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2017-02-15

What does the underlined words "off base" in the last paragraph most probably mean?

A．mistaken

B．unprepared

C．unnecessary

D．misunderstood

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参考答案

A

答案解析

推理判断题。题干的意思为“最后一段下划线词‘off base’最可能是什么意思?”从文章的句意理解来看，应该是“错误的”意思。

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