题目

8. My daughter knew that the letter was notaddressed to her, but she opened it ___.A in advanceB for freeC by no meansD out of curiosity

8. My daughter knew that the letter was not addressed to her, but she opened it ___. A in advance B for free C by no means D out of curiosity

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答案

本题考察短语辨析。句意为：我的女儿知道这封信不是寄给她的，但她还是打开了它。需要填入一个短语解释原因。 A. in advance：提前，不符合语境。 B. for free：免费，与句意无关。 C. by no means：绝不，与“but”转折关系不符。 D. out of curiosity：出于好奇，最符合句意。女儿虽知信非寄给她，但出于好奇仍打开信件，故选D。答案：D. out of curiosity