(2013·高考湖北卷)People complain that decisions to approve or deny a permit are often________rather than based on fixed criteria.
A.appropriateB.conscious
C.arbitraryD.controversial
C
選C。句意:人們抱怨說,決定頒發(fā)許可證或者拒絕授予可證,這些決定通常都是隨意性的行為,而不是以確定的標準為基礎的。appropriate“恰當?shù),合適的”;conscious“意識到的,清醒的”;arbitrary“隨意的,任意的;武斷的,專橫的”;controversial“有爭議的”。與后文的fixed criteria(確定的標準/原則)呼應,這里用arbitrary表示“隨意的,任意的”。
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