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1.If there is any ＿ of the manager's involvement, we need to follow up swiftly and thoroughly.

(A) imply (B) implicit (C) implicated

(D) implication

2. A jar of dried basil or even a basil plant would be a more appropriate _____ than coriander.

(A) allocation (B) substitution (C) avoidance (D) register

3. There should be nothing exclusive or secret about _____ planning.

(A) strategies (B) strategist (C) strategic

(D) strategize

4.The store has grown so rapidly that its owner is planning to set up one branch in Osaka and _____ in Sapporo.

(A) another (B) one another (C) other (D) each other

5.Having looked at the sales figures for last year, there seems to be _____ of a discrepancy in the third quarter.

(A) nothing (B) something (C) everything (D) nothing

6. You have to fill out the tax form _____ to the contract you received on the first day.

(A) attaching (B) attach (C) attached (D) attachment

7.UI developers had a hard time figuring out ___ the layout wasn’t exactly what they expected.

(A) which (B) why (C) when (D) where

【答案與解析】

1. （D），any後面of前面可填的是名詞；(A)暗示，動詞 (B) 含蓄的，形容詞 (C) 有牽連的，形容詞 (D) 涉及、捲入、暗示，名詞；假如經理有捲入牽連。

2.（B），(A) 分配 (B) 替代 (C) 迴避 (D) 登記；basil九層塔、coriander香菜。

3.（D），strive (verb) 努力奮鬥；as much information as space permits 在空間允許的情況下，盡可能包含所有資訊。

4. （A），another 為不特定的單數代名詞，未限制範圍，意思為「任何另外一個」。Each other 是兩者之間的互相。One another 是三者或三者以上的互相。Other 單獨出現則當形容詞用。

5. （B），Something of a discrepancy 有一些不一致的感覺；something of +抽象名詞有一些~的感覺。

6.（C），納稅申報表是被附在合約後面，是被動語態。本來是… which is attached to … 但which is省略，留下表示被動的過去分詞。

7.（B），句意是「搞不懂版面不符預期的原因」，所以選why。