America encourages its young people to drink. 21 , our society makes drinking a part of every celebration.
答案：(C) For one thing
段落開頭列舉多個原因的第一項（後文blank26附近有「Secondly」承接第二項），For one thing（其中一個原因是）符合這種「列點論述」的開頭；For example是舉例、Afterwards是之後、On the whole是整體而言，都不符合這裡「列出第一個理由」的功能。
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四個選項都是段落開頭常見的轉承語，而 For example（舉例來說）看起來最像是要開始講例子，很容易先挑它。這一格的證據不在附近，在整篇文章的結構裡。
四個選項都是轉承語，可見這一格考的是這一段在整篇裡的位置。往後找一個關鍵字：這一篇後面出現了 Secondly（第二點），再往後又出現 The strongest encouragement ... comes from advertisers（最強的鼓勵來自廣告商）。也就是說，作者是在列舉「美國鼓勵年輕人喝酒」的幾個原因，而空格所在的地方正是第一點的開頭。既然後面用了 Secondly，前面這一點就要用 For one thing（其一是……）——這是英文列舉的固定框架：For one thing ... , for another ... 或 For one thing ... , Secondly ...。（同型見 93 年第 17 題的 for one thing …, for another … 那一組。）
For example（舉例來說）：舉例要有一個被舉例的通則，但這裡不是在為某句話舉例，是在列出第一個原因。On the whole（整體而言）：用來收攏、下總結，而這裡才剛開始展開。Afterwards（之後）：講時間先後，與列舉原因無關。
For one thing …, for another …（其一……其二……）、Secondly（第二點）、on the whole（整體而言）、encourage sb to V（鼓勵某人做……）、be part of（是……的一部分）、a celebration（慶祝活動）。
America encourages its young people to drink. 21 , our society makes drinking a part of every celebration. Our personal celebrations, 22 weddings, promotions, graduations, and anniversaries, are 23 linked with drinking. 24 children can attend any family affair without seeing the adults enjoying their liquor. Drinking is part of our national celebrations as well. The Fourth of July means beer and New Year's Eve is an entire night dedicated to the proposition that everyone must get 25 .
Secondly, the shows young people watch on television encourage them to drink. On 26 every soap opera, the characters drink casually and often. The rock videos young people watch over and over again feature alcohol, too. 27 on the videos sit in bars, nightclubs, and roadhouses. Drinking, the message goes, is cool.
The strongest encouragement to drink that young people receive, 28 , comes from advertisers. Beer companies often sponsor the sports events young people watch. In addition, advertisements for liquor, on TV and in print, show situations that are 29 to the young. People hoist their glasses 30 they are sitting around ski lodges, sailing, dancing, or enjoying a football game. We may say we don't want our children to drink, but our messages say just the opposite.