Appraisal n. 評(píng)價(jià), 估價(jià)
Aptitude: n. 能力；才能；天資
assurance n 自信；把握 (= self-assurance) , 保險(xiǎn)
e.g. life assurance 人壽保險(xiǎn)
Assessment n.評(píng)估,看法
e.g. What is your assessment of the situation?
你對(duì)時(shí)局的看法如何
8. To a first-year student, the doctoral degree is a distant expectation.
A. aspect B. respect C. prospect D. spectacle
答案及解析:C.解題思路：句意。
Aspect n 模樣；面貌， 方面
e.g. only one aspect of the problem
只是問題的一個(gè)方面
prospect n希望；期望
e.g. Theres not much prospect of Mr Smiths being elected as Congressman.
史密斯先生被選為議員的希望不大。
Spectacle n.觀覽物, 展覽物, 奇觀, 景象
9．During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.
A) p ermanent B) powerful
C) striking D) practical
答案及解析: C. 解題思路：根據(jù)畫線詞的家族詞（drama）的本義和與畫線詞搭配的結(jié)構(gòu)的含義（變化），判斷C是答案。
Striking: adj. 引人注意的；顯著的
Dramatic: adj. 戲劇的；有關(guān)戲劇的; 引人注目的
Aptitude: n. 能力；才能；天資
assurance n 自信；把握 (= self-assurance) , 保險(xiǎn)
e.g. life assurance 人壽保險(xiǎn)
Assessment n.評(píng)估,看法
e.g. What is your assessment of the situation?
你對(duì)時(shí)局的看法如何
8. To a first-year student, the doctoral degree is a distant expectation.
A. aspect B. respect C. prospect D. spectacle
答案及解析:C.解題思路：句意。
Aspect n 模樣；面貌， 方面
e.g. only one aspect of the problem
只是問題的一個(gè)方面
prospect n希望；期望
e.g. Theres not much prospect of Mr Smiths being elected as Congressman.
史密斯先生被選為議員的希望不大。
Spectacle n.觀覽物, 展覽物, 奇觀, 景象
9．During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.
A) p ermanent B) powerful
C) striking D) practical
答案及解析: C. 解題思路：根據(jù)畫線詞的家族詞（drama）的本義和與畫線詞搭配的結(jié)構(gòu)的含義（變化），判斷C是答案。
Striking: adj. 引人注意的；顯著的
Dramatic: adj. 戲劇的；有關(guān)戲劇的; 引人注目的