私醫聯招 英文歷屆試題｜第 427 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.
- summons
- suggests
- supposes
- suspects
提示
「證據」為主詞，後接 that 子句，常見固定搭配為 evidence suggests that。
正確答案
正解：B
詳解
A. summons：意為「傳喚」，主詞若為證據則語意不合。
B. suggests：意為「顯示、暗示」，evidence suggests that 為常見固定搭配，為正解。
C. supposes：意為「假設」，通常主詞為人而非證據，語意不合。
D. suspects：意為「懷疑」，通常主詞為人，語意不合。
