2019年mpa考试英语真题——名词820

{01}The Harry Potter books are quite popular; they are in great ______ in this city. A.quantity B.progress C.production D.demand 解析：此处quantity数量；progress进步； production生产；demand要求。这里be in great demand意为：需求量很大，畅销。句意：《哈利波特》很受欢迎；在这个城市有很大的需求量。
【考点定位】考查名词词义辨析。
本题选D。
{02}Every time I returned after an     , I felt stupid because I was behind the others. A.ambition B.abandon C.absence D.appoint 解析：词义辨析。A雄心，野心；B抛弃，遗弃；C缺席；D点，分数；句意：每次缺席回校以后，我都感觉自己很笨因为我落后于别人。
本题选C。