People are encouraged to speak openly, but careless words are to hurt others’ fe

People are encouraged to speak openly, but careless words are ________ to hurt others’ feelings.

A. possible B. probable C. likely 　 D. sure

试题答案

C

常用sb / sth be likely to do或it’s likely +从句，表示“可能”；certain表示“确定的”；probable后常跟that从句表示“很有可能”；be sure to do sth指“一定；务必去做某事”。