题目
The company had a manufacturing site near the village, which ___ its waste directly into the river in violation of the environment protection law.A. flushedB. flashedC. plumbedD. shoveled
The company had a manufacturing site near the village, which ___ its waste directly into the river in violation of the environment protection law.
A. flushed
B. flashed
C. plumbed
D. shoveled
题目解答
答案
A. flushed
解析
本题考查对形似动词词义的辨析。解题思路是先明确每个选项单词的含义,再结合句子语境,判断哪个单词能准确表达“将废物直接排入河流”这一动作。
- A选项“flushed”**:“flush”常见含义有“冲洗;使(液体)流动;把……冲进(下水道等)”。在本题中,“flush its waste directly into the river 表示“将其废物直接冲进河里”,符合句子描述的公司违反环保法将废物排入河流的语境。
- B选项“flash”:“flash”意为“闪光;闪现;掠过”,如“Lightning flashed across the sky.(闪电划过天空)”,与将废物排入河流的语境不符。
- C选项“plumb”:“plumb””主要意思是“用铅锤测量;探测深度”,例如“He plumbed the depth of the well.(他用铅锤测量井的深度)”,不能用于描述废物排入河流的动作。
- D选项“shovel”:“shovel”是“用铲子)铲;铲起”,通常用于铲固体物质,如“shovel snow(铲雪)”“shovel coal(铲煤)”,而这里说的是将废物排入河流,用“shovel”不太合适。