16. A college course can help you find work or get ( ).
A. promised
B. professed
C. profiled
D. promoted
【答案】D。“大学课程能帮助你找工作或者自我得到提升”。A 项 promised:允诺;B 项 professed:声称、公开承认的;C 项 profiled:描绘轮廓、评论。结合句意可知补充“提升”更合适,故本题正确答案选 D。
17. Government subsidies helped to ( ) many companies being forced to close down.
A. prevent
B. avoid
C. avoidance
D. preventive
【答案】A。prevent doing sth 是固定搭配:防止做某事、避免做某事。“政府补贴帮助这些企业避免了被迫关门的处境”。B 项 avoid:避免、消除;C 项 avoidance:名词形式;D 项 preventive:形容词及名词形式。 根据空缺处结构可知应当填入动词,结合句意可知补充“避免、防止”更合适。故本题正确答案选 A。
18. With just a few ( ) Negre claims a hybrid version of his new engine could even be used to power, aircraft.
A. alteration
B. animation
C. distraction
D. diversion
【答案】A。“经过稍微的调整,他对外宣布这版高混合动力引擎甚至可以被用来为飞机提供动力”。A 项 alteration:修改、调整;B 项 animation:活泼;C 项 distraction:分散;D 项 diversion:转移。结合句意可知补充“调整”更合适,故本题正确答案选 A。