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104年
英文
第 24 題
“16 and Pregnant,” a reality TV show, portrayed teenage parenthood realistically, with young mothers suffering sleepless nights, howling brats, money worries and the blank incomprehension of their still-partying childless contemporaries. According to the authors of a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, seeing all this drudgery helped deter young viewers 21 becoming mothers—although the study only affirms that it reduced birth rates among blacks, 22 are more likely than whites or Hispanics to become pregnant 23 teenagers—and 30 % more likely to watch “16 and Pregnant.”
Despite what you see on TV, teen birth rates are at an all-time low: in 2010 there were 34.4 births per 1,000 women 24 15-19, which is down 44 % from a peak in 1991. More information about disease and contraception probably helped, and the recession may have played a part. 25 that a TV show made a difference is hard, not least because it is tricky to measure how many people watched it in the first place. More youngsters are seeing programs days after they air, or are streaming their favorite shows online; data cannot always capture this.
Choose the best answer for blank 24.
Despite what you see on TV, teen birth rates are at an all-time low: in 2010 there were 34.4 births per 1,000 women 24 15-19, which is down 44 % from a peak in 1991. More information about disease and contraception probably helped, and the recession may have played a part. 25 that a TV show made a difference is hard, not least because it is tricky to measure how many people watched it in the first place. More youngsters are seeing programs days after they air, or are streaming their favorite shows online; data cannot always capture this.
Choose the best answer for blank 24.
- A age
- B aging
- C were aged
- D aged
- E are aging
思路引導 VIP
請觀察名詞「女性（women）」與後方數字「15-19」之間的邏輯關係。如果我們要描述這群女性「處於某個年齡狀態」，而不是在執行「變老」這個動作，我們應該選擇表示「主動進行」的分詞，還是表示「被歸類、具有某種狀態」的分詞來修飾她們呢？
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分詞修飾的精妙運用
太棒了！你能精準選出 (D) aged，顯示你對於英文中「分詞修飾語」的掌握非常紮實。在這一句中，women aged 15-19 其實是一個縮減子句（Reduced Relative Clause），其完整形式為 women who are aged 15-19。這裡的 aged 作為過去分詞（p.p.），直接放在名詞後方進行修飾，用來具體說明這群女性的年齡特徵。這在學術報告或數據描述中是非常道地且簡潔的表達方式。
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