私醫聯招 英文歷屆試題｜第 139 題
103 學年度
The legal drinking age should be lowered from 21 to about 18 or 19, and young people should be allowed to drink in the presence of adults in such settings as restaurants, taverns and pubs and at official school and university functions. Allowing young people to consume alcohol in such controlled environments would enable them to learn mature and sensible drinking behaviors. The defiance of current drinking-age laws is readily apparent among university students. Students under age 21 are more likely to be heavy, or binge drinkers—those who consume over five drinks at one sitting at least once a week; 22 percent of students under age 21 classify themselves as heavy drinkers, compared with 18 percent of students over age 21.
- drinkers who like to play bingo, a game of chance
- drinkers who are under age 21
- drinkers who heavily consume alcoholic beverages over a short period of time
- drinkers who usually drink at restaurants and show mature behaviors, namely people with self-control
提示
文中以破折號直接解釋 binge drinkers 為「一次久坐飲用超過五杯」者。
正確答案
正解：C
詳解
A. 此選項將 binge 誤解為賓果遊戲 bingo，屬字面誤讀，與文意不符。
B. binge drinkers 是依飲酒「行為模式」定義，而非依「年齡」定義，此選項與文意不符。
C. 文中破折號後方明確定義 binge drinkers 為「一次坐下嗝超過五杯，且至少一週一次」的重度飲酒者，即短時間內大量飲酒者，為正解。
D. binge drinkers 描述的是缺乏節制的重度飲酒行為，與「展現成熟且自制的飲酒行為」意涵相反，不合文意。
