The manager says he needs an assistant that he can depend on to deal with the problems tha

问题补充：

The manager says he needs an assistant that he can depend on to deal with the problems that may happen in his .

A. presence

B. absence

C. distance

D. appearance

答案：

A. presence

(答案→)B. absence

C. distance

D. appearance

解析：这题考查名词辨析：presence出席， absence缺席，distance距离， appearance外貌，词组：in one’s absence“在某人不在的时候”，句意是：经理说：他需要一个助手可以依赖她解决他不在时出现的问题。选B。