Itwas her view that the country’s problems had been ______ by foreign technocrats, so that to ask for suchassistance would be counterproductive

(A) ameliorated

(B) ascertained

(C) diagnosed

(D) exacerbated

(E) overlooked

(F) worsened

KEY:DF

1.关键字：“so that”结构

2.空格中应该填入一个动词过去分词表示foreign technocrats对于这个国家问题所做的动作，而因为有so that存在，前后两个半句意思一致。而后半句中“such assistance”与前半句的“foreign technocrats”实际上是指的同一种东西，因而对于“such assistance”的描述与前半句中对于“foreign technocrats”的描述应当一致，故在空格中填入与“counterproductive”同义的词语。

3.词语解释

[1].(A) ameliorated：(改善)make better or moretolerable

[2].(B) ascertained：(确定)to make certain, exact, orprecise

[3].(C) diagnosed：(诊断)to recognize (as a disease)by signs and symptoms

[4].(D) exacerbated：(加剧恶化)to make more violent, bitter, or severe

[5].(E) overlooked：(忽视)to look past : MISS

[6].(F) worsened：(恶化)to make worse

(OGVerbal Practice Set 1 Q1, Easy)