私醫聯招 英文歷屆試題｜第 284 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.
- However
- Since
- Unless
- While
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空格引導的子句與主要子句（there are small steps...）形成前後對比、讓步關係。
正確答案
正解：D
詳解
A. however為副詞，通常置於句首搭配逗號單獨成句，不能直接引導一個從屬子句去連接後面的主要子句，否則造成無連接詞的兩個子句相連，語法錯誤。
B. 「既然、因為」表原因或「自從」表時間，與此處「雖然沒有萬靈丹立法，但小步驟仍有大影響」的讓步對比語意不符。
C. 「除非」表條件，與此處讓步對比的語意不符。
D. 正確，while在此作連接詞表「雖然、儘管」，引導讓步子句，與後文「小小的步驟仍能有很大影響」形成對比，符合句意。
