Look at each pair of words in the boxes. Complete the sentences with them. valuable / worthless; terrible / brilliant; clever / stupid; sane/ crazy shortage / excess1. Some ____ people are so overconfident that they make lots of mistakes.2. In our office, we have a(n) ____ of staff, and a(n) ____ of tasks to complete.3. I thought this ring was _____ but it turns out to be almost ____4. My boss doesn't care about his appearance. He has___ taste in clothes but ____ taste in music.5. At office parties, people who are usually ____ can do ____ things.
Look at each pair of words in the boxes. Complete the sentences with them.
valuable / worthless; terrible / brilliant;
clever / stupid; sane/ crazy shortage / excess
1. Some ____ people are so overconfident that they make lots of mistakes.
2. In our office, we have a(n) ____ of staff, and a(n) ____ of tasks to complete.
3. I thought this ring was _____ but it turns out to be almost ____
4. My boss doesn't care about his appearance. He has___ taste in clothes but ____ taste in music.
5. At office parties, people who are usually ____ can do ____ things.
题目解答
答案
1. clever; stupid
2. shortage; excess
3. valuable; worthless
4. terrible; brilliant
5. sane; crazy
解析
本题主要考查反义词对的语境应用能力，需要根据句意选择恰当的反义词填空。解题关键在于：
- 识别句子中的对比或转折关系，如“while others”“but”等提示词；
- 理解上下文逻辑，例如“overconfident导致错误”暗示人物性格特征；
- 注意名词搭配，如“a shortage of”与“an excess of”的固定用法。
第1题
关键点：句子强调“过度自信导致错误”，说明这类人表面聪明（clever）但行为愚蠢（stupid）。
逻辑：虽然看似聪明（clever），但因过度自信暴露愚蠢（stupid）。
第2题
关键点：句子结构为并列对比，“staff不足”与“tasks过多”形成反差。
固定搭配：
- shortage of staff（人员短缺）
- excess of tasks（任务过多）
第3题
关键点：前后句形成转折，前文认为“戒指珍贵”（valuable），后文发现“几乎无用”（worthless）。
逻辑：预期与现实的强烈对比。
第4题
关键点：通过“but”连接的前后对比，衣服品味差（terrible），音乐品味好（brilliant）。
语境：外在与内在的反差评价。
第5题
关键点：平时正常（sane）的人在特定场合可能表现疯狂（crazy）。
隐含逻辑：办公室文化中常见的反常态行为。