第18题: [单项选择]Some forgeries are intended to confound or ridicule the expels; others are intended to imitate an artist or genre. A. scorn B. perplex C. appraise D. irritate 参考答案:B 答案解析:[解析] 在给出的选项中,scorn:轻蔑,忽视;perplex:使困惑,迷惑;印一praise:评价,鉴别;irritate:激怒,刺激。根据题意可知,画线词语的意思应和B选项相近。本题答案为B。