Question

The owner of the mine was ____________ to twenty years because he had broken the law to employ children as miners.

A．sentenced

B．trapped

C．sheltered

D．buried

Answer 1

A

试题分析：sentence sb to判决，宣判；be buried in专心于。句意：因为矿主违反了法律制度雇佣未成年人做工，而被判20年的监禁。根据句意故选A。
点评：本题难度适中。动词的考查面比较多，可以考查它们的时态语态及意义，对于近义词可以考查它们的区别。
即学即练：He was _______in a burning house. 
A. sentenced            B. trapped          C. sheltered      D. bury
解析：。句意：他被困在正在燃烧的房屋里。