我们看另一种题型：单空5选1的题目：

Having regarded Marcus relationship to their boss as entirely _____, Jo was flabbergasted (flabbergast使。。。目瞪口呆) when Marcus publicly made clear his objections to some changes the boss was introducing.

A. professional

B. sycophantic (谄媚的)

C. prosaic (散文式的，无新意的，平淡的)

D. dissident (政见不同的)

E. collegial (学院式的)

题目中的完整的clause是Jo was flabbergasted (flabbergast使。。。目瞪口呆)when Marcus publicly made clear his objections to some changes the boss was introducing是用于判定选项的重要依据。

其中flabbergasted是关键，由这个词来判断：被挖出一空的状语部分（由动词分词having regarded引导）的信息“冲突”于主句中由when引导的从句的信息，也就是说两个部分的信息是“反向的”，不然怎么会flabbergasted (flabbergast使。。。目瞪口呆)。由此确定：此题“取反”。于是，认得选项里的词就好，不认识？起码要认识B选项吧。也不认识，那可真的没法儿办了。还是那句话“：填词题，你不背词，你要不上天得了。