1. Your examination results were quitesatisfactory, but ____ if you had spent less time in playingfootball?
A. wouldn’t they have been better
B. wouldn’t they be better
C. won’t they have been better
D. won’t they be better
2. I have given up trying to convince him, there is no point ____ with him.
A.by arguing B. with arguing
C. for arguing D. in arguing
3. Criticism and selfcriticism is necessary ____ it helps us to correct our mistakes.
A. in thatB. such thatC. so thatD. to that
4. To my surprise, the majority of the students ____ in favor of his proposal.
A. isB. areC. beD. was
5.As a matter of fact, children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined ____ high level of self confidence.
A. possessB. to possess
C. to have possessed D. possessing
6. He managed, with his friend’s assistance, ____ before the building was locked.
A. being finished B. be finished
C. to finishD. being finishing
7. Why was the suggestion that she ____ to our party rejected the day before yesterday?
A. be invitedB. to be invited
C. being invitedD. has been invited
8. The office staff ____ gathered to hear the manager speak.
A. haveB. is beingC. hasD. is
9. ____ the door when a gust of wind blew the candle out.
A. He had no sooner opened
B. Hardly had he opened
C. Scarcely did he opened
D. No sooner did he open
10. The workers are practising ____ a new song for the coming evening party of the New Year’s Eve.
A. to singB. to be singing
C. singingD. being sung
11. His speech was careful and ____ but his words seemed to make no sense.
A. distinctB. distinctive
C. distinguishableD. distinguished
12. The interpreter gave only a ____ version of the old man’s long rambling account.
A. minimumB. tinyC. condensedD. compressed
13. I know him ____ but I have never actually spoken to him.
A. from sightB. by sight
C. in sightD. for sight
14. Strenuous efforts have been made to ____ government expenses to a desired level.
A. cut offB. cut backC. cut downD. cut short
15. They were digging to find some ____of the Viking Period.
A. tracksB. traitsC. tracesD. tracts
16. With a wave of his hand, the conjurer made the rabbit ____.
A. lingerB. vanishC. hoverD. soar
17. She has a small machine for ____ coffee beans.
A. breakingB. grindingC. splittingD. crashing
18. The trouble with owning a foreign car is that ____ parts are so expensive.
A. extraB. separateC. spareD. reserve
19. Whenever he writes to his parents, he ____ a check with his letter.
A. includesB. containsC. insertsD. encloses
20. The energy gained from the sun can then be used during the night to enable the necessary chemical reactions to ____ in his body.
