1. Seeing a ghost was very frightening. I was __________. The possible answers were:
terrified
terrible
terrific
traffic
terrified
如果你看到令人嚇人的 scary 或特別恐怖 very frightening 的事情你就可以說你感到 terrified 害怕。
2. I haven’t had a promotion in over ten years. I feel totally ________. The possible answers were:
appreciated
over appreciated
depreciated
under appreciated
under appreciated
如果你認為自己沒有受到應有的認可和賞識那麽你就可以用 under appreciated, 其意思是沒有受到足夠的或應有的認可和賞識。
3. When people feel embarrassed, they often __________. The possible answers were:
wink
sniff
blush
spit
blush
在一個人尷尬 embarrassed 的時候可能會臉紅 blush。
4. Which of the following words would not usually be associated with the feeling of loneliness? The possible answers were:
neglected
abandoned
forgotten
cherished
cherished
在三個單詞中唯有 cherished 這一個不包含孤獨和寂寞的意思。這個詞表示一種積極正麵的情緒,意思是被崇尚和愛護的 ,其同義詞還有 adored 受到愛撫的, loved 熱愛的和 cared for 受到關心的。上述這些詞都和 loneliness 呈相反意思。
5. When you have done something bad and are feeling guilty it can be a good idea to talk to someone and __________. The possible answers were:
get everything off your chest
empty your chest
fill your chest
fill your boots
get everything off your chest
這是人們常說的一個短語 get everything off your chest 意思是一股腦兒地傾訴出來。對很多人來說,把心裏的話都掏出來了,也就如釋重負了,負擔就是 burdening.
6. Someone who bosses you around, __________. The possible answers were:
gives you a chance to be boss
constantly tells you what to do
gossiping about you with the boss
is your boss
constantly tells you what to do
如果你 being bossed around, 就是別人總在指使著你做著做那。非常喜歡發號施令的人就是 a very bossy person.