161、While the company's CEO professes to be confident and urges the deal forward, its investors are unlikely to be so ______ about its prospects. Many were uncomfortable at the way the corporation was forced to spend much of its capital in last year's expansion, and this new venture is potentially even more risky.（财科所2018年）
- Apathetic
- Sanguine
- Apprehensive
- Anxious
答案：B
解析：形容词辨析。apathetic“冷淡的，无兴趣的”；sanguine“乐观的，充满希望的”；apprehensive“忧虑的”；anxious“焦急的，渴望的”。由句首的转折连词while，我们可以推断出unlikely to be so后面要填的单词意思与confident为同义。选B。
162、Progressive and reactionary populist movements are not necessarily______: each may, and usually does, possess features of the other.（财科所2018年）
- Subversive
- Efficacious
- Untenable
- Dichotomous
答案：D
解析：形容词辨析。Subversive“颠覆性的，破坏性的”；efficacious“有效的”；untenable“站不住脚的”；dichotomous“分成两个的，完全对立的”。根据冒号后面的“其中一个有可能，而且通常确实具有另一个的特征”可知两者之间并不是完全对立的，而是彼此之间有着相同点或者相似点。选D。
163、The national bank has been uncommonly powerful in comparison to its counterparts in other nations. It retains this potency partly because its control of the nation's banking system is unencumbered by governmental interference, and thus its actions remain largely ______.（财科所2018年）
- Discretionary
- Bureaucratic
- Compulsory
- Lucrative
答案：A
解析：形容词辨析。discretionary“任意的；自由决定的”；bureaucratic“官僚的，官僚主义的”；compulsory“强制性的; 义务的”；lucrative“获利多的，赚钱的”。根据its control… is unencumbered by governmental interference“不受政府干预的影响”可知其行动不受控制，就应当是非常“自主的，自由的”。选A。
164、Although the insistence on balancing spending against tax revenues has contributed to the economy's stagnation, unfortunately, the government does not seem likely to ______ this rigid policy.（财科所2018年）
- persist in
- Initiate
- Repudiate
- Continue
答案：C
解析：动词辨析题。persist in“坚持”；initiate“发起，创始”；repudiate“否认”；continue“继续”。由句中的unfortunately一词可以推断出政府并不会否认这种政策。选C。
165、You cannot be ______ careful when you drive a car.（财科所2018年）
- Very
- Too
- So
- Enough
答案：B
解析：固定搭配题。can't too加形容词表示“越……越好；……都不为过”。