第四讲 形容词和副词
考点一形容词、副词辨析
1．(2013·湖北高考)People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often ________ rather than based on fixed criteria.
A．appropriate B．conscious
C．arbitrary D．controversial
解析：选C 考查形容词辨析。句意：人们抱怨说，同意颁发许可证或拒绝授予许可证的决定通常都是任意性的(行为)，而不是基于固定的标准。空处与后面的fixed criteria呼应，故用arbitrary，表示“随意的，任意的”。
2．(2013·湖北高考)He didn't selfishly keep for himself the money inherited from his uncle.Instead, he made a ______ contribution to help the community.
A．commercial B．generous
C．comparable D．profitable
解析：选B 考查形容词辨析。句意：他没有自私地把从他叔叔那里继承的钱自己留着，而是慷慨地捐赠出去，帮助社区。根据句意可知应选B，表示“慷慨的，大方的”。commercial“商业的”；comparable“可比较的，比得上的”；profitable“有利可图的”。
3．(2013·湖北高考)Don't defend him any more.It's obvious that he ________ destroyed the fence of the
