私醫聯招 英文歷屆試題｜第 426 題
109 學年度
Languages seem to be (26) a smaller number, as languages like English seem to eat up regional ones. The three languages used the most by first language speakers today are Mandarin Chinese, English, and Spanish. English is being used more and more as the main language for business, science, and popular culture.
Evidence (27) that the dominant languages are (28) out the local tongues of various regions in the world. Linguists estimate that of the approximately 6,500 languages worldwide, about half are endangered or on the (29) of extinction. According to some linguists, the estimated rate of language extinction is one lost in the world every two weeks. If this sounds like the world is losing a species, (30) a way it is.
- alleviating at
- connecting with
- converging to
- oozing with
提示
語言數量逐漸「趨向、匯聚成」較少的數目。
正確答案
正解：C
詳解
A. alleviating at：alleviate 意為「減輕」，且無此固定搭配 at，用法與語意皆不合。
B. connecting with：意為「與...連結」，語意與「數量趨於減少」不完全吻合。
C. converging to：意為「匯聚、趨向於」，與語言數量趨向變少呼應，為正解。
D. oozing with：意為「滲出、充滿」，語意不合。
