The Louvre's Tactile Gallery, targeted at the blind and visually 17 , is the only space in the museum where visitors can touch the sculptures, with no guards or alarms to stop them.
答案:(C) impaired
過去分詞 impaired 作形容詞,visually impaired(視覺受損的)是描述視障人士的常見固定用語,與 the blind 對等並列,共同修飾這個藝廊的服務對象。impair(原形動詞)、impairs(限定動詞)、impairing(現在分詞,主動語意不合,視障是被動狀態)皆不合。
四個選項是同一個字 impair 的四種形態,你會直覺開始分主動被動、找意義主詞。
先看它跟誰並列:targeted at the blind and visually ______,and 連的是 the blind(視障者)與空格這一串,兩邊都是這個展廳服務的人。空格前的 visually 是副詞,副詞修飾的是形容詞或分詞,所以空格填的是被它修飾的那個字。再判方向:視覺是「受到損害」的一方,不是自己去損害別人,所以用過去分詞 impaired。visually impaired 是講視障最常見的說法,整組記起來就好。填進去讀成 the blind and visually impaired(視障與視覺受損的人)。鑑別度只有 35,但它本身不難:副詞後面接分詞、加上「受損」要用被動這兩層,各種程度的人都答得出來,題目自然分不出高低。
impair 與 impairs 都是限定動詞,前面沒有主詞可以搭;impairing 是現在分詞、表示主動去損害別人,方向相反。
visually impaired(視覺受損的、視障的)、hearing impaired(聽覺受損的)、impair(損害、削弱)、be targeted at(針對……而設)、the + 形容詞(表一群人,the blind 視障者)、sculpture(雕塑作品)。
Signs asking visitors to keep their hands off the art are everywhere in the Louvre Museum, Paris. But one special sculpture gallery invites art lovers to allow their hands to 16 the works. The Louvre's Tactile Gallery, targeted at the blind and visually 17, is the only space in the museum where visitors can touch the sculptures, with no guards or alarms to stop them.
Its latest exhibit is a 18 of sculpted lions, snakes, horses and eagles. The 15 animals exhibited are reproductions of famous works found elsewhere in the Louvre. Called "Animals, Symbols of Power," the exhibit 19 animals that were used by kings and emperors throughout history to symbolize the greatness of their reigns.
The exhibit, opened in December 2008, 20 scheduled to run for about three years. During guided tours on the weekends, children can explore the art with blindfolds on.