Alexander apologized and said, "I didn't 14 that a little tap would scare you so much."
答案：(B) realize
realize（意識到）符合「我沒想到輕輕一拍會把你嚇成這樣」的語意；find／wonder／admit 均不符合此處語境。
realize 這個字，你的印象裡可能一半是「實現」（realize a dream 實現夢想），一半是「了解」，不太會直接想到它在道歉的場合就是「我沒想到」。
答對率五成，鑑別度只有 31。這一格連高分群考生也常失手，原因在於四個選項後面都接得上 that 子句，形態這條路整個斷掉，只能靠語意，而 realize 在這個場合的中文正好不是最直覺的那一個。先看場景：Alexander 拍了司機肩膀一下，把司機嚇得失控，他道歉之後說 I didn't ______ that a little tap would scare you so much（我不______輕輕拍一下會把你嚇成這樣）。道歉時要說的是「我沒想到、我沒意識到」，那就是 realize。填進去讀成 I didn't realize that a little tap would scare you so much。
find（發現）後面接 that 子句時，講的是經過觀察或經驗得出的結論（I found that he was right.），但這一句是當下才知道，不是觀察出來的；wonder（想知道）後面習慣接 whether 或疑問詞，語意是「我不曉得會不會」，與道歉的語氣不合；admit（承認）後面接的是自己做過的事，但「輕輕一拍會嚇到人」不是他做過的事，而是他沒預料到的後果。
realize that ＋ 子句（意識到、想到）、realize a dream（實現夢想）、find that ＋ 子句（發現）、wonder whether 或 if（想知道是否）、admit ＋ V-ing（承認做過某事）、a little tap（輕輕一拍）。
After a long day working in the office, Alexander hailed a taxi to take him home. Squeezing his body into the taxi, he noticed the shiny interior and the smell of brand new leather. After informing the driver of his 11, Alexander resorted to his reading of Dan Brown's intelligent thriller, The Da Vinci Code. Five minutes into the journey, he was on page 120: "…his Mona Lisa is neither male nor female…"
Suddenly, Alexander 12 and noticed that the driver had detoured from the familiar route. To redirect the driver, Alexander tapped him on the shoulder. Out of the blue, the driver screamed, lost control of the car, and almost hit a bus. The cab went up on the footpath and 13 stopped centimeters away from a shop window.
For a second, everything went quiet in the cab. Then the driver said, "Look, mate! Don't ever do that again. You scared the living daylights out of me!" Alexander apologized and said, "I didn't 14 that a little tap would scare you so much." The driver replied, "Sorry, sir. It's not really your 15. Today is my first day as a cab driver. I've been driving a funeral van for the last 25 years."