Question

【题目】She spoke for an hour without once _________ her notes.

A. preferred to B. referred to

C. referring to D. preferring to

Answer 1

【答案】C

【解析】考查固定短语辨析。句意：她在没有看笔记的情况下讲了一个小时。Without介词，其后应加动名词，refer to谈及，提及，涉及；prefer to宁愿。根据题意，故选C。