2011年MBA英語詞匯語法練習及答案三

　　1. The finance minister has not been so _____ since he raised taxes to such a high level.
　　A. popular     
　　B. well-known     
　　C. favorable     
　　D. preferable
　　[答案] A. popular.
　　[注釋]popular 此處意為“ (=liked and admired) 受愛戴的, 有名聲或聲望的”。
　　2. It is wrong for someone in such a high _____ in the government to behave too badly in public.
　　A. situation     
　　B. position     
　　C. employment     
　　D. profession
　　[答案] B. position.
　　[注釋]position 此句中指“地位” (不可數, 有時加不定冠詞), 如：1) She was a woman of high position. 2) a high (low) position society.
　　3. We all knew from the very _____ that the plan would fail.
　　A. outcome     
　　B. outset     
　　C. income     
　　D. output
　　[答案] B. outset.
　　[注釋] outset 開端, 開始, from the very outset (從一開始) 。outbreak爆發, 發生。outcome結局. income 收入。output 產量。
　　4. He looked rather untidy as there were two buttons _____ from his coat.
　　A. loosing     
　　B. losing     
　　C. off     
　　D. missing
　　[答案] D. missing.
　　[注釋]missing 缺少的; a book with some missing pages. (缺頁書) 。
　　5. Lawyers often make higher _____ for their work than they should.
　　A. bills     
　　B. charges     
　　C. prices     
　　D. costs
　　[答案] B. charges.
　　[注釋]make charges for對......收 (費) ; 索 (價) 。charge也可以用作動詞, 表示“收費, 索價”, 如：1) We don’t charge anything for that. (對此我們不收費。) 2) How much do you charge for a haircut? (理個發要收多少錢？)