超星 - Vocabulary 2 - 查题吧

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Directions: Choose the best answer which has the closest meaning of the underlined word.The auctioneer, a big chap with a smooth skin and an expensive, whisky complexion has put the pony under hammer.

A. complexity
B. skin color
C. character
D. aspect

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Sometimes two or more companies pool their resources for one project or purpose that they would or could not undertake alone.

A. offer
B. combine
C. give
D. use

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The only feasible solution was to build an 800-mile pipeline across the Alaskan wilderness to deliver the oil to a warm-water port in the southern part of the state.

A. possible
B. advisable
C. likely
D. correct

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It was thought that the pipeline would generate oil revenues pf $5billion year.

A. products
B. produce
C. output
D. income

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The costs were so enormous, however, and the risks so imponderable that no one company was about to build the pipeline alone.

A. great
B. uncertain
C. definite
D. huge

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During the last stage of the pipeline's construction, the price of oil rose sharply to around $13 a barrel, a rate that seemed likely to bail out the venture.

A. ruin
B. benefit
C. help
D. destory

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In restrospect, the undertaking is an oil company's dream come true.

A. looking back
B. rethinking
C. foreseeing
D. reviewing

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Aside from spreading the risk, joint ventures are also formed to bring together companies whose expertise in different areas contributes to the success of a particular project.

A. interest
B. ability
C. capability
D. skill

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Warner Ames, for example, is a joint venture between Warner Cable Corporation, a subsidiary of Warner Communications, and American Express.

A. part
B. local organization
C. branch
D. group

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In a sense, then, a co-op combines the freedom of the proprietorship with the financial power of the corporation.

A. management
B. company
C. business
D. ownership

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