2026 (115)年英文學測，我請書林美籍編輯 Ann Marie Hadzima 及英籍顧問 Ian Maxwell 先檢視，我再仔細檢查，並透過 Google 求證，提出以下改進建議：

7. To the newly-crowned winner of the piano competition, music is his life’s , which he has devoted himself to whole-heartedly.

(A) resource (B) impact (C) passion (D) emphasis

✦ *“music is his life’s passion , which he has devoted himself to” 不自然，宜改為 “To the newly crowned winner of the piano competition, music is his passion; he has devoted himself to it wholeheartedly.”

見以下 Google 語料統計：

"music is his life’s passion, which" About 1 result (出自 115學測英文科)

"music is his passion; he has" About 15,000 results

8. The drunk driver who shouted at passers-by and them with glass bottles was quickly arrested by the police.

(A) shattered (B) assaulted (C) overturned (D) condemned

✦ 雖然 4 個選項中，assaulted 最接近，但不是合適的用詞，合理的情境是丟擲 (threw) 玻璃瓶，如果要表示攻擊，英文一般會用 attack，而不是 assault。

以下為兩位顧問的評論：

•The word “assaulted” seems a little off here. I feel the sentence would be more naturally worded such that the driver ‘threw’ the bottles. (IM)

•The verb used to describe the driver’s action would be something like “pelting them” or “throwing glass bottles at them”, not “assaulted”. Assaulted is used by the police to describe the action in a legal document. (AMH)

見以下 Google 搜尋：

No results found for "driver * assaulted them with glass bottles".

"assaulted them with a glass bottle" About 6 results

"attacked them with a glass bottle" About 1,500 results

以下為使用 throw 的例子：

… the victim's mother said she was told the driver shouted at the teens, then threw glass beer bottles at them. (Chicago Tribune)

第 11 至 15 題

“In particular, they leave their poop in the same place for all the other members in the group to smell—just like humans leaving messages on social media.”

✦ In particular 是贅詞。“In particular” is unnecessary here. (IM)

“The males sniff it for longer duration and come back to the same spot more frequently “

✦ *“for longer duration” 的 duration 應刪去：“The males sniff it for longer and come back…” (IM)

第 16 至 20 題出處：Tao Group Hospitality (https://taogroup.com › News)

The small portions were designed to merely “touch the heart,” as the name literally means, and 19 were first enjoyed as snacks. …Ultimately, dim sum—the food—is only a small part of the dim sum experience.

✦ *“Ultimately, dim sum—the food—is only a small part of the dim sum experience.”

同一句中 dim sim 出現兩次，前面的 dim sum—the food —應刪減，只保留 food。To improve readability, the following sentences can be changed to:

“As the name indicates, the small portions were designed merely to “touch the heart” and 19 were first enjoyed as snacks. …Ultimately, food is only a small part of the dim sum experience. (IM)

第 21 至 30 題

For students cramming for college exams, napping will help 25 acquired knowledge and learned skills.

✦ 25 題答案是 retain，* “For students cramming for college exams, napping will help retain acquired knowledge and learned skills.” *“napping will help retain acquired knowledge…” 應該是 “napping will help them retain acquired knowledge”，少了 them。(IM)

第 31 至 34 題

“More importantly, smiling and laughter had long been perceived in the society as manifestations of a lack of self-control and good manners…. For them, smiling is a straightforward way to indicate that one is reliable and trustworthy.

✦ “in the society” 是贅詞 “in the society” is unnecessary here. (IM)

見以下 Google 搜尋：

*"long been perceived in the society as" About 1 result (出自 115學測英文科)

"long been perceived as" About 236,000 results

見以下例句：

…natural phenomena such as storms have long been perceived as manifestations of divine power…

顧問的評論：Awkward with mixture of plural （them) and singular (one) pronouns. 建議修改如下：

"More importantly, smiling and laughter had long been perceived as manifestations of a lack of self-control and good manners…. For them, smiling is a straightforward way to indicate reliability and trustworthiness.” (IM)

(Jerome Su, Jan 26, 2026)

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