Question

【题目】Many children in Africa are hungry(饥饿) because they are short ______ food.

A. for B. of C. in D. with

Answer 1

【答案】B

【解析】

句意：非洲的许多孩子因为缺少食物而挨饿。考查介词辨析。A. for为了，给，对于；B. of…的，属于；C. in在…里；D. with和，拥有，用。短语be short of：缺少…；be short for：…的缩写；结合句意可知选B。