Question

People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often ______ rather than based on fixed criteria.

A．a(chǎn)ppropriate

B．conscious

C．a(chǎn)rbitrary

D．controversial

Answer 1

C

句意：有人抱怨，決定批準(zhǔn)或拒絕許可證往往是任意的。appropriate“適當(dāng)?shù)�，恰�?dāng)?shù)模�合適的”；conscious“有意識(shí)的，神志清醒的”；arbitrary“隨意的，任性的，隨心所欲的”；controversial“有爭(zhēng)議的，引起爭(zhēng)議的”。
【考點(diǎn)定位】考查形容詞的意義。