Question

The microphone enabled them to keep in touch, in other words, it made it _____ for them to contact each other.

         A. likely    B. capable    C. possible    D. probable

Answer 1

B

解析:

able有才能的，有能力的，指人的才智，而且是受過實際鍛煉的才干。Capable“有才能的，能勝任的”(有褒、貶 二義)，如：He is capable of anything.(他什么事都干得出來。)此句含有明顯得貶義。此外，作表語時，able接不定式，capable接of. capable還有一意思是“有可能 的”，例如：The car is capable of being repaired .（這輛汽車是有可能修好的。）用于此義時，be capable of 后常接被動語態(tài)動名詞或有動作意義的名詞：The situation is capable of improvement .possible 強調(diào)客觀可能性，“可能的”程度比probable"大概的，很可能的低一些。

注意likely與possible在結構搭配上的區(qū)別。Likely可用于下列句型中：1)It is likely that...例如：It is highly likely that he will succeed.（很可能他會成功。）2)think(feel, consider)it likely ...例如：I think it likely that we will ultimately get a certain amount of money.3)be likely to do sth.例如：He is likely to see you again .但下面的句型是錯誤的，It is likely for sb to do sth.所以think it likely for sb. to do sth.也是錯誤的，故本題不能選likely.