【问】 The last section of the letter is the complimentary closing.
 [原译]信的最后部分是补充结尾词。(《英汉对照现代商业书信指南》，安徽科技出版社，1990)
 the complimentary closing是指“补充结尾词”吗?
 【答】 complement与compliment发音相同，词形近似，很容易弄错。它们的形容词分别为complementary和complimentary。应记住complement的意思是“补充”，“补充物”：
 1.Travel can be an excellent complement to one's education. (FWF)
 旅游对于一个人的教育是一个很好的补充。
 2. Wine is the complement to a good dinner. (MED)
 酒是美餐的补充物。
 compliment的意思是“赞扬”、“赞美之词”：
 1. She received many compliments on her cooking. (MD)
 她听到许多对她烹调的赞美之词。
 2. She took the remark as a compliment to her cooking. (Wood)
 她把这话看作是对她的烹调的赞扬。
 3. The new ambassador paid compliments to the king. (ALD)
 新大使向国王致意。
 4. She accepted his compliment about her dress with a smile. (ECD)
 她以微笑接受他对她服装的赞美。
 形容词complementary的意思是：“补充的”、“补足的”、“互补的”，而形容词complimen-tary的意思是：“祝贺的”、“恭维的”、“赞美的”，如a complimentary address(祝词，颂词)。上面原文中的the complimentary closing是指信件中表示敬意的客套语，如Yours faithfully等(见Yours)。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 1. He paid her a____by saying her cake was the best he had ever eaten.
 A. proposal B. compliment
 C. gratitude D. satisfaction(TOEFL，71.3)
 2. He's the kind of man who's fond of____compliments to other men's wives.
 A. paying B. saying
 C. expressing D. showing (Nelson，500C)