Question

選詞填空

account for    go ahead    bring up    out of patience    bring about on the contrary

1. —I hear you are enjoying your new job.

―_________________ ， I find it rather dull.

2. ―Mr White, can you spare me a few minutes? 1 still have some questions about your assignment.

―Sure, _________________ .

3. I don't clearly remember who ____________ the question whether it is good for

children ______________   by their grandparents but I clearly remember it_____ ；_____  a heated discussion.

4. —Tom has played a lot of computer games recently.

— Yes, that might ________________ his failure in the midterm examinations.

5. My daughter is rather naughty and she won't listen to me;  I am nearly ____________with her.

Answer 1

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1. On the contrary 句意："我聽說你很喜歡你的新工作。""恰恰相反，我發現它非常枯燥。"on the contrary相反。

2. go ahead 句意："懷特先生，你能為我抽出幾分鐘時間嗎？ 對于你安排的任務我還有幾個問題想問一下。""當然可以， 問吧。"

3. brought up; to be brought up; brought about 句意：我記不清楚是誰提出的問題，由（外）祖父母撫養孩子是否對孩子好，但是我清楚地記得這個問題引起了激烈的討論。bring up撫養，提出，嘔吐；bring about引起。

4. account for句意："湯姆最近玩電腦游戲玩得太多了。""是的，那也許是他期中考試失利的原因。"account for是……的說明（或原因）。

   5. out of patience    out of patience表示"沒有耐心"。