On 26 every soap opera, the characters drink casually and often.
答案：(A) almost
【句型】almost every 是字詞搭配，表示「幾乎每一個」；mostly／altogether／hardly 都不能這樣修飾 every。
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almost 與 mostly 只差幾個字母，中文又都能說成「大部分、幾乎」，是很容易混的一組。這一格看空格後面那個 every 就能定案。
先看空格後面：every soap opera（每一部肥皂劇）。every 是一個絕對的字——它指的是全部、沒有例外。而能拿來修飾這種絕對詞、把它稍微鬆一點的，正是 almost（幾乎）：almost every（幾乎每一個）、almost all（幾乎全部）、almost no（幾乎沒有）、almost never（幾乎從不）。所以填 almost，意思是「幾乎每一部肥皂劇裡，角色都隨意而頻繁地喝酒」。順便分清楚 almost 與 most：most 是「大多數」，後面直接接名詞（most soap operas 大多數的肥皂劇）；almost 是副詞「幾乎」，不能直接修飾名詞，要修飾 every、all 這類字。
mostly（主要地、大多）：是副詞，用來修飾整句或動詞（The audience was mostly young. 觀眾大多很年輕），不修飾 every。altogether（總共、完全）：講總數或程度，接不上 every。hardly（幾乎不）：是否定副詞，填進去會變成「幾乎沒有肥皂劇裡角色喝酒」，與整段的論點正好相反。
almost every（幾乎每一個）、almost all（幾乎全部）、almost never（幾乎從不）、most ＋ 名詞（大多數的……）、a soap opera（肥皂劇）、over and over again（一再地）。
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.