答案:
1 A motive:动机。reason:理由。这两个词意思比较接近。There is no reason to doubt his word,没有理由不相信他的话。excuse:借口, answer和reply都有"回答"的意思。
2 C widen和broaden都有"拓宽"的意思。twist:弯曲。stretch:延伸。The forests Stretch for hundreds of miles.森林绵延数百英里。bend:弯曲。
3 C lure:吸引。temptation:吸引。这两个词意思相近。abuse:滥用。flavor:滋味;consumption:消费。
4 D immense和enormous都有"巨大的"的意思。 it was an enormous disappointment此事太令人失望了。natural:自然的;tiny:微小的:fatal:致命的。
5 B remedy:补救。improve:改进。这两个词意思相近。Herbal medicine can be used to improve our health.草药可用于增进我们的健康。maintain:保持。protect:保护。assess:评估。
6 A collaborate:合作;勾结。cooperate:合作。 She has agreed to cooperate with the police in the investigation.她同意在调查中跟警察台作。compete:比赛。combine:合并。argue:争论。
7 A consolidate:巩固。strengthen:巩固,加强。To strengthen his position in Parliament,he held talks with leaders of the Peasant Party,为了加强在国会中的地位,他跟农民党的领导人进行了会谈。control:控制。abandon:放弃。exercise:行使。
8 B probe:探索。explore:探索。这两个词意思很相近。Both parties are exploring ways of settling the dispute.双方都在寻求解决争端的办法。solve:解决。settle:解决。handle:处理。
9 D alleviate:减轻。relieve:减轻:变小。remove:去掉;切除。cure:治疗。worsen:严重。
10 B defect:缺陷。fault:缺陷。function:功能。motion:意向。part:部分。
11 D insufficient:不充分的。inadequate:不充分的。Supplies of food and medicine are inadequate食物和药品供应不足。instant:迫切的。infinite:无限的。
12 A perish:死亡。die:死亡。The old man will die soon.这个老人很快会死去。suffer:蒙受。float:漂浮。scatter:散乱。
13 C inthe end:最后。ultimately:最后。The food ultimately arrived at the end of last month.食品终于在上月末运到了。certainly:当然。necessarily:必定地。
14 B complicated:复杂的。complex:复杂的。The issue is very complex.这个问题太复杂了。strange:奇怪的。difficult:困难的。personal:个人的。funny:有趣的。
15 A appraisal:评价。evaluation:评价。Evaluation is standard practice for all training评价是各种教育的通常的做法。production:生产。efficiency:效率。publicity出名。
