Appraisal n. 评价, 估价
Aptitude: n. 能力；才能；天资
assurance n 自信；把握 (= self-assurance) , 保险
e.g. life assurance 人寿保险
Assessment n.评估,看法
e.g. What is your assessment of the situation?
你对时局的看法如何

8. To a first-year student, the doctoral degree is a distant expectation.
A. aspect B. respect C. prospect D. spectacle
答案及解析:C.解题思路：句意。
Aspect n 模样；面貌， 方面
e.g. only one aspect of the problem
只是问题的一个方面
prospect n希望；期望
e.g. Theres not much prospect of Mr Smiths being elected as Congressman.
史密斯先生被选为议员的希望不大。
Spectacle n.观览物, 展览物, 奇观, 景象

9．During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.
A) p ermanent B) powerful
C) striking D) practical
答案及解析: C. 解题思路：根据画线词的家族词（drama）的本义和与画线词搭配的结构的含义（变化），判断C是答案。
Striking: adj. 引人注意的；显著的
Dramatic: adj. 戏剧的；有关戏剧的; 引人注目的