1. The firms are not allowed to set up any trade ________ among them.
A. barrier B. blame C. benefit D. duty
2. That organization __________ persons of different political stands.
A. owns B. embraces C. composes D. consists
3. The economy in this city was _______ by the new investment from abroad.
A. cancelled B. boomed C. buried D. crowded
4. She has finally decided to be ______ in rejecting his proposal.
A.busy B.frank C.casual D.clam
5. Finally the jury found the accused _____ of robbing the old lady.
A.doubtful B.guilty C.diverse D.distinct
答案与解析:
1 A
barrier 壁障;blame 指责;benefit 受益;duty 责任。
2. B
own 尤指以法定权利拥有某物;embrace 表示“欣然接受”;compose 意为“创作(乐曲或诗歌)”,表示“由……构成”时,应用be composed of 这一表达;consist of 意思是“由……构成”。根据题意及各选项的用法,正确B。
3 B
cancel 撤消;boom 繁荣;bury 埋;crowd 使拥挤。
4.B
busy忙碌的,繁忙的;frank坦白的;直率的;真诚的;casual偶然的,碰巧的;clam蛤,蛤蜊,蚌。
5.B
doubtful怀疑的,疑惑的;guilty有罪的,犯...罪的;diverse不同的,互异的;distinct与其他不同的,有区别的。