第12题: [单项选择]His imprisonment ______ his colleagues, for they cannot believe that such a respectable and law-abiding person will take bribes. A. evolves B. astounds C. withholds D. propels 参考答案:B 答案解析:(astound使震惊)。句意为:他锒铛入狱让同事们大为震惊,因为他们不相信这样可敬而又遵纪守法的人会受贿。A.evolve进化;C.withhold制止;D.propel推进。
第29题: [单项选择]A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was written by [A] Henry James [B] James Joyee [C] William Butler Yeats [D] Herbert George Wells 参考答案:B 答案解析:本题考查美国文学常识。A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man(《一个青年艺术家的画像》)是爱尔兰作家和诗人James Joyce(詹姆斯·乔伊斯,1882-19