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　　2011年8月24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.

　　The store manager was ------- when sales dropped for the third year in a row; that was why she ------- our department for its lack of effort.

　　A. indolent . . intimidated

　　B. indignant . . upbraided

　　C. insolent . . exonerated

　　D. indulgent . . castigated

　　E. intolerant . . condoned

　　正确答案:B

　　解析:

　　The first missing term must characterize the manager’s response to a drop in sales that shes sees as a result of her department’s “lack of effort.” It is logical to conclude that the store manager “upbraided,” or scolded, her employees out of indignance, or righteous anger.