【题目】This news of UFOs was immediately ________ due to lack of hard evidence.
A.appliedB.assumedC.dismissedD.discouraged
在线课程【答案】C
【解析】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：由于缺乏确凿的证据，这条关于不明飞行物的消息立即被驳回了。A. applied应用；B. assumed假定； C. dismissed解雇，驳回；D. discouraged使气馁。根据空后due to lack of hard evidence可知，此处指“消息被驳回”。故选C。