单选题 Questions 147-149 refer to the following e-mail.
From: Daniel Smith
To: Dallen Henares
Subject: Our appointment
Date: Wed, 20 Sept. 2009

Dear Mr. Henares,
I'm sending my{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}for having to cancel our 10:00 appointment for this morning. I was on my way to your office but was suddenly called away to deal with an urgent problem at the factory.
I have asked Ms. Blanchard to{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}our meeting on Friday at 11:00 a.m. Our agenda, as agreed upon, will be the implementation of a new inventory system. I would appreciate it if you could send other members scheduled to attend the meeting a summary of the points that{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}in your presentatior on the new system, since this should facilitate decision-making during our meeting.
I hope you were not inconvenienced by the cancellation of our meeting this morning.
All the best,
Daniel Smith
单选题
  • A. thanks
  • B. congratulations
  • C. apologies
  • D. excuse
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】这是一封电子邮件,内容是告知对方因故变更会晤预约,并深表歉意。 这句话的意思是说,我对取消今天上午10点的会晤深表歉意。由上下文语境可知应为道歉。(A)thanks感谢;(B)congratulations祝贺;(D)excuse借口、理由。
单选题
  • A. postpone
  • B. put off
  • C. arrange
  • D. reschedule
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】这句话的意思是说,我已要求Blanchard女士把我们的会见重新安排到周五上午11点。(A)postpone和(B)put off均有推迟之意,二者需接介词to;(C)arrange安排、排列,结构为arrange sth.For sb.;(D)reschedule重新安排……日程。
单选题
  • A. were covered
  • B. will be covered
  • C. are covering
  • D. to cover
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】这句话的意思是说,如果你能传给其他与会人员你的报告涉及要点的总结,我将不胜感激。cover有“包含、涉及”之意。这里需要用动词的被动语态,根据上下文可知应为一般将来时,故选(B)。