上期回顾:
1. Fran took on an extra job in order to augment1 her meager2 salary.
2. The driver took an alternate street so that he could avoid the roadblock.
1. augment :增加
2. alternate: 替代的
选出与红色英文意思相近的词语或短语。
1: The engineers needed to modify the equipment so that it would be in compliance3 with government regulations.
(a) in violation4 of
(b) in accordance with
(c) in payment of
(d) in compromise with
2: The bank closed Anna's checking account due to insufficient5 funds.
(a) counterfeit
(b) lack of
(c) unavailable
(d) lateness
3: Barry added a loudspeaker to the system in order to augment the sound level.
(a) add to
(b) change
(c) decrease
(d) modulate
4: The attorneys added several items of clarification to the contract so that the clients would better understand the terms of the agreement.
(a) cost
(b) adjudication
(c) explanation
(d) restriction
5: Since she was proficient6 with the accounting7 spreadsheet computer program, her supervisor8 assigned her the most difficult spreadsheet tasks.
(a) skilled
(b) happy
(c) new
(d) frustrated
6: Cristina did not remit9 her payments by the deadline, and consequently her insurance was canceled.
(a) collect
(b) reprimand
(c) send
(d) request
7: Donald's speech obscured the facts, resulting in a poorly informed audience.
(a) told
(b) hid
(c) spent
(d) obtained
8: The doctor donated her services to the free clinic; thus, no compensation was due her.
(a) appreciation
(b) compromise
(c) time sheet
(d) payment
9: If the present method does not solve the problem, (then) you will need to try an alternate approach.
(a) different
(b) chance
(c) altruistic
(d) methods
10: They labeled each product with a colored tag so that they could differentiate10 them from one another.
(a) reproduce
(b) package
(c) distinguish