英语中的 “后缀”（suffixes）指位于词尾、用来修饰词根的字母搭配。比如：-ness、-al、-ity、-age。后缀通常用来表示一个词语的词性。例如，名词 “brightness” 的意思是 “明亮、亮度”，它由表示事物特质或状态的后缀 “-ness” 与形容词 “bright” 组合而成，所以 “brightness” 指 “物体发亮的特质或状态”。

 

1. The writer wrote a very critic _______ article about the food industry.

 

a) -ify

b) -ment

c) -al

d) -ness

 

2. We class _______ films in terms of their different genres¹.

 

a) -al

b) -ship

c) -age

d) -ify

 

3. Livia is doing an intern² _______ with a famous fashion brand.

 

a) -ment

b) -ship

c) -al

d) -ity

 

4. I didn't buy the car because the mile _______ was far too high for a car that new.

 

a) -age

b) -ness

c) -ship

d) -ment

 

5. The teacher said he had done well in most subjects, but that his main area of weak _______ was maths.

 

a) -ship

b) -ity

c) -age

d) -ness

 

6. The topic of equal _______ is very popular today.

 

a) -ify

b) -ity

c) -ness

d) -ment

 

7. When she saw her exam results her eyes lit up in amaze _______.

 

a) -ness

b) -ity

c) -ment

d) -age

 

8. Real _______ was an artistic³ movement that emerged in Europe in the mid-nineteenth century.

 

a) -ism

b) -ness

c) -ment

d) -age

 

答案

1) c, 2) d, 3) b, 4) a, 5) d, 6) b, 7) c, 8) a.

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