10. The tower was rather unpopular to the locals, for they thought that it ______ unacceptably into the originally breathtaking landscape.
(A) prognosticated
(B) deviated
(C) mollified
(D) obtruded

答案是 (D) obtruded。

完整句子：

The tower was rather unpopular to the locals, for they thought that it obtruded unacceptably into the originally breathtaking landscape.

句意分析

當地居民不喜歡這座塔，因為他們認為它不合時宜地突兀地闖入原本令人驚嘆的景觀之中。

關鍵線索：

• unpopular to the locals
• unacceptably
• originally breathtaking landscape

可知這座塔破壞了原有景觀，因此需要表示「突兀地侵入、礙眼地突出」。

選項解析

(A) prognosticated

預測、預言

• The economist prognosticated a recession.
• 與景觀無關。❌

(B) deviated

偏離、脫離

• deviate from a route
• 通常搭配 from，不說 deviate into a landscape。❌

(C) mollified

安撫、平息

• mollify anger
• 與句意完全相反。❌

(D) obtruded

突兀地伸出；闖入；礙眼地突出

• The modern building obtruded upon the historic skyline.
• 非常符合建築物破壞自然景觀的語境。✔