A. proceedB. practiseC. progressD. precede
21. When Mr.Green was away on business, his neighbor gave his wife a(n) ____ with the housework.
A. aidB. helpC. handD. lift
22. There is a ____ of vegetables in Dalian at the moment because of the cold weather.
A. needB. wantC. shortageD. desire
23. When I heard footsteps behind me I was ____ of being attacked.
A. horrifiedB. horribleC. terrificD. terrified
24. His illness made him ____ of concentration.
A. incompetentB. unable
C. incapableD. powerless
25. I let children make their own decisions now they are older; I wouldn’t ____ to interfere.
A. presumeB. resumeC. assumeD. force
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答案詳解：
1. A)【句意】你的考試成績(jī)相當(dāng)令人滿(mǎn)意，但是，如果你少費(fèi)點(diǎn)時(shí)間踢足球的話(huà)，成績(jī)不更好嗎?
【難點(diǎn)】虛擬語(yǔ)氣中，如果表示與過(guò)去事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，則虛擬從句中謂語(yǔ)
應(yīng)采用過(guò)去完成時(shí)，而虛擬主句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)使用would have done(been)形式。
2. D)【句意】我已經(jīng)不想說(shuō)服他了，跟他爭(zhēng)論毫無(wú)意義。
【難點(diǎn)】There is no point in doing sth意為“做某事毫無(wú)意義”。
3. A)【句意】批評(píng)和自我批評(píng)是必要的，因?yàn)樗欣谖覀兏恼e(cuò)誤。
【難點(diǎn)】in that 往往用于引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句，放在句中而不在句首，意為“因?yàn)?，原因在于”。?BR> 4. B)【句意】令我吃驚的是，大多數(shù)學(xué)生贊成他的建議。
【難點(diǎn)】majority為集合名詞，意為“大多數(shù)”，相當(dāng)于most,如果所修飾的是可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式，其后謂語(yǔ)也應(yīng)該采用動(dòng)詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式。
5. B)【句意】事實(shí)上，受到父母嚴(yán)格、一貫而且合理的教導(dǎo)的那些孩子，往往自信心很強(qiáng)。
【難點(diǎn)】be inclined意為“常常，往往”，后接動(dòng)詞不定式，表示某種傾向。
6. C)【句意】在朋友的幫助下，他終于在大樓鎖門(mén)之前做完了這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)。
【難點(diǎn)】manage to do 意為“(經(jīng)過(guò)努力)做成某事”;manage后跟的賓語(yǔ)只能使用to+動(dòng)詞原形的形式。
7. A)【句意】為什么邀請(qǐng)她參加聚會(huì)的建議前天遭到拒絕?
【難點(diǎn)】某些表示建議，提議，意愿，要求和命令等意義的名詞，后跟的表語(yǔ)從句和同位語(yǔ)從句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞一般采用(should)+動(dòng)詞原形的虛擬形式。參見(jiàn)Test 19的“疑難攻破”。
8. A)【句意】辦公室的工作人員集合起來(lái)聽(tīng)經(jīng)理講話(huà)。
【難點(diǎn)】Staff為集合名詞，意為“全部工作人員”，通常被看作復(fù)數(shù)名詞，所以它作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該用相應(yīng)的復(fù)數(shù)形式。
9. B)【句意】他剛打開(kāi)門(mén)，一陣風(fēng)就把蠟燭吹滅了。
【難點(diǎn)】英語(yǔ)中經(jīng)常用hardly /scarcely …when或no sooner …than 作為固定搭配，表示“一…就”。含有此結(jié)構(gòu)的句子，表示從句中的動(dòng)作一發(fā)生，主句中的動(dòng)作隨即發(fā)生，并且如果hardly /scarcely 或no sooner置于句首，則從句的主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)必須倒裝，在以上結(jié)構(gòu)中，主句一般用過(guò)去完成時(shí)，從句一般用過(guò)去時(shí)，所以符合以上條件的只有選項(xiàng)B)。
10. C)【句意】工人們正在為即將到來(lái)的除夕晚會(huì)練習(xí)演唱一首新歌。
【難點(diǎn)】practise 為及物動(dòng)詞，后跟名詞或動(dòng)名詞形式，類(lèi)似的動(dòng)詞還有：finish (完成)，consider (考慮)，avoid (避免)，mind (在意)，suggest(建議，提議)等。
11. A)【句意】他措辭謹(jǐn)慎、清晰，但似乎沒(méi)說(shuō)明什么。
【難點(diǎn)】distinct 意為“明顯的，清楚的;清晰的”：distinctive意為“有特色的”;distinguishable意為“可辨別的”;distinguished意為“卓越的，杰出的”。
