Dec 18, 2008 Volume 1 -- prefix, #4 (4)

lintelleUID: 2297267

The moderator will post one multiple choice question everyday, and post the answer key and detailed explanation to the very question on the 2nd floor of the thread on the next day. Participants should try to answer the question in the following 24 hours after the questions are posted. First 3 people with the correct answer will be rewarded 5 GTB.

The multiple choice questions are mainly designed to build up your vocabulary, sometimes idiom questions will emerge as well.

The statue was brought to Rome in ______.
A) anticipate
B) antiquarian
C) antiquated
D) antique
E) antiquity

lintelleUID: 2297267

E) antiquity

anti-:
before, previous; ancient

anticipate:
1. to expect something
2. to see what might happen in the future and take action to prepare for it
3. to think with pleasure and excitement about something that is going to happen
4. to do something before it can be done by somebody else

antiquarian:
adj: connected with the study, collection or sale of valuable old objects, especially books
noun: a person who studies, collects or sells old and valuable objects

antiquated:
(usually disapproving) (of things or ideas) old-fashioned and no longer suitable for modern conditions

antique:
old and often valuable

antiquity: noun
1. the ancient past, especially the times of the Greeks and Romans
2. the sate of being very old or ancient
3. an object from ancient times

[ 本帖最后由 lintelle 于 2008-12-19 09:29 编辑 ]

Dance_4uUID: 2340664

My Answer:  E