问题补充:
He is not to be present at the meeting tonight.
A. possible
B. likely
C. probably
D. perhaps
答案:
A. possible
(答案→)B. likely
C. probably
D. perhaps
解析:考查近义词辨析:这几个词都是“可能”的意思,但perhaps,probably是副词,possible,likely是形容词,但用法也不尽相同,possible可以用于形式主语it的句型:it is possible to do sth/that从句,likely可以用于sb/sth is likely to do句型或It is likely that句型。这句话的主语是he,用likely。句意:他今天晚上不可能出席会议。选B。