12. C)【句意】翻譯對(duì)老人喋喋不休的描述只做了簡(jiǎn)要翻譯。
【難點(diǎn)】condensed 意為“縮短的，縮寫(xiě)的”;minimum意為“最低的;最小的”;tiny意為“極小的，微小的”;compressed意為“壓縮的;壓緊的”，不能指語(yǔ)言。
13. B)【句意】我跟他面熟，但從未跟他說(shuō)過(guò)話(huà)。
【難點(diǎn)】know sb by sight 是習(xí)語(yǔ)搭配，意為“與某人只是面熟”;in sight 意為“被看見(jiàn)”;from sight 和for sight不是習(xí)慣搭配。
14. C)【句意】政府已作出不懈努力，力求把支出降低到預(yù)期水平。
【難點(diǎn)】cut down意為“減少，縮減”;cut off意為“中斷，打斷”;cut back 意為“縮減(生產(chǎn))，削減(支出)”，常與on搭配使用;cut short意為“使停止，中斷，打斷”。
15. C)【句意】他們?cè)谕诰?，企圖找到維京時(shí)期的遺物。
【難點(diǎn)】trace意為“痕跡;蹤跡”;track意為“(人，物，事等)蹤跡;(輪船，飛機(jī))航跡;車(chē)轍”;trait意為“特點(diǎn)，特征，特性”;tract意為“大片土地，地帶”。
16. B)【句意】魔術(shù)師手一揮，小兔消失了。
【難點(diǎn)】vanish 意為“突然不見(jiàn);消失”;linger 意為“繼續(xù)存留;緩慢消失”;hover意為“徘徊，逗留在近旁”;soar意為“翱翔，升高，升騰”。
17. B)【句意】她有一個(gè)磨咖啡的小機(jī)器。
【難點(diǎn)】grind 意為“碾碎，磨碎”;break 意為“破碎，斷裂”;split 意為“劈開(kāi)，撕開(kāi)”;crash 意為“墜毀”。
18. C)【句意】養(yǎng)外國(guó)造的車(chē)的麻煩是，零件太貴。
【難點(diǎn)】spare 意為“備用的，預(yù)備的”，spare parts 是“零件”;extra 意為“額外的，追加的”;separate 意為“分開(kāi)的，分離的;各個(gè)的”;reserve 意為“儲(chǔ)備”，不作形容詞。
19. D)【句意】他每次給父母寫(xiě)信，都會(huì)附上一張支票。
【難點(diǎn)】enclose意為“把…附在信中”;include意為“包括，包含;contain意為“包括”，與include 相似，但include指包含內(nèi)容一部分，而contain則包含整個(gè)內(nèi)容。
20. A)【句意】從太陽(yáng)獲得的能量在夜晚被利用，這使得必要的化學(xué)反應(yīng)在他體內(nèi)繼續(xù)進(jìn)行。
【難點(diǎn)】proceed意為“(尤其在停頓或打斷后)繼續(xù)進(jìn)行;繼續(xù)前進(jìn)”;practise意為“從事(職業(yè))”，如行醫(yī)，作律師;progress意為“前進(jìn)，行進(jìn)，進(jìn)行”;precede意為“(順序，位置或時(shí)間上)處在…之前，先于”。
21. C)【句意】當(dāng)空軍少尉彼得?博魯離家出差時(shí)，他的鄰居幫他的妻子做家務(wù)。
【難點(diǎn)】give sb a hand 意為“幫把手，助一臂之力”;give aid to sb 意為“向某人提供幫助”，help 和aid 相似，只不過(guò)后者一般為書(shū)面語(yǔ);lift意為“(給步行者)搭便車(chē)，免費(fèi)搭車(chē)”。
22. C)【句意】目前，由于天氣寒冷，大連蔬菜短缺。
【難點(diǎn)】shortage 意為“缺少，不足”，常構(gòu)成短語(yǔ) a shortage of ;need 意為“需求，要求”;want 意為“貧困不足”;desire 意為“欲望，愿望”。
23. D)【句意】當(dāng)我聽(tīng)到身后有腳步聲時(shí)，我害怕自己受到攻擊。
【難點(diǎn)】terrify 意為“使害怕”，be terrified of 意為“對(duì)…感到驚懼”;horrify意為“使震驚;使生反感”;horrible意為“令人恐懼的，可怕的;駭人聽(tīng)聞的”;terrific意為“棒極的，了不起的”。
24. C)【句意】他的疾病使得他不能集中注意力。
【難點(diǎn)】incapable意為“無(wú)能力的，不能的”，后接of;unable 意為“不能的，不會(huì)的”，后接動(dòng)詞不定式;powerless 意為“無(wú)能的，無(wú)力量的，無(wú)權(quán)力的”;incompetent意為“不稱(chēng)職的，不勝任的”。
25. A)【句意】現(xiàn)在孩子們大了，我讓他們自己作決定，我決不擅自干涉。
【難點(diǎn)】presume意為“膽敢，冒昧”,后接動(dòng)詞不定式，用第一人稱(chēng)時(shí)為客套語(yǔ);resume意為“重新開(kāi)始，繼續(xù)”;assume意為“假定，假設(shè);臆斷”;force 意為“強(qiáng)迫，迫使”。
A. wouldn’t they have been better
B. wouldn’t they be better
C. won’t they have been better
D. won’t they be better
2. I have given up trying to convince him, there is no point ____ with him.
A.by arguing B. with arguing
C. for arguing D. in arguing
3. Criticism and selfcriticism is necessary ____ it helps us to correct our mistakes.
A. in thatB. such thatC. so thatD. to that
4. To my surprise, the majority of the students ____ in favor of his proposal.
A. isB. areC. beD. was
5.As a matter of fact, children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined ____ high level of self confidence.
