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, 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。在這裡四個形容詞中, 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生什麼事情不感興趣, 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) 驅使, 使分散; the police scattered the crowed. (警察驅散人群。) (=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