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

2.Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings ________ with one another.
A) associate
B) connect
C) communicate
D) correspond

3.As a small boy, he was slow ________ learning to read and write.
A) on
B) with
C) in
D) about

4.Tony was ________ a mile of the hotel when he ran out of petrol.
A) within
B) inside
C) about
D) off

答案及解析：

1.spread伸展, 展開, 鋪, 涂, 敷, 擺, 傳播, 散布, extend擴充, 延伸, lengthen延長, (使)變長,
stretch鋪開, 把...拉直[長]。所以正確答案應該選擇D。
2.associate使發(fā)生聯(lián)系, 使聯(lián)合，connect連接, 聯(lián)合, 關連， communicate溝通, 通信,correspond符合, 協(xié)調, 通信, 相當, 相應。所以正確答案應該選擇C。
3.on關于, 涉及, with和...一致, 贊成, in在....方面,about關于。所以正確答案應該選擇C。
4.within里面的, 內部的, inside在...之內, about關于, off離開, 在遠方,Tony的車沒汽油時，
離賓館只有1英里了。所以正確答案應該選擇D。