One simple way is a few new items that might 19 life more enjoyable.
答案:(C) make
【句型】make + O + adj 固定句型「使……變得……」(make life more enjoyable);do/take/find 都不能這樣接受詞+形容詞表達「使變得」。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率,以下不談數據,只談觀念。
do、take、make、find 四個都是從國一背到現在的高頻動詞,中文都能翻成「做、使、讓」,擺進去唸起來都不太卡。這種時候不要比中文,要比「這個動詞後面能不能接受詞加形容詞」。
先把空格後面的結構看清楚:life more enjoyable——一個受詞(life)加一個受詞補語(more enjoyable),這是 make 加受詞加受詞補語的句型。受詞補語的形式不只一種,這三種都是 make 的常考題型:可以是形容詞(make life more enjoyable 使生活更有樂趣)、可以是名詞(They made him captain. 他們讓他當隊長。),也可以是原形動詞(My mother made me clean my room. 我媽要我打掃房間。)。本題考的是第一種。do 與 take 首先出局,它們後面接了受詞就結束了,不能再掛一個受詞補語去說明受詞變成什麼樣子。剩下 make 與 find 都接得起受詞補語,這時才分語意:make 加受詞加受詞補語是「使……變得……」,說的是動作造成的改變;find 加受詞加受詞補語是「覺得……如何」,說的是主觀的感受(I find the book interesting. 我覺得這本書很有趣。)。本句的主詞是那些新玩意兒,它們是去改變生活,不是去「覺得」生活如何,所以填 make。掛鉤是國中的 The news made me happy.(那個消息讓我很開心。)。順帶一提,同一篇的第 25 題考的正是這個句型的另一半——那一格要填的是 make 後面受詞的形態,兩題可以對照著看。
find:文法上接得起受詞補語,但語意是「覺得」,主詞得是有感受能力的人。do、take:後面不走「受詞加受詞補語」這個句型。
make sb do sth(使某人做某事)、make sth + 形容詞(使某物變得……)、find sth + 形容詞(覺得某物……)、make life easier(讓生活更輕鬆)、make sense(說得通)、more enjoyable(更有樂趣)。
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