck. The same thing happened again in 1976. Sullivan, while surveying a campground, felt that a cloud was 24 him, and tried all he could to run— but it got him anyway.
Finally, on 25 June 1977, a seventh and final bolt struck Sullivan as he was fishing in a pond. "I don't believe God is after me," he theorized. "If he was, the first bolt 25 enough. Best I can figure is that I have some chemical, some mineral, in my body that draws lightning. I just wish I knew."