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　　2011年8月12日

　　考试类型:Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

　　Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

　　True to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie ------- the ------- attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing one’s professional reputation.

　　A. applauded . . conscientious

　　B. condoned . . aggressive

　　C. lamented . . mercenary

　　D. adopted . . egotistical

　　E. belittled . . magnanimous

　　正确答案:C

　　解析:

　　Natalie, an “altruistic” person, would lament the attitude of a greedy and ambitious colleague whom she would describe as “mercenary.”