【題目】—Jack still can’t help being anxious about his job interview.

—Lack of self-confidence is his _________, I am afraid.

A. Achilles’ heel B. child’s play

C. green fingers D. last straw

【答案】A

【解析】試題分析：考查諺語。Achilles’ heel唯一的致命的弱點(diǎn)；child’s play容易做的事情，輕而易舉的事情；green fingers搞園藝的才能；last straw最后一根稻草。句意：——杰克仍然情不自禁地?fù)?dān)心他的工作面試。——恐怕缺乏自信是他唯一的弱點(diǎn)。根據(jù)句意可知A項(xiàng)正確。

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