(a)促进 (b)重建 (c)开放 (d)恶化
2the president was dissuaded from military action by his advisors.
(a)胁迫 (b)说服 (c)反对 (d)劝阻
3her aptitude for math was one of the reasons for her BEComing a scientist.
(a)兴趣 (b)努力 (c)才能 (d)态度
4the enormity of his debt shocked his creditors.
(a)紧迫 (b)庞大 (c)杂乱 (d)拖欠
5he spared no expense lavishing endearments on his girlfriend.
(a)投资 (b)钱财 (c)宠爱 (d)同情
6his defection to another company shocked all of us.
(a)加入 (b)投资 (c)赞助 (d)叛离
7he was the beneficiary of a large fortune.
(a)受益人 (b)发起人 (c)经纪人 (d)所有人
8the design featured an unusual symmetry.
(a)不协调 (b)对称 (c)对比 (d)相似
9the reporter was fired because of his frequent distortion of the facts.
(a)回避 (b)假造 (c)扭曲 (d)坦诚
10the police found a correlation between the two murders.
(a)联络方式 (b)情报 (c)罪证 (d)关联
11the aboriginal inhabitants of taiwan tend to live in mountainous areas.
(a)荒蛮的 (b)落后的 (c)原始的 (d)山区的
12new products usually come with some kind of warranty.
(a)保证 (b)试吃 (c)宣传 (d)优惠
答案：
1(a)2 (d)3 (c)4 (b)5 (c)6 (d)7(a)8 (b)9 (c)10 (d)11 (c)12(a)
1foster v.养育；促进
同rear; promote反inhibit
2dissuade v.劝阻；阻止dissuasion n.
同advise against反persuade
3aptitude n.才能；性向
同talent; fitness
4enormity n.暴行；庞大
* creditor n.债权人
5endearment n.示爱的行为；宠爱
* lavish v.不吝给予
6defection n.叛离；背叛同desertion
7beneficiary n.受益人
8symmetry n.对称；调和
9distortion n.扭曲；变形
10correlation n.互相关联
11aboriginal adj.原始的
aborigine n.土著同primitive; original
12warranty n.保证同guarantee
