During the Olympic torch relay, thousand

问题选择题

During the Olympic torch relay, thousands of people __________ in either side of the street.

A．collected

B．gathered

C．selected

D．surrounded

答案

题目分析：考查动词：A. collected收集B. gathered聚集C. selected挑选D. surrounded包围，句意：在奥运火炬接力的时候，成千上万的人聚集在街道两边。选B。

点评：动词辨析的考查要根据上下文语境进行，要根据语义来判断使用，要特别注意一词多义的现象。ABC三个动词属于近义词，collect一般是收集书，邮票，也有筹集资金的意思，gather有收集种子，select是精心挑选，