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WORD FORMATION
Complete each of the following sentences with the proper form of the word in brackets.
(cover)If you would like tothe details of the billionaire's life, nasty to nice, the book is brutally straightforward.
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试题解析
本题考查常见动词的反义词。
空缺处前为would like to,后为名词the details,故空缺处应填动词原形。cover是动词意为“覆盖、遮盖”。分析语境,如果你想…这位亿万富翁的生活细节,从差的到好的,这本书是毫不掩饰地直截了当。由“细节”可知,此处含义应为“揭开”,故将cover加上否定前缀un-变成其反义词uncover意为“揭露、发现”,符合题意。
句意:如果你想揭开这位亿万富翁的生活细节,从差的到好的,这本书将毫不掩饰并直截了当地展示给你。