专四

单选题The new colleague __________ to have worked in several big corporations before he joined our company.

A.confesses 
B.declares 
C.claims 
D.confirms

参考答案:C进入在线模考
【译文】那位新同事声称,在加入我们公司之前,他曾经在好几家大公司工作过。
【解析】动词的含义与用法。claim后接不定式表示“声称”,不定式中的动作如在claim之前发生则应用不定式完成式,如:He claimed to be the son of a well.known businessman.(他声称自己是一个知名商人的儿子。)He claimed to have discovered a new planet.(他声称发现了一个新的星球。)confess表示“承认、坦白”,可用于confess to sth./doing sth.结构,如:He confessed to his crime.(他坦白了自己的罪行。)declare表示“宣布,声明”,后面一般接名词或that从句,不接不定式,如:He declared that he didn’t want to see her again.(他宣称他不想再见她了。)confirm表示“确认,证实”,后面一般也接名词或that从句.不接不定式。如:The plan was finally confirmed by the government.(政府最终证实了这个计划。)因此C为正确选项。