Question

【题目】The island is quite hot all year round, because it's ___________ the equator.

A.next
B.close to
C.far from
D.behind

Answer 1

【答案】B
【解析】考查词义辨析， equator意思是赤道，句意是这个岛一年四季相当热，因为它靠近赤道，A. Next意思是靠近，注意next to加名词，to不能省略，故排除A，B. close to意思是接近，C. far from 意思是远离，故排除C，D. behind意思是在...后面，所以答案是B。