The rock videos young people watch over and over again feature alcohol, too. 27 on the videos sit in bars, nightclubs, and roadhouses.
答案：(C) Characters
承接上文「the characters drink casually and often」，這句延續講電視劇裡的「角色」出現在酒吧、夜店裡，Characters 呼應上下文主詞；Stories／Drinks／Messages 都不適合作「坐在酒吧裡」這個動作的主詞。
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四個選項都是名詞，而這一段講的是電視與音樂錄影帶，Stories 或 Messages 看起來都跟影片有關。這一格有兩層證據，一層在前文、一層在動詞。
第一層看動詞：空格是主詞，後面的動詞是 sit（___ on the videos sit in bars, nightclubs, and roadhouses）。能「坐在」酒吧、夜店、路邊酒館裡的必須是人，Stories（故事）、Drinks（飲料）、Messages（訊息）都坐不了。第二層往前讀：前一句才剛說 the characters drink casually and often（劇中角色隨意而頻繁地喝酒）——characters 這個字已經出場過了，本句只是把場景從肥皂劇換到音樂錄影帶，講的還是同一種人。兩層證據都指向 Characters。
Stories（故事）、Messages（訊息）：都是抽象的東西，不會坐在酒吧裡。（順帶一提，Messages 在這一段的結尾確實出現了——Drinking, the message goes, is cool.——但那是「訊息傳達的內容」，不是坐在酒吧裡的主體。）Drinks（飲料）：同樣不會自己坐著。
a character（角色）、feature sth（以……為特色、主打）、a rock video（搖滾音樂錄影帶）、a nightclub（夜店）、the message goes（訊息傳達的是）、be cool（很酷）。
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.