試試你能答對幾題？

1. No fees, no — Your money stays your money as long as your account reflects a positive balance.

(A) cashiers (B) minimums (C) depression (D) forecasts t

2. The tickets for the concert were ________ within two hours of going on sale.

(A) snapped up (B) deal with (C) get through (D) talk to

3. Because the employee failed to close a deal with a big corporation, he________ a pink slip in his pay envelope nowadays.

(A) get (B) gets (C) got (D) will get

4. The company to deliver the orders within 24 hours of receiving them last week.

(A) promise (B) promises (C) promised (D) will promise

5. The manager was severely ________ for negligence last month.

(A) criticism (B) censored (C) criticize (D) censured

解析

1.【答案】(B)，本題測驗字義。空格後方提到，只要帳戶呈現正平衡，錢就能穩定地存於銀行中。可知該儲蓄服務無須費用及存款最小限額minimum，即選項(B)。

2. 【答案】(A)，本題測驗片語 (A) snap sth. up表示｢搶購」。題意為「音樂會的票開始出售後，二小時內就被搶購一空」。

3. 【答案】(C)，本題測驗時態。根據語意空格應填（C），close a deal表示｢成交，做成生意」; a pink slip解僱通知書。題意為「因為該名員工無法與一家大公司做成了一筆交易，他接到解僱的通知」。

4. 【答案】(C)，本題測驗過去式。題意為「上週公司承諾顧客在收到訂單的二十四小時內會送出訂貨」。

5. 【答案】(D)，criticize及censure動詞表示