Each and every dollar you contribute will go 21 the purchase of family-sized insecticide-treated mosquito nets costing $5 each.
答案:(A) towards
【句型】go towards 字詞搭配「用於/有助於」(描述金錢的用途);against(反對)、down(向下)、over(超過)都不合。
towards 在課本裡幾乎都跟走路綁在一起——walk towards the door(朝門口走去)、run towards the finish line(朝終點線跑去),是一個講方向的字。這一句的主詞卻是 every dollar(每一塊錢),錢不會走路,於是 towards 第一輪就被你排掉了。答對率只有四成,卡點多半在這裡。
四個選項都是接在 go 後面的字,可見這一格考的是 go 和哪一個搭起來才符合這句話的意思。先把主詞和後面接的東西看清楚:主詞是 every dollar you contribute(你捐出的每一塊錢),空格後面是 the purchase of family-sized insecticide-treated mosquito nets(購買經殺蟲劑處理的家庭號蚊帳這件事),所以這一格要說的是「這筆錢會被拿去做什麼用」。劍橋 English Grammar Today 的 towards or toward 條目說得很清楚:toward(s) 可以表示「為了買到或達成某件事」,例句是 Would you like to make a contribution towards our new children’s playground?(你願意為我們的新兒童遊戲場捐一點錢嗎?)。牛津高階詞典的例句更接近本句:The money will go towards a new school building.(這筆錢將用於興建新校舍。)。把課本教的方向義往抽象推一步就通了:走路的 towards 是人朝著一個目標移動,這裡是錢朝著一個目標流過去,箭頭方向一模一樣,只是換成看不見的東西在動。
against:go against 是「違背、與……相牴觸」(go against the rules 違反規定),語意完全相反。down:go down 是「下降、往下走」,講的是量或位置的變化,跟用途無關。over:go over 是「仔細檢查、複習」(go over the notes 複習筆記),也可以是「走過去」,但都接不上「購買蚊帳」這個用途。三個誘答選項都是常見的 go 加介系詞或副詞的組合,各自都有明確的意思,只是沒有一個能表示「錢用在哪裡」。
go towards(用於支付……的費用)、make a contribution towards(為……出一份錢)、count towards(可計入……)、an attitude towards(對……的態度)、go against(違背)、go over(複習、仔細檢查)。
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