The children have been playing with my hat ---they’ve knocked it out of _____.
A.shape
B.date
C.order
D.balance
答案:A
本题考查名词词义辨析。句意:考查“out of+名词”。孩子们一直拿帽子玩,玩得都变了形”。从前文“你一直都坐在我的帽子上”可知“现在帽子严重变形了”;表示“变形了”或“不成样子了”应是out of shape。Out of date过时了;out of order出毛病了;out of balance失去平衡。