Question

We can't _____ one to change the habits of a lifetime in a short time.

A．hope

B．wait

C．expect

D．imagin

Answer 1

  C

expert期望，盼望，表示認(rèn)為有很大的客觀可能性，例如：I expert the work to be finished by Friday.（我期望這項(xiàng)工作能在星期五前做完。）wait for ... to do sth.等待、等待......做......，強(qiáng)調(diào)“等”這一動詞的本身，如：The audience are waiting eagerly for the performance to begin.(觀眾正等著演出開始。)本題如改為這樣：I waited for him to arrive in time for dinner, but he didn't come.(我等他來趕上晚餐，但他沒有來。)則句子使是對的。由此可見，expect是表示“期待”，而wait for 是表示“等待”，詞義完全不同。
注意hope后不能接sb. to do sth.。imagine being on the moon. 3)I'm sorry, but I can't imagine anyone doing research like that.(很遺憾，我不能想象人家那樣做實(shí)驗(yàn)。)
本題譯文：我們不能期望一個(gè)人在這樣短的時(shí)間內(nèi)改變一輩子養(yǎng)成的習(xí)慣。