1.The socks were too small and it was only by ________ them that he managed to get them on.
A) spreading
B) extending
C) lengthening
D) stretching
解析:spread伸展, 展开, 铺, 涂, 敷, 摆, 传播, 散布, extend扩充, 延伸, lengthen延长, (使)变长, stretch铺开, 把...拉直[长]。所以正确答案应该选择D。
2.Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ________ with one another.
A) associate
B) connect
C) communicate
D) correspond
解析:associate使发生联系, 使联合,connect连接, 联合, 关连, communicate沟通, 通信,correspond符合, 协调, 通信, 相当, 相应。所以正确答案应该选择C。
3.As a small boy, he was slow ________ learning to read and write.
A) on
B) with
C) in
D) about
解析:3.on关于, 涉及, with和...一致, 赞成, in在....方面,about关于。所以正确答案应该选择C。
4.Tony was ________ a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.
A) within
B) inside
C) about
D) off
解析:within里面的, 内部的, inside在...之内, about关于, off离开, 在远方,Tony的车没汽油时,
离宾馆只有1英里了。所以正确答案应该选择D。