单选题 It is {{U}}postulated{{/U}} that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2015.
  • A. challenged
  • B. assumed
  • C. deducted
  • D. decreed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 画线词的原形postulate为动词,意为“假定;要求;视……为理所当然”。B项的原形assume意为“假定;假设”;与画线词意思相近;例:It is reasonable to assume that the economy will continue to improve.认为经济会继续好转是有道理的。A项的原形challenge意为“向……挑战”;例:I challenge the truth of your story.我对你说的情况表示怀疑。C项的原形deduct意为“扣除,减去;演绎”;例:We request you to deduct our commission from the invoice.我们请求你们从发票中扣除我们的佣金。D项的原形decree意为“颁布法令”;例:The king decreed a general amnesty.国王颁布了大赦令。