单选题Andrea's tendency to ______ her skill as a driver was more than genuinely irritating; it was hard to take such claims seriously from someone who has had her license suspended twice.Aboast of, humorousBbrag about, infuriatingCdeny, amusingDdeclaim, apatheticEdefend, unproductive
单选题
Andrea's tendency to ______ her skill as a driver was more than genuinely irritating; it was hard to take such claims seriously from someone who has had her license suspended twice.
A
boast of, humorous
B
brag about, infuriating
C
deny, amusing
D
declaim, apathetic
E
defend, unproductive
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解析：
因为Andrea的驾驶执照已经被吊销两次了，可知她开车的技巧一定不好，所以第二空的意思一定和“可疑的”意思相似，第一个空应是“吹嘘”的意思。boast“自吹自擂”；humorous“幽默的；可笑的”。
因为Andrea的驾驶执照已经被吊销两次了，可知她开车的技巧一定不好，所以第二空的意思一定和“可疑的”意思相似，第一个空应是“吹嘘”的意思。boast“自吹自擂”；humorous“幽默的；可笑的”。
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单选题Although worried about the dangers on going into debt, Helena’s concern was more about the possibility of losing her business.AHelena’s concern was more about the possibility of losing her businessBit was the possibility of losing her business that gave Helena more concernCHelena was more concerned towards her business and the possibility of losing itDthe possibility of losing her business gave Helena more concernEHelena was more concerned about the possibility of losing her business
单选题The author of the text puts the word “deepest” (line 13, paragraph 3) in quotation marks most probably in order to ______.Asignal her reservations about the accuracy of psychohistorians’ claims for their workBdraw attention to a contradiction in the psychohistorians’ methodCemphasize the major difference between the traditional historians’ method and that of psychohistoriansDdisassociate her opinion of the psychohistorians’ claims from her opinion of their method
单选题Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more than one skeleton. As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England. Before 1932, English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal. But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices. We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet. After a time, people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader, more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory. One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac. Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet. The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her story and admit her guilt.From the text we know that there are （） theories about how the phrase "skeleton in the closet" came into being.AoneBtwoCthreeDfour