考试类型: Critical Reading > Sentence Completions

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Alice Walker’s prize-winning novel exemplifies the strength of first-person narratives; the protagonist tells her own story so effectively that any additional commentary would be ------- .

A. subjective

B. eloquent

C. superfluous

D. incontrovertible

E. imperious

正确答案:C

解析:

Words like “prize-winning,” “strength,” and “effectively” tell you that the writer thinks Alice Walker’s novel is well written, therefore additional commentary would be unnecessary or “superfluous.”
注释: 1. superfluous : adj. 多余的；不必要的；[废]奢侈的