1. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.
A. admitted
B. acknowledged
C. absorbed
D. considered
[答案] D. considered
[注釋] considered 考慮; admit 承認; absorb 吸收。
[注意]acknowledge 1) (=agree or admit the truth of; confess) 承認, 供認; A. He acknowledged his mistake. (他承認了他的錯誤。) B. 接動名詞 He acknowledged having been beaten. (他承認被打敗了。) 2) (express thanks for) 致謝; A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter. (瑪麗致函感謝饋贈的禮物。) B. His long service with the company was acknowledged with a present. (向他贈送禮品以感謝他長期來對公司的服務。)
2. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.
A. command
B. conviction
C. consent
D. compromise
[答案] C. consent
[注釋] consent 同意, 贊成, 答應。conviction 深信, 確信。compromise 妥協(xié), 折中。command 命令, 指令; 掌握, 運用能力。
3. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry.
A. powerful
B. influential
C. monstrous
D. vigorous
[答案] A. powerful
[注釋] powerful (=having or producing great power) 強有力的。在這里四個形容詞中, 只有powerful (有效力的) 可與表示藥物的名詞搭配。influential 有影響的, 有勢力的, monstrous 異常大的, vigorous 精力旺盛的, 強健有力的。
4. The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.
A. vanished
B. abandoned
C. scattered
D. rejected
[答案] B. abandoned
[注釋] abandoned (=give up completely) 放棄, 拋棄; 1) The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund. 2) The sailors abandoned the burning ship.
[注意]abandon 暗指某人對其所拋棄的人或物將會發(fā)生什么事情不感興趣, 如把撞壞的汽車拋棄在路旁。vanish (=suddenly disappear; go out of existence) vi.消失, 絕跡; 1) The airplane vanished into the clouds.2) Many kinds of animals have vanished form the earth. (許多種類的動物以在地球上絕跡。) scatter (=send, go in different direction) 驅(qū)使, 使分散; The police scattered the crowed. (警察驅(qū)散人群。) (=throw or put in various directions) 撒, 到處放; He scattered his clothes all over the room. reject (=refuse to accept) 拒絕接受; She rejected my suggestion.
5. Henry's news report covering the conference was so _____ that nothing had been omitted.
A. understanding
B. comprehensible
C. comprehensive
D. understandable
[答案] C. comprehensive.
[注釋] comprehensive 完全的無所不包的; comprehensible 能懂的, 可以理解的; understandable 可以理解的, 主要用來指人的行為。understanding 用來指人時, 表示"善于理解別人或別人問題的 (人) 。"注意下面的搭配：a comprehensive map (街區(qū)詳圖) ; a comprehensible remark (聽得懂的話) ,an understandable mistake (可以理解的錯誤) ; an understanding friend (一位能理解人的朋友)
