
This situation must have happened in your lifetime. Standing in a classroom, you find
more boys than girls. However, it is probably not the same anymore in Taiwan. In
November of 2014, there were more women than men by 956. This was the first time in
history that women had outnumbered men. It is believed that the number of women will
be greater than that of men.
The ratio of men to women has long been noticed in different countries. Take the year
of 2011 for example. India’s ratio of men to women was 107 to 100, Malaysia’s 106 to 100,
China’s 105 to 100, and Taiwan’s 101 to 100. Unlike the above countries, the following
countries had different situations. Italy’s ratio of men to women was 93 to 100, France’s
94 to 100, Japan’s 95 to 100, Austria 95 to 100, and Mexico’s 96 to 100.
Taiwan used to have more men than women for the following reasons. Many
Taiwanese thought it was important to give birth to boys. Historically, lots of men came to
Taiwan from China in the 1950s. However, with those men passing away and more women
coming from foreign countries, the ratio of men to women is believed to be different for
years to come.
situation 情況 ratio 比率 historically 以歷史觀點
39. From the reading, which of the following shows the facts of 2011?
Which of the following example best shows the meaning of “outnumber” ?
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A Sandra shared three cookies with each of her friends on her 5th birthday.
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B Ken and his wife have four children, two boys and two girls.
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C There are 28 students in Class 907. Twelve of them are boys and the rest are girls.
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D Both Julia and Becky spent all their pocket money on new clothes.
What do we know from the reading?
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A Taiwanese people now think nothing is more important than giving birth to boys.
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B People believe that there will be more men than women in Taiwan.
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C Since 2014, there have been more men than women in Taiwan.
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D Taiwan used to have more men because many men from China moved to Taiwan.
Millions of people like to watch others eat on camera. These online videos, (42)___
are called mukbang. It might seem strange, but they are surprisingly very popular on
YouTube or Tik-Tok.
Why do people enjoy watching others eat and talk online? Because there’s something
social and comforting about mukbang. Now single-person households are growing, so
eating alone is more common. (43) . It helps those single people to connect
with others even though they are home alone.
However, (44) . The way people eat food in most of the videos isn’t healthy.
Some mukbangers eat so much food that they hurt their stomachs. This might encourage
bad eating habits and lead to serious eating problems. Good or bad, mukbang isn’t for
everyone. social 社交性 comforting 安慰的 single-person household 單身(住)戶
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A which you watch on TV every day
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B which show people eating and sometimes talking
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C which show people how to make delicious food
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D which make you feel uncomfortable
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A Watching mukbang can be a way to have someone to eat with.
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B Watching mukbang isn’t the only way to make friends.
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C They are more likely to eat out with their family.
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D Talking to others online takes more time than usual.
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A people care more about how mukbang is made
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B having good eating habits sounds difficult to all youtubers
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C there’s a dark side to mukbang
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D there are some rules to be a mukbanger P3 尚有試題,請繼續作答
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