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gather

A. digest B. religious C. grain D. gentle

C

【解析】

试题分析：gather中的g读[g] digest读[d?]；religious读[d?]；grain读[g]；gentle读[d?]。故选C。

考点：考查g在单词中的读音

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2．只允许修改10处

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