题目
Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of Coca-Cola's ______ business.A. distressB. infiniteC. beverageD. volume
Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of Coca-Cola's ______ business.
A. distress
B. infinite
C. beverage
D. volume
题目解答
答案
C. beverage
解析
本题考查词汇辨析,解题思路是理解每个选项单词的含义,再结合句子语境来判断哪个选项能使句子语义通顺合理。
- A选项“distress”:意为“痛苦;危难;不幸”。若将其代入句子“Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of Coca - Cola's distress business.”,句子表达“外国销售额占可口可乐公司痛苦业务的65%”,语义不通,所以A选项不符合。
- B选项“infinite”:意思是“无限的;无穷的”。“Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of Coca - Cola's infinite business.”表示“外国销售额占可口可乐公司无限业务的65%”,“无限业务”这种表述不符合实际情况,语义不合理,故B选项不正确。
- C选项“beverage”:指“饮料”。“Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of Coca - Cola's beverage business.”即“外国销售额占可口可乐公司饮料业务的65%”,这与可口可乐公司主要经营饮料业务的实际情况相符,语义通顺合理,所以C选项正确。
- D选项“volume”:有“体积;容量;大量”等意思。“Foreign sales accounted for 65 percent of Coca - Cola's volume business.”可理解为“外国销售额占可口可乐公司大量业务的65%”,但“大量业务”表述比较模糊,没有“饮料业务”那么准确贴合语境,所以D选项不合适。