A. possessB. to possess
C. to have possessed D. possessing
6. He managed, with his friend’s assistance, ____ before the building was locked.
A. being finished B. be finished
C. to finishD. being finishing
7. Why was the suggestion that she ____ to our party rejected the day before yesterday?
A. be invitedB. to be invited
C. being invitedD. has been invited
8. The office staff ____ gathered to hear the manager speak.
A. haveB. is beingC. hasD. is
9. ____ the door when a gust of wind blew the candle out.
A. He had no sooner opened
B. Hardly had he opened
C. Scarcely did he opened
D. No sooner did he open
10. The workers are practising ____ a new song for the coming evening party of the New Year’s Eve.
A. to singB. to be singing
C. singingD. being sung
11. His speech was careful and ____ but his words seemed to make no sense.
A. distinctB. distinctive
C. distinguishableD. distinguished
12. The interpreter gave only a ____ version of the old man’s long rambling account.
A. minimumB. tinyC. condensedD. compressed
13. I know him ____ but I have never actually spoken to him.
A. from sightB. by sight
C. in sightD. for sight
14. Strenuous efforts have been made to ____ government expenses to a desired level.
A. cut offB. cut backC. cut downD. cut short
15. They were digging to find some ____of the Viking Period.
A. tracksB. traitsC. tracesD. tracts
16. With a wave of his hand, the conjurer made the rabbit ____.
A. lingerB. vanishC. hoverD. soar
17. She has a small machine for ____ coffee beans.
A. breakingB. grindingC. splittingD. crashing
18. The trouble with owning a foreign car is that ____ parts are so expensive.
A. extraB. separateC. spareD. reserve
19. Whenever he writes to his parents, he ____ a check with his letter.
A. includesB. containsC. insertsD. encloses
20. The energy gained from the sun can then be used during the night to enable the necessary chemical reactions to ____ in his body.
