Ⅰ.单项填空
1. Chris, please ________ a meeting with Mr. Du for me this evening who came back from Canada yesterday.
A. manage B. organize
C. plan D. arrange
答案 D
解析 考查动词词义辨析。句意：克里斯,请安排我今晚与杜先生见面,他是昨天从加拿大回来的。arrange sth. for sb. “为某人安排某事”，符合语境。
2. I turned back only to find an old schoolmate whose name ________ me for the moment.
A. avoided B. escaped
C. failed D. slipped
答案 B
解析 考查动词辨析。句意：我转身却发现一个老校友,一时想不起他的名字了。sth. escape sb. “某人想不起某物”。avoid“避免”; fail“失败”; slip“滑动”。根据句意选B。
3. Those ________ at the meeting included the manager and the secretary.
A. presence B. absent
C. present D. absence
