—How much farther shall we have to go?
—Another five miles until we reach the mountain_________.
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A．at a distance
B．in a distance
C．at distance
D．in the distance
答案：D
考查词组。无B、C结构，at a distance “从某一距离，在某一距离”；in the distance“在远处”。
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| Shirley Yeats is certainly a very brave woman! At the age of sixty-seven, she 1 to take a trip round the coast (海岸) of Malaysia. Everything was fine 2 one day, as she was going back to her room on the 3 , she saw smoke coming out of another room. She 4 the captain from her room at once and told him about the fire. Then she went up on deck (甲板) to see 5 she could do to help. The fire spread (蔓延) very quickly and soon 6 was completely out of control. The captain decided to get all the passengers out as 7 as possible. Many of the other passengers were 8 , but Shirley remained calm (镇静的). She even helped the other passengers to 9 the lifeboats. All 1,000 passengers were in the lifeboats and not one passenger 10 in the fire. Shirley was one of the last people to leave. Later, she told reporters," I was very afraid, 11 I always knew what I had to do. I 12 all my years as a teacher helped----all that time telling people what to do!" | ||||
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