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。