Situated on both banks of the winding River Vltava, Prague is like one big open-air museum. 26 some six hundred years of architecture nearly untouched by natural disaster or war, the city retains much of its medieval appearance. 27 you go, there are buildings in Romanic, Baroque, and Rococo styles that were popular hundreds of years ago.
答案:(B) With
With 在這裡表示「擁有/具備」(With + 名詞片語,帶出附帶狀況),表示「擁有約六百年幾乎未受破壞的建築」;For/Upon(在……之上)/Along(沿著)都不合。
With 你最熟的是「和……一起」和「用……工具」,這裡兩個都不是。更大的陷阱在 some six hundred years 這幾個字:看到「六百年」,手會自動去找 For,因為你背過 for + 一段時間。這一格答對率只有 44%,多數人就是栽在這個直覺上。
先把空格後面那一串的中心語找出來:some six hundred years of architecture nearly untouched by natural disaster or war。真正的中心語是 architecture(建築),不是 years;six hundred years of 只是用來形容這些建築有多久遠。中心語既然不是時間長度,for + 時間 的公式就套不上去。再看結構:逗號後面的 the city retains much of its medieval appearance 已經是完整的句子;逗號前這一串沒有動詞,只有一個名詞加上說明它狀態的 nearly untouched by...,這正是 with + 受詞 + 受詞補語(表附帶狀態)的句型。還原成兩句驗算:The city has some six hundred years of architecture nearly untouched by natural disaster or war. + The city retains much of its medieval appearance.(這座城市擁有將近六百年幾乎未受天災或戰爭破壞的建築。這座城市保留了大量中世紀的風貌。)把第一句壓成 with 帶出的附帶說明,就成了原句。這個句型你在課本上見過最典型的例子是 He was sitting there with his eyes closed.(他坐在那裡,眼睛閉著。)104 年第 27 題考的是同一個句型,那一題的受詞補語是介系詞片語 in existence,本題是過去分詞 untouched,形式不同,句型完全一樣。這一格鑑別度 35 偏低,連高分群考生也會失手,正是因為 six hundred years 這個假線索太強,對 for + 時間 這個公式越熟的人,越容易被它帶走。
For:後面接時間長度才成立(for six hundred years),但這裡接的是 architecture 這個名詞,公式套不上;若把句首的 For 解作「因為」,那是連接詞用法,後面必須接子句,這裡沒有子句。Upon:意思是「在……之上」或「一……就」(upon arriving),兩種用法都接不上這一串名詞。Along:表「沿著」,後面要接線狀的東西(along the river),與建築的年份無關。
with + 受詞 + 受詞補語(表附帶狀態)、untouched by(未受……破壞的)、retain much of something(保留大部分的某物)、medieval appearance(中世紀的風貌)、be situated on both banks of(座落於……兩岸)、an open-air museum(露天博物館)。
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is a very beautiful city. Situated on both banks of the winding River Vltava, Prague is like one big open-air museum. 26 some six hundred years of architecture nearly untouched by natural disaster or war, the city retains much of its medieval appearance. 27 you go, there are buildings in Romanic, Baroque, and Rococo styles that were popular hundreds of years ago. All of them successfully 28 the destruction of postwar redevelopment and remained unchanged.
While the Iron Curtain was still in place under the communist government, Prague was 29 visited by foreigners. Since the 1990s, 30 , all that has changed. Prague is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in Europe.