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(kāi), 鋪, 涂, 敷, 擺, 傳播, 散布, extend擴(kuò)充, 延伸, lengthen延長(zhǎng), (使)變長(zhǎng),
stretch鋪開(kāi), 把...拉直[長(zhǎng)]。所以正確答案應(yīng)該選擇D。
2.associate使發(fā)生聯(lián)系, 使聯(lián)合，connect連接, 聯(lián)合, 關(guān)連， communicate溝通, 通信,correspond符合, 協(xié)調(diào), 通信, 相當(dāng), 相應(yīng)。所以正確答案應(yīng)該選擇C。
3.on關(guān)于, 涉及, with和...一致, 贊成, in在....方面,about關(guān)于。所以正確答案應(yīng)該選擇C。
4.within里面的, 內(nèi)部的, inside在...之內(nèi), about關(guān)于, off離開(kāi), 在遠(yuǎn)方,Tony的車沒(méi)汽油時(shí)，
離賓館只有1英里了。所以正確答案應(yīng)該選擇D。