When demands for dowry are not met, the bride is 19 torture, and often even killed.
答案：(D) subject to
be subject to 意為「遭受、易受」：當嫁妝的要求未被滿足時，新娘會遭受虐待，甚至常被殺害；aware of（察覺）、required by（被…要求）、furious with（對…生氣）語意都不合。
subject 你最熟的是名詞「科目」與「主題」。它當形容詞、後面接 to 時意思是「遭受、易受」，be subject to 必須整組記，本句 the bride is subject to torture 就是「新娘會遭受虐待」。
先看句子的結構怎麼接。主詞是 the bride，動詞是 is，空格連同 to／of／with 是主詞補語；更關鍵的是後面用 and 並列了 often even killed。and 連接的兩個部分要對稱，killed 是新娘承受的遭遇，那麼空格這一段也必須是新娘承受的遭遇，而且程度上要能與「被殺害」放在同一條線上遞進。這一步就把方向鎖死了：填進去的東西不能是「察覺」「生氣」這類新娘自己的心理反應。再看前面的條件句 When demands for dowry are not met（當嫁妝的要求未被滿足時），條件之後接的是後果，也指向同一個方向。這裡的 meet 值得單獨記一下：它不是「遇見」，是「滿足、達到」——meet a demand（滿足要求）、meet one's needs（符合需求）、meet a deadline（趕上期限）、meet the standard（達到標準）、meet expectations（符合期待）。這一組的受詞都是「被提出來、需要被達成的東西」；本句用被動 are not met，就是「要求沒有被滿足」。驗算法：把兩個並列的部分接起來唸一遍——the bride is subject to torture, and often even killed（新娘會遭受虐待，甚至常被殺害），前輕後重，遞進成立。be subject to 有兩層常見用法，共同核心都是「受制於某個外力」。一是「遭受、易受」：These products are subject to damage in transit.（這些產品在運送中容易受損。）二是「須經…、以…為條件」：The plan is subject to approval.（該計畫須經核准。）／Prices are subject to change without notice.（價格如有變動恕不另行通知。）這裡有個容易看走眼的地方：be subject to + N / V-ing 的 to 是介系詞，不是不定詞的 to，所以後面接名詞或動名詞，不接原形動詞。The plan is subject to being cancelled.（該計畫可能被取消。）同一個形狀的還有 be used to + V-ing（習慣於）、be opposed to + V-ing（反對）、look forward to + V-ing（期待）、object to + V-ing（反對）、be devoted to + V-ing（致力於），這一組的 to 全是介系詞。判斷方法很簡單：把 to 後面換成一個名詞唸唸看，唸得通就是介系詞。另外，subject 這個字有三個身分，讀到它要先認身分。名詞是「科目、主題、（實驗）對象」；動詞 subject sb／sth to sth 是「使某人遭受」（They subjected him to harsh criticism. 他們讓他遭受嚴厲批評。）；形容詞就是本題的 be subject to。認錯身分，整句就讀不動。
三個都是「形容詞／分詞 + 介系詞」，句法上都接得上，錯在語意方向。be aware of 是「察覺、意識到」，主詞是感受的一方，會變成「新娘察覺到虐待」，與後面的 killed 對不起來。be required by 是「被…所要求」，by 後面要接提出要求的人或規定，torture 不是要求的來源。be furious with 是「對…感到憤怒」，with 後面通常接人，而且同樣是新娘自己的情緒，不是她承受的遭遇。
be subject to（遭受；須經）、subject to change without notice（如有變動恕不另行通知）、be exposed to（暴露於）、be aware of（察覺）、be furious with sb（對某人生氣）、meet a demand／one's needs／a deadline（滿足要求／符合需求／趕上期限）、be subject to + N / V-ing（遭受；須經）、be used to + V-ing（習慣於）、subject sb to sth（使某人遭受）、dowry（嫁妝）。
In spite of modernization and the increasing role of women in all walks of life, the practice of the dowry in India is still widespread. The dowry system, money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage, was started centuries ago with the intention of providing security for a girl 16 difficulties and unexpected circumstances after marriage.
For this purpose, the parents gave 17 they could to their daughter, which consequently went to the groom's family. By the beginning of the 21st century, however, the custom had deteriorated to a point whereby the groom and his family had become very 18.
When demands for dowry are not met, the bride is 19 torture, and often even killed. The more educated a man is, the 20 is the expectation for dowry at the time of marriage. Girls who are highly educated are required to have larger dowries because they usually marry more educated men.