私醫聯招 英文歷屆試題|第 281 題
106 學年度
In spite of the fact that women-owned businesses have grown at twice (31) businesses in general over the last decade, today there are only 17% of startups with a female founder. It turns out men still run the world. There have been many women who have (32) in the workforce, leaving a path for other women to follow. But still women are falling behind (33) antiquated workplace policies and environments. (34) there is no magic piece of legislation or workplace policy that can be adopted to (35) the playing field overnight, there are small steps that can have a big impact.
- the end of
- the mercy of
- the rate of
- the sight of
提示
「grow at twice the rate of...」為描述成長速度倍數比較的固定用法。
正確答案
正解:C
詳解
A. 「……的盡頭/結束」與描述成長速度倍數的語意不符。
B. 「任憑……擺佈」與此處描述成長速度無關。
C. 正確,「at twice the rate of」意指「以……兩倍的速度」,符合比較成長速度的語境。
D. 「……的視線/景象」與描述成長速度無關。