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