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。
答對率 22%。
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 ＝ 新娘會遭受虐待。
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）。共同核心都是「受制於某個外力」。
前一句說這個習俗惡化到新郎與其家人予取予求；本句 When demands for dowry are not met（當嫁妝要求未被滿足時）是條件，後面接的必然是新娘承受的後果——and often even killed 更把嚴重性推到極致。
be subject to torture（遭受虐待）、be subject to change／approval（可能變動／須經核准）、subject to change without notice（如有變動恕不另行通知）、be aware of（察覺）、be furious with（對…生氣）。
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.