Dec 22, 2008 Volume 1 -- prefix, #7 (7)

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.


She _____ her critics and proved she could do the job.
A) confounded
B) confirmed
C) confessed
D) conceived

lintelleUID: 2297267

A) confounded

con-:
with, together

confound:
1. to confuse and surprise sb
2. to prove sb/sth wrong

confess:
1. (to sb/ to doing sth) to admit, especially formally or to the police, that you have done sth wrong or illegal
2. to admit sth that you feel ashamed or embarrassed about
3. (especially in the Roman Catholic Church) to tell God or a priest about the bad things you have done so that you can say that you are sorry and be forgiven
Root: fess
to say, to open up your secrets
this root can be used as a word in only one occasion: as phrase 'fess up',
fess up = confess

conceive:
to form an idea, a plan, etc. in your mind; to imagine sth
word family:
conceive n.
concept n.
conception n.
conceivable adj.
conceptual adj.

REMARK:
critic and critique are both n.
critic means a PERSON who expresses opinions
critique is a PIECE OF WRITTEN CRITICISM


[ 本帖最后由 lintelle 于 2008-12-29 07:26 编辑 ]

67169619UID: 2320695

how can the reward be so limited？:loveliness: ;d: :funk:

艾惟UID: 2502625

选C
LZ贴的是答案？
是说她坦白自己的错误然后要证明自己可以做好。

lintelleUID: 2297267

是答案哦。她以事实证明了批评她的人的失言。这题比较难，所以加了红色。难点是remark提出来的critic一词的含义。critic是批评家的意思。明白这一点的话，其他选项就很好排除了

艾惟UID: 2502625

晕，好丢人，错得这么离谱。太汗了~~~~我还把我的错误翻译也写上去了，天啊~~~~~:funk:

艾惟UID: 2502625

终于看懂了，不过好绕的感觉。句子给人并列的感觉但是我觉得实际是因果的关系。我觉得就是因为她用实际证明了她可以所以才证明了那些批评家的言论是错的。汗~~我就这么认为的，怎么看怎么觉得这句子说得太不容易理解了。LZ高人啊，我的语法词汇啥时有这水平就好了。

frank_chowUID: 2524907

这题做错了……

楼主的解释很详细啊；看来G版的词汇题也算有着落啦……以后多过来玩，提升一下自己的词汇水平