私醫聯招 英文歷屆試題｜第 282 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.
- blazed the trail
- dropped the ball
- made the pace
- turned the knife
提示
後文說「為其他女性開路」，暗示這些女性是先驅者、開拓者。
正確答案
正解：A
詳解
A. 正確，「blaze the trail」意指「開闢先河、先驅開路」，呼應後文「為其他女性留下一條路可以跟隨」。
B. 「搞砸、失職」與「為他人開路」的正面語意不符。
C. 「起帶頭作用、定下步調」語意雖接近，但非此處慣用固定片語，與「leaving a path for others to follow」的呼應不如blaze the trail精確。
D. 「往傷口上撒鹽、加重傷害」與此處正面語意不符。