A. proceedB. practiseC. progressD. precede
21. When Mr.Green was away on business, his neighbor gave his wife a(n) ____ with the housework.
A. aidB. helpC. handD. lift
22. There is a ____ of vegetables in Dalian at the moment because of the cold weather.
A. needB. wantC. shortageD. desire
23. When I heard footsteps behind me I was ____ of being attacked.
A. horrifiedB. horribleC. terrificD. terrified
24. His illness made him ____ of concentration.
A. incompetentB. unable
C. incapableD. powerless
25. I let children make their own decisions now they are older; I wouldn’t ____ to interfere.
A. presumeB. resumeC. assumeD. force
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答案詳解：
1. A)【句意】你的考試成績(jī)相當(dāng)令人滿(mǎn)意，但是，如果你少費(fèi)點(diǎn)時(shí)間踢足球的話(huà)，成績(jī)不更好嗎?
【難點(diǎn)】虛擬語(yǔ)氣中，如果表示與過(guò)去事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，則虛擬從句中謂語(yǔ)
應(yīng)采用過(guò)去完成時(shí)，而虛擬主句中的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)使用would have done(been)形式。
2. D)【句意】我已經(jīng)不想說(shuō)服他了，跟他爭(zhēng)論毫無(wú)意義。
【難點(diǎn)】There is no point in doing sth意為“做某事毫無(wú)意義”。
3. A)【句意】批評(píng)和自我批評(píng)是必要的，因?yàn)樗欣谖覀兏恼e(cuò)誤。
【難點(diǎn)】in that 往往用于引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句，放在句中而不在句首，意為“因?yàn)?，原因在于”。?BR> 4. B)【句意】令我吃驚的是，大多數(shù)學(xué)生贊成他的建議。
【難點(diǎn)】majority為集合名詞，意為“大多數(shù)”，相當(dāng)于most,如果所修飾的是可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式，其后謂語(yǔ)也應(yīng)該采用動(dòng)詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式。
5. B)【句意】事實(shí)上，受到父母嚴(yán)格、一貫而且合理的教導(dǎo)的那些孩子，往往自信心很強(qiáng)。
【難點(diǎn)】be inclined意為“常常，往往”，后接動(dòng)詞不定式，表示某種傾向。
6. C)【句意】在朋友的幫助下，他終于在大樓鎖門(mén)之前做完了這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)。
【難點(diǎn)】manage to do 意為“(經(jīng)過(guò)努力)做成某事”;manage后跟的賓語(yǔ)只能使用to+動(dòng)詞原形的形式。
7. A)【句意】為什么邀請(qǐng)她參加聚會(huì)的建議前天遭到拒絕?
【難點(diǎn)】某些表示建議，提議，意愿，要求和命令等意義的名詞，后跟的表語(yǔ)從句和同位語(yǔ)從句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞一般采用(should)+動(dòng)詞原形的虛擬形式。參見(jiàn)Test 19的“疑難攻破”。
8. A)【句意】辦公室的工作人員集合起來(lái)聽(tīng)經(jīng)理講話(huà)。
【難點(diǎn)】Staff為集合名詞，意為“全部工作人員”，通常被看作復(fù)數(shù)名詞，所以它作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該用相應(yīng)的復(fù)數(shù)形式。
9. B)【句意】他剛打開(kāi)門(mén)，一陣風(fēng)就把蠟燭吹滅了。
【難點(diǎn)】英語(yǔ)中經(jīng)常用hardly /scarcely …when或no sooner …than 作為固定搭配，表示“一…就”。含有此結(jié)構(gòu)的句子，表示從句中的動(dòng)作一發(fā)生，主句中的動(dòng)作隨即發(fā)生，并且如果hardly /scarcely 或no sooner置于句首，則從句的主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)必須倒裝，在以上結(jié)構(gòu)中，主句一般用過(guò)去完成時(shí)，從句一般用過(guò)去時(shí)，所以符合以上條件的只有選項(xiàng)B)。
10. C)【句意】工人們正在為即將到來(lái)的除夕晚會(huì)練習(xí)演唱一首新歌。
