Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and

Answer the following questions. Your answers should be clear and short.Arrange each of the following groups of synonyms according to their degree of intensity, from the weakest to the strongest.1) astonish, amaze, surprise2) pardon, forgive, excuse3) genius, ability, talent4) sadness, grief, sorrow5) pleasure, rapture, delight
【正确答案】：

1) SURPRISE, AMAZE, ASTONISH

2) EXCUSE, PARDON, FORGIVE

3) ABILITY, TALENT, GENIUS

4) SADNESS, SORROW, GRIEF

5) PLEASURE, DELIGHT, RAPTURE

【题目解析】：1) surprise（惊奇）, amaze（吃惊）, astonish（诧异）2) excuse（不好意思）, pardon（原谅）, forgive（宽恕）3) ability（能力）, talent（才能）, genius（天才）4) sadness（难过）, sorrow（悲伤）, grief（悲痛）5) pleasure（愉快）, delight（高兴）, rapture（兴高采烈）