问题补充:
The patient was in bad need of operation but there was no guarantee(保证) that she would survive the anaesthetic (麻醉剂), which made the doctors on the horn of a .
A. process
B. arrangement
C. ceremony
D. dilemma
答案:
A. process
B. arrangement
C. ceremony
(答案→)D. dilemma
解析:考查名词辨析。A进程;B安排;C仪式;D困境,窘境。句意:那位病人急需手术,但是无法保证她能从麻醉剂中生还,这使医生们陷入进退两难的境地。on the horn of a dilemma进退两难。故选D。