1. In this factory, suggestions often have to wait for months before they are fully _____.

　　A.admitted B.acknowledged C.absorbed D.considered

　　[答案] D. considered

　　[注释] considered 考虑； admit 承认； absorb 吸收。

　　[注意]acknowledge

　　1) (=agree or admit the truth of; confess) 承认， 供认；

　　A. He acknowledged his mistake. (他承认了他的错误。)

　　B. 接动名词 He acknowledged having beenbeaten. (他承认被打败了。)

　　2) (express thanks for) 致谢;

　　A. Mary acknowledged the gift with a pleasant letter. (玛丽致函感谢馈赠的礼物。)

　　B. His long service with thecompany was acknowledged with a present. (向他赠送礼品以感谢他长期来对公司的服务。)

　　2. The boy slipped out of the room and headed for the swimming pool without his parents' _____.

　　A. command B. conviction C. consent D. compromise

　　[答案] C. consent

　　[注释] consent 同意， 赞成， 答应。conviction 深信, 确信。compromise 妥协， 折中。command 命令， 指令； 掌握， 运用能力。

　　3. Our research has focused on a drug which is so _____ as to be able to change brain chemistry.

　　A. powerful B. influential C. monstrous D. vigorous

　　[答案] A. powerful

　　[注释] powerful (=having or producing great power) 强有力的。在这里四个形容词中, 只有powerful (有效力的) 可与表示药物的名词搭配。influential 有影响的， 有势力的，monstrous 异常大的， vigorous 精力旺盛的, 强健有力的。

　　4. The lost car of the Lees was found _____ in the woods off the highway.

　　A. vanished B. abandoned C. scattered D. rejected

　　[答案] B. abandoned

　　[注释] abandoned (=give up completely) 放弃， 抛弃；

　　1) The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund.

　　2) The sailors abandoned the burning ship

　　[注意]

　　abandon暗指某人对其所抛弃的人或物将会发生什么事情不感兴趣， 如把撞坏的汽车抛弃在路旁。

　　vanish(=suddenly disappear; go out of existence) vi.消失， 绝迹；

　　1) Theairplane vanished into the clouds.

　　2) Many kinds of animals have vanished form the earth. (许多种类的动物以在地球上绝迹。)

　　scatter(=send, go in different direction)驱使, 使分散; The police scattered the crowed. (警察驱散人群。)

　　(=throw or put in various directions) 撒， 到处放；He scattered his clothes all over the room. reject

　　(=refuse to accept) 拒绝接受； She rejected my suggestion

　　5. Henry's news report covering the conference was so _____ that nothing had been omitted.

　　A.understanding B.comprehensible

　　C.comprehensive D.understandable

　　[答案] C. comprehensive.

　　[注释] comprehensive 完全的无所不包的； comprehensible 能懂的， 可以理解的; understandable 可以理解的， 主要用来指人的行为。understanding 用来指人时, 表示"善于理解别人或别人问题的 (人) ."

　　注意下面的搭配：a comprehensive map (街区详图) ; a comprehensible remark (听得懂的话) ,an understandable mistake (可以理解的错误) ; an understandingfriend (一位能理解人的朋友) .