A-A+

The ____ search for the lost boys proved _

2022-08-01 20:36:36 问答库阅读 166 次

问题详情

The ______ search for the lost boys proved ______ and the search party returned home at nightfall quite ______.
A．exhaustive... exhausted... exhausting
B．exhaustive... exhausting... exhausted
C．exhausting... exhausted... exhaustive
D．exhausted... exhaustive... exhausting请帮忙给出正确答案和分析，谢谢！

参考答案

正确答案：B
解析：考查形容词辨析。exhaustive意为“彻底的，详尽的”，如an exhaustive study“彻底的研究”；exhausting指“令人精疲力竭的”，表主动意义，如an exhausting journey“令人精疲力竭的旅行”；exhausted意为“(感到)精疲力竭的”，表被动意义，如：I was exhausted after the journey. (旅行回来我感到精疲力竭。)由此可见，选项B为正确答案。