181、Before turning to writing, I spent eight years as a lawyer ______ about how life would be with a prominent father blazing my trail.（财科所2017年）
- Fantasizing
- Fascinating
- Facilitating
- Finalizing
答案：A
解析：形近词辨析。fantasize“想象，幻想”；fascinate“入迷，使着迷”；facilitate“促进，帮助”；finalize“完成，使结束”。根据句中how life would be可知用了虚拟语气，因此是属于作者“幻想”的内容，故选A。
182、We have been hearing ______ accounts of your work.（财科所2017年）
- Favored
- Favorable
- Favorite
- Favoring
答案：B
解析：形近词辨析。favored“受到优待的，有天赋的”；favorable“赞同的，称赞的”；favorite“最喜欢的”；favoring“顺利的，有帮助的”。修饰accounts只能用favorable，故选B。
183、At first, the company refused to purchase the equipment, but this decision was ______ revised.（财科所2017年）
- Subsequently
- Successively
- Predominantly
- Preliminarily
答案：A
解析：副词辨析。Subsequently“随后，接着”；successively“接连，继续地”；predominantly“显著地，占绝对优势地”；preliminarily“初步地”。根据前面的at first这个时间状语，我们可知应该是公司前后的态度发生了转变，故应该在空白处用“随后”，选A。
184、In the final analysis, it is our ______ of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us.（财科所2017年）
- Conception
- Deception
- reception
- Presentation
答案：A
解析：形近词辨析。conception“观点，看法”；deception“欺瞒，欺诈”；reception“接待，欢迎”；presentation“陈述，报告”。本句是一个强调句型，针对死亡的“观点”来决定后面的内容。故选A。
185、He knew that the area's rich plant life had been severely ______ by the huge herds of cows grazing the land.（财科所2017年）
- Depleted
- Decomposed
- Corrupted
- corroded
答案：A
解析：动词辨析题。deplete“耗尽，使枯竭”；decompose“分解，使腐烂”；corrupt“使腐败，使腐烂”；corrode“使腐蚀，侵蚀”。根据by the huge herds of cows grazing the land“被大群牛啃食草地”可知植物不是被“腐蚀”或者“侵蚀”，而应是“耗尽”，故选A。