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The Metro Times
Oct. 1.2020
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These years churches are in a calamitous state. To start with, the number of church-goers is
dropping sharply (see Figure 1). Many say they do not belong to any church, and those who do go less
often than they used to. (Going to church appears less and less on people's to-do list. Another worrying
fact is that fewer and fewer young people go to church, which leads to an older church (see Figure 2).
And there is also the problem with money. Keeping a church door open is not cheap. Fewer
people going to church means little money coming in. This makes it harder to keep a church open.
When the time comes for a church to close, there is little to do but to sell it. Churches that were
lucky enough to find a buyer were put to other uses. Some were changed into restaurants or school
gyms, and some even became nightclubs, for example. Churches that had little luck were knocked
down in the end.
Just like a store that keeps losing business needs to think of ways to save itself, it is perhaps time
for the church to try to win people's hearts back and play an important part in people's lives again,
This is not something that one can simply pray to get an answer to.
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down in the end.
Just like a store that keeps losing business needs to think of ways to save itself, it is perhaps time
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for the church to try to win people's hearts back and play an important part in people's lives again,
This is not something that one can simply pray to get an answer to.
Figure 2
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da Below are four findings from other reports. Which does NOT agree with the idea of the report?
(A) "Reports show over 90% of church-goers go to church because their fathers do. In the last
20 years, 49% of men under 30 have left the church. That means there's a 90% chance that
their children won't go to church. This is hard for the church to take in."
(B) “Between 2003 and 2010, over 1,000 new churches were built in the country. This may
sound like good news. During the same years, however, more than 2,000 were closed."
(C) “In the report, 33% of the people that were interviewed say they never go to church and
another 33% say they used to. Only 15% go to church at least once a month."
(D) “Of the 15 countries in the report, the percentage (%) of church-goers in some countries,
like Denmark, is lower than 10%; in others, like Poland, the percentage is higher than
70%."

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agree with sth：與…相呼應，與…一致

題目問哪個選項與這篇意見不相呼應

ABC都講到去教堂的人減少或是教堂變少，但是D後面卻提到Poland(波蘭)超過70%的人去教堂，因此選D