1.Mr. Chan's main role in the company for the next two weeks is to look ( ) the right person to take over Mr. Shaw's position when he leaves at the end of the month.
A. in
B. for
C. over
D. from
【答案】B。考察介词短语。“在接下来的两周内,陈先生在公司的主要角色是…合适的人选来接替邵先生在本月底离职的职位”。look for:寻找;Look in:顺便看望;look over: 检查;look from:从某处看。根据句意可知补充“寻找”更合适,故正确答案是选项B。
2.After a long and difficult strike, the plant workers will show up to work ( ) Monday.
A. starting on
B. afterwards
C. instead
D. outside
【答案】A。“经过长期艰苦的罢工,工厂的工人将从下周一…上班”。A选项starting on:开始;B选项afterwards:后来、然后;C选项instead:代替;D选项outside:外面的。根据句意可知应该是“下周一开始上班”,故选择starting on,正确答案是选项A。
3.The advertisements printed in this magazine do not ( ) imply endorsement by the management.
A. highly
B. barely
C. gradually
D. necessarily
【答案】D。观察选项可知是选填副词,选项之间只是词意的差别。根据句意“印在这本杂志上的广告不…受经营者认可”,A选项highly:非常、高度地;B选项barely:仅仅、几乎不;C选项gradually:逐步地、渐渐地;D选项necessarily:必然地、必定。根据句意可知填入“不一定”更合适,故正确答案是选项D。
4.If the task is too complicated to figure out on ( ) own, please don't hesitate to ask oneof our representatives, who are here to help.
A. you
B. your
C. yours
D. yourself
【答案】B。on one’s own:独立地,是固定搭配,所以空格处应填入修饰名词own的物主代词。故正确答案是选项B。
5.The hard work put in during his younger years made him become ( ) sound in his later years.
A. finance
B. finances
C. financial
D. financially
【答案】D。观察题干可知空格处应该填入副词,修饰become的表语sound(殷实的),只有D项是副词,故正确答案是选项D。