Question

---Did you get to school on time yesterday?
--- No. An unexpected heavy rain ______  the bus ______the station on time.

A．allowed, reaching	B．stopped, reaching
C．stopped, to reach	D．kept, reaching

Answer 1

B

词义辨析。Allow 允许，stop 停止、阻止、keep 保持，根据题意，是一场未知的大雨阻止车公交车按时到站，前面用stop，后用动名词表示停止正在做的事情，接不定式则表示停下来去做另一件事情。根据题意选A。