英语
1.a recent study finds companies whose ceos committed a personal indiscretion-such as infidelity , substance abuse and dishonesty-experienced a/an ( ) in shareholder value.
a. restriction
b. tendency
c.abolition
d. decline
【答案】d。句意为:最近的一项研究发现,公司的ceo犯有个人失职行为,例如不忠,滥用毒品和不诚实等,公司经历了股东价值下降。a.限制,b.趋势,c.废止,d.下降。所以答案选d。
2.brazil is the largest soybean producer and the third maize producer in the world, contributing with 30% and 7%, ( ), of the global harvest of these crops in 2013.
a. exclusively
b. incredibly
c. respectively
d. undoubtedly
【答案】c。句意为:巴西是世界上最大的大豆生产国和第三大玉米生产国,分别占2013年这些作物全球收成的30%和7%。a.唯一地,b.难以置信地,c.分别地,d.无疑地 所以答案选c。
3. my son failed to come back home last night. this morning the police came to our house and ( ) my worst fears that he was injured in a car accident.
a. advocated
b. confirmed
c. promised
d. insured
【答案】b。考查动词词义辨析。a项意为提倡,拥护,辩护;b项意味确认,确定,证实;c项意为承诺,允诺;d项意为保证;根据句意“我儿子昨晚没能回家。今天早上警察来我家xx了我最担心的事情,他在车祸中受伤了。通过代入四个选项,可知b项符合句意,故此题选择b项。