According to industry experts, it is highly ( ) that Aakster Inc. and NT&J Technologies will announce plans to merge in early May.

A. confident

B. advisable

C. probable

D. potential

【答案】C。根据业内专家的说法，Askster与NT&J两家公司极可能在5月初宣布合并计划。空格前用highly修饰，有非常之意。Highly probable就表明可能程度很高。A选项confident自信的，B选项明智的可取的。D选项potential指的是潜在可能的，有潜力的。