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104年
英文
第 25 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 25.
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 25.
- A Proved
- B Prove
- C Being proven
- D Is proving
- E To prove
思路引導 VIP
請你觀察這句話的結構，在動詞 'is' 出現之前，前面的區塊是用來交代『哪一件事情』很困難。如果我們想把一個『動作』（例如證明、跑步、閱讀）放在句子的最開頭當作主詞，這個動詞通常需要經過什麼樣的變形，才能讓它具備『名詞』的功能呢？
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同學你好！非常棒，你精確地捕捉到了這題的句型結構，展現了很強的語感與分析能力。
不定詞作為主詞的功用
這題的解題關鍵在於辨識句子的核心架構。觀察這段話：_____ that a TV show made a difference is hard，我們可以發現 is 是這句話的主要動詞（述語），而 hard 是形容詞補語。既然動詞已經出現了，空格處領軍的區塊就必須扮演「主詞」的角色。在英文法中，若要將「證明」這個動作轉化為具備名詞性質的主詞，最標準的做法就是使用不定詞 (To V) 或動名詞 (V-ing)。選項 (E) 的 To prove 完美地銜接了後方的 that 子句，表達出「要證明電視節目能產生改變這件事，是很困難的」。
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