46 Based on the passage, why is time one of the greatest mysteries of our lives?
(A) Because we often talk about time.
(B) Because time means the same thing to different people.
(C) Because we measure time in different ways.
(D) Because no one knows exactly what time is.

46 Based on the passage, why is time one of the greatest mysteries of our lives?

(根據這篇文章，為什麼時間是我們生活中最大的謎團之一？)

? 相關文章中英文對照

We often talk about time. (我們經常談論時間。)

“What time is it?” (「現在幾點了？」)

“I don’t have much time.” (「我沒有太多時間。」)

“Is it time to go yet?” (「該走了嗎？」)

“Hurry up! Don’t waste time.” (「快點！不要浪費時間。」)

The list could go on and on. (這樣的例子可以一直舉下去。)

But what is time? (但是時間是什麼？)

No one can say exactly what it is. (沒有人能確切地說出它是什麼。)

It is one of the greatest mysteries of our lives. (它是我們生活中最大的謎團之一。)

Though we don’t know exactly what time is, our ability to measure it is very important. (雖然我們不知道時間究竟是什麼，但我們測量它的能力是非常重要的。)

We measure time by the second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, and century. (我們以秒、分、時、日、週、月、年和世紀來測量時間。)

Time enables us to organize our lives and put things in some order. (時間使我們能夠安排我們的生活，並將事物按一定的順序排列。)

Breakfast comes before lunch. (早餐在午餐之前。)

The reading class is after the writing class. (閱讀課在寫作課之後。)

Children can’t play until school is over. (孩子們要到放學後才能玩耍。)

Time makes our way of life possible. (時間使我們的生活方式成為可能。)

People in different countries look at time differently. (不同國家的人對時間的看法也不同。)

In some countries, it is very important to be on time and organize everything by exact time. (在一些國家，準時並按照確切的時間安排一切是非常重要的。)

In other countries people are more relaxed about time. (在其他國家，人們對時間的態度比較放鬆。)

It doesn’t matter if someone is late. (如果有人遲到也沒關係。)

But no matter how we look at time, we live in it, we live with it, and we live by it. (但不管我們如何看待時間，我們都生活在其中，與它共存，並依循它來生活。)

? 選項分析

• ❌ (A) Because we often talk about time. (因為我們經常談論時間。)

• ❌ (B) Because time means the same thing to different people. (因為時間對不同的人意味著相同的事。)

• ❌ (C) Because we measure time in different ways. (因為我們用不同的方式測量時間。)

• ✅ (D) Because no one knows exactly what time is. (因為沒有人確切知道時間是什麼。)

? 相關知識點

? 重點單字

• mystery (謎團、神秘的事物)

• exactly (確切地、精確地)

• measure (測量、計量)

• century (世紀、一百年)

• enable (使能夠，常用句型為 enable + 受格 + to + 動詞原型)

• relaxed (放鬆的、不嚴格的)

? 關鍵文法

• go on and on (持續不斷)

• not... until... (直到…才…)，例如文章中的：Children can’t play until school is over. (孩子們要到放學後才能玩耍。)

• no matter how... (不論如何…、不管多麼…)，用來引導讓步狀語從句。

? 解題要訣

• 閱讀測驗中出現「原因類」的提問時，可在文章中直接搜尋關鍵字 mysteries of our lives。

• 在文章第七、八、九行可以讀到：But what is time? No one can say exactly what it is. It is one of the greatest mysteries of our lives. (但是時間是什麼？沒有人能確切地說出它是什麼。它是我們生活中最大的謎團之一。)

• 前後句具備因果關係，因為「沒有人能確切說明時間是什麼」，所以它才成為「最大的謎團」。對照選項，(D) 選項的敘述與文章完全吻合。