私醫聯招 英文歷屆試題｜第 283 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.
- as for
- now that
- even if
- because of
提示
空格後接名詞片語（antiquated workplace policies and environments），需搭配介系詞表原因。
正確答案
正解：D
詳解
A. 「至於」用於轉換話題，與此處表原因的語意不符。
B. 為連接詞，後面須接完整子句，此處後面是名詞片語，用法不合語法。
C. 為連接詞，後面須接完整子句，且語意「即使」與此處表原因不符。
D. 正確，為介系詞片語，後接名詞片語，表示「由於過時的職場政策與環境」，符合女性因此落後的原因說明。