【難點(diǎn)】practise 為及物動(dòng)詞，后跟名詞或動(dòng)名詞形式，類(lèi)似的動(dòng)詞還有：finish (完成)，consider (考慮)，avoid (避免)，mind (在意)，suggest(建議，提議)等。
11. A)【句意】他措辭謹(jǐn)慎、清晰，但似乎沒(méi)說(shuō)明什么。
【難點(diǎn)】distinct 意為“明顯的，清楚的;清晰的”：distinctive意為“有特色的”;distinguishable意為“可辨別的”;distinguished意為“卓越的，杰出的”。
12. C)【句意】翻譯對(duì)老人喋喋不休的描述只做了簡(jiǎn)要翻譯。
【難點(diǎn)】condensed 意為“縮短的，縮寫(xiě)的”;minimum意為“最低的;最小的”;tiny意為“極小的，微小的”;compressed意為“壓縮的;壓緊的”，不能指語(yǔ)言。
13. B)【句意】我跟他面熟，但從未跟他說(shuō)過(guò)話(huà)。
【難點(diǎn)】know sb by sight 是習(xí)語(yǔ)搭配，意為“與某人只是面熟”;in sight 意為“被看見(jiàn)”;from sight 和for sight不是習(xí)慣搭配。
14. C)【句意】政府已作出不懈努力，力求把支出降低到預(yù)期水平。
【難點(diǎn)】cut down意為“減少，縮減”;cut off意為“中斷，打斷”;cut back 意為“縮減(生產(chǎn))，削減(支出)”，常與on搭配使用;cut short意為“使停止，中斷，打斷”。
15. C)【句意】他們?cè)谕诰?，企圖找到維京時(shí)期的遺物。
【難點(diǎn)】trace意為“痕跡;蹤跡”;track意為“(人，物，事等)蹤跡;(輪船，飛機(jī))航跡;車(chē)轍”;trait意為“特點(diǎn)，特征，特性”;tract意為“大片土地，地帶”。
16. B)【句意】魔術(shù)師手一揮，小兔消失了。
【難點(diǎn)】vanish 意為“突然不見(jiàn);消失”;linger 意為“繼續(xù)存留;緩慢消失”;hover意為“徘徊，逗留在近旁”;soar意為“翱翔，升高，升騰”。
17. B)【句意】她有一個(gè)磨咖啡的小機(jī)器。
【難點(diǎn)】grind 意為“碾碎，磨碎”;break 意為“破碎，斷裂”;split 意為“劈開(kāi)，撕開(kāi)”;crash 意為“墜毀”。
18. C)【句意】養(yǎng)外國(guó)造的車(chē)的麻煩是，零件太貴。
【難點(diǎn)】spare 意為“備用的，預(yù)備的”，spare parts 是“零件”;extra 意為“額外的，追加的”;separate 意為“分開(kāi)的，分離的;各個(gè)的”;reserve 意為“儲(chǔ)備”，不作形容詞。
19. D)【句意】他每次給父母寫(xiě)信，都會(huì)附上一張支票。
【難點(diǎn)】enclose意為“把…附在信中”;include意為“包括，包含;contain意為“包括”，與include 相似，但include指包含內(nèi)容一部分，而contain則包含整個(gè)內(nèi)容。
20. A)【句意】從太陽(yáng)獲得的能量在夜晚被利用，這使得必要的化學(xué)反應(yīng)在他體內(nèi)繼續(xù)進(jìn)行。
【難點(diǎn)】proceed意為“(尤其在停頓或打斷后)繼續(xù)進(jìn)行;繼續(xù)前進(jìn)”;practise意為“從事(職業(yè))”，如行醫(yī)，作律師;progress意為“前進(jìn)，行進(jìn)，進(jìn)行”;precede意為“(順序，位置或時(shí)間上)處在…之前，先于”。
21. C)【句意】當(dāng)空軍少尉彼得?博魯離家出差時(shí)，他的鄰居幫他的妻子做家務(wù)。
【難點(diǎn)】give sb a hand 意為“幫把手，助一臂之力”;give aid to sb 意為“向某人提供幫助”，help 和aid 相似，只不過(guò)后者一般為書(shū)面語(yǔ);lift意為“(給步行者)搭便車(chē)，免費(fèi)搭車(chē)”。
22. C)【句意】目前，由于天氣寒冷，大連蔬菜短缺。
【難點(diǎn)】shortage 意為“缺少，不足”，常構(gòu)成短語(yǔ) a shortage of ;need 意為“需求，要求”;want 意為“貧困不足”;desire 意為“欲望，愿望”。
23. D)【句意】當(dāng)我聽(tīng)到身后有腳步聲時(shí)，我害怕自己受到攻擊。
【難點(diǎn)】terrify 意為“使害怕”，be terrified of 意為“對(duì)…感到驚懼”;horrify意為“使震驚;使生反感”;horrible意為“令人恐懼的，可怕的;駭人聽(tīng)聞的”;terrific意為“棒極的，了不起的”。
24. C)【句意】他的疾病使得他不能集中注意力。
【難點(diǎn)】incapable意為“無(wú)能力的，不能的”，后接of;unable 意為“不能的，不會(huì)的”，后接動(dòng)詞不定式;powerless 意為“無(wú)能的，無(wú)力量的，無(wú)權(quán)力的”;incompetent意為“不稱(chēng)職的，不勝任的”。
25. A)【句意】現(xiàn)在孩子們大了，我讓他們自己作決定，我決不擅自干涉。
【難點(diǎn)】presume意為“膽敢，冒昧”,后接動(dòng)詞不定式，用第一人稱(chēng)時(shí)為客套語(yǔ);resume意為“重新開(kāi)始，繼續(xù)”;assume意為“假定，假設(shè);臆斷”;force 意為“強(qiáng)迫，迫使”。