1 . 根据句子内容，从每组的选项中选出能匹配句子中划线部分意义的选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

A. something that has a tall, narrow shape. B. related to business and the buying and selling of good and services C. the money that is available to an organization or person, or a plan of how it will be spent D. certificates or awards a person has, like a college degree E. to say something will happen before it happens F. a promise that something will happen or that something is true

1. The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest.
2. Hotel costs gobbled up most of their holiday budget.
3. The explosion sent a column of smoke thousands of feet into the air.
4. He gave me a guarantee that it would never happen again.
5. There’s a feeling among a lot of people that music has become too commercial.

5 . 据预报，下个月的温度将持续下降。
___________the temperature of the next month would continue to fall.

8 . Whenever our teacher ________ how to use the equipment in lab, we are required to observe his every move very carefully.

A．demonstrates

B．describes

C．predicts

D．evaluates