SAT阅读SC完成句子练习题7 1. The candidate _____ when asked why he had left his last job; he did not want to admit that he had been ____ . A. demurred - promoted B. confided - banned C. dissembled - dismissed D. rejoiced - wrong E. hesitated - lauded 2. Tennyson was a well-loved poet; no other poet since has been so ____ . A. lionized B. attacked C. decried D. poetical E. abhorred 3. The parliamentary session degenerated into ____ with politicians hurling ____ at each other and refusing to come to order. A. mayhem - banter B. disarray - pleasantries C. tranquillity - invectives D. chaos - aphorisms E. anarchy - insults 4. The admiral ____ his order to attack when he saw the white flag raised by the enemy sailors; he was relieved that he could bring an end to the ____ . A. reiterated - hostilities B. countermanded - fighting C. commandeered - truce D. renounced - hiatus E. confirmed - aggression 5. In a fit of ____ she threw out the valuable statue simply because it had belonged to her ex-husband.sat |