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单选题
  • A. stay away
  • B. stand out
  • C. step down
  • D. set off
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】stay away:离开;外出。stand out:站出来,突出;坚持抵抗。step down:逐步减低;辞职;下台。set off:出发;动身;使爆炸;引起
单选题
  • A. fares
  • B. payment
  • C. charges
  • D. tuition
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】该题的四个选项都有费用的意思,但用法不同。fares单指车、船费;payment是指付款、报酬等;charges指收取服务费等;tuition专指学费
单选题
  • A. attended
  • B. covered
  • C. included
  • D. composed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】cover:涵盖;涉及;include:包括;compose:组成
单选题
  • A. welfares
  • B. advantages
  • C. benefits
  • D. goods
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】welfare:一般指社会福利、福利事业等;advantages:优势;有利条件;benefits:利益,好处;工资之外的福利;goods:货物
单选题
  • A. rolled up
  • B. gone up
  • C. sat up
  • D. taken up
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】go up:上升,增长;roll up:卷起,达到,出现;sit up:坐起,熬夜;take up:拿起,开始从事,继续等
单选题
  • A. management
  • B. economic
  • C. policy
  • D. financial
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】
单选题
  • A. apply to
  • B. suit for
  • C. adjust to
  • D. gear for
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】apply to:应用于;suit to:适合于;adjust to:适应;调解;gear to:调整;适合;换挡
单选题
  • A. in
  • B. to
  • C. off
  • D. over
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】off campus:校园外
单选题
  • A. as well as
  • B. the same as
  • C. as far as
  • D. such as
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】as well as:也,以及
单选题
  • A. grasps
  • B. grains
  • C. grounds
  • D. grants
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】grasp:抓住,掌握;grain:粮食,谷物;grounds:地面;范围;grants:补助金