单选题
Some of the words employed by Shakespeare in his works have become______ and are no longer used in the present days.(2007年中国科学院考博试题)
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：此题考察词义辨析。obsolete意为已废弃的，过时的：obscene意为淫秽的；obvious意为明显的；oblique意为间接的，倾斜的。从后面一部分“are no longer used in the present days”表示已经过时了，所以正确答案是A项。