John: Where did you stay 29 ?
答案:(B) after all
整段對話聊了很多細節之後才問到住宿地點,after all(畢竟、說到底)符合這種語氣轉折;at all(用於強調否定句)、above all(最重要的是)、at most(最多)都不符合這裡的疑問句語氣。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率,以下不談數據,只談觀念。
四個選項都是「at/after/above + 名詞」的固定片語,長得很像、中文又都不好翻,是最容易靠語感亂猜的一組。這一格要看的是這句話出現在對話的什麼位置。
先把整句讀出來:Where did you stay ___?(那你們到底住在哪裡?)這句話出現在兩人已經聊了一大串之後——天氣、行程、腳踏車、海邊都講完了,John 才想到還沒問住宿。after all 在這裡就是「說到底、到頭來」的意思,帶著「聊了半天,那你們究竟住哪」的語氣,正合這個位置。順便把這一組分清楚,它們常一起出現在選項裡:after all(說到底、畢竟;也可以是「終究還是」,如 He came after all. 他終究還是來了)、at all(用來加強否定,not … at all 一點也不)、above all(最重要的是,用來從一串事情裡點出最關鍵的一項)、at most(最多,講數量的上限)。
at all:主要用在否定句裡加強語氣,Where did you stay at all? 不是通行的說法。above all(最重要的是):用來挑出最關鍵的一件事,接在這個疑問句裡不合。at most(最多):講數量上限,與「住在哪裡」無關。
after all(說到底、畢竟)、not … at all(一點也不)、above all(最重要的是)、at most(最多)、at least(至少)、a national park(國家公園)。
John: What was the weather like while you were camping? Jack: 26 It rained for a few days towards the end of our holiday, but mostly it was fine. We weren't able to visit the Rainbow Waterfalls as we planned, but…
John: 27
Jack: Well, apart from that, we did everything we wanted to—hiking, fishing and swimming. We even managed to visit an aboriginal village in the forest.
John: 28 did you get so far? Jack: We rode bicycles there. We also went to the beach several times. John: Did you take your bikes with you? Jack: No, we rented some at the nearby village.
John: Where did you stay 29 ? Jack: Oh, in a lovely valley, about three miles north of the National Park.
John: I remember when we went camping last summer. We forgot to take a can-opener along! Jack: 30 Do you know what happened to us? A goat came in our tent at night and ate most of our food!