第三組:answer,reply,respond

　　1.The car ___ well to the controls.

　　A.responds

　　B.corresponds

　　C.replies

　　D.reflects

　　2.The electrician went at once in ___ to the phone call.

　　A.reply

　　B.respond

　　C.reflection

　　D.answer

　　3.He ___ nothing about this.

　　A.refuse

　　B.answer

　　C.reply

　　D.respond

　　4.Please ___ at your earliest convenience.

　　A.answer

　　B.reflect

　　C.reply

　　D.respond

　　5.The illness quickly ___ to proper treatment.

　　A.replied

　　B.answered

　　C.reflected

　　D.responded

　　第一組答案:

　　affirm，assert，allege，claim都含有一定的"宣稱，斷言"之意

　　affirm 斷言,肯定,指根據(jù)事實(shí)堅(jiān)定不移地宣稱,有無(wú)可爭(zhēng)辯之意

　　assert 宣稱,堅(jiān)持,指不管事實(shí)如何,主觀自信地宣稱

　　allege 宣稱,斷定,指在無(wú)真實(shí)憑據(jù)情況下宣稱,硬說(shuō)

　　claim 聲稱,主張,往往表示說(shuō)話者反對(duì)或不同意某一觀點(diǎn)

　　答案:DBBCA

　　1.Politicians more often affirm their desire for retirement than show that they really mean it.政治家經(jīng)常聲稱他們想退休,但未必是真的.

　　2.The suspect alleged that he had not been in the neighbourhood.嫌疑犯生成案發(fā)時(shí)他并不在現(xiàn)場(chǎng).

　　3.He asserted his belief that she was innocent.他堅(jiān)持自己的想法,她是無(wú)辜的.

　　4.He asserted that this could be done..他宣稱這是可行的.

　　5.Don't claim to know what you don't know.不要強(qiáng)不知以為知.