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,有無可爭辯之意

　　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,指在無真實(shí)憑據(jù)情況下宣稱,硬說

　　claim 聲稱,主張,往往表示說話者反對或不同意某一觀點(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.

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

　　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.