单选题
Compared with his ______, Putin adopted a more active, flexible and pragmatic foreign policy.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] B选项:predecessor的意思为“前任,前辈”,如:As a scholar,he is not in the same street with his predecessors.(作为学者,他远不如其前辈。)句意:与其前任相比,普京的对外战略更积极、灵活、务实。故选B。
其他三项意思分别是:ancestor祖先,先驱;forerunner先驱,前兆;pioneer拓荒者,先驱者。