Question

一道简单高中英语题（请进！请详细说明！谢谢！）

The incident _____ a chain of events which resulted in the outbreak of
World War I.
A gave off B carried off C set off D took off

Answer 1

The incident _____ a chain of events which resulted in the outbreak of
World War I.
A gave off B carried off C set off D took off

选C正确！
简析：
句意判断：引发起一连串事件的这件事/这次事变导致了第一次世界大战爆发。
选项辨析：
A gave off 发出（光等）；长出（枝、杈等）
B carried off 夺去；获得；使丧命；成功地处理
C set off 出发；引起；动身；使爆炸；抵销；分开
D took off 起飞；脱下；离开

按照句意表达需要，只有选用C，set off.

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Answer 2

选C：
A：give sth. off放出（气味，热量等）- When wine is fermented it gives off bubbles of gas.酒发酵时会放出气泡。
B：carry off：带走， 夺去 ... 的生命， 获得-
She carried off most of the prizes for swimming.她获得游泳项目的大多数奖。
C：set off：引发，
D：take off：起飞，脱掉，取消-The plane took off despite the fog.尽管有雾，飞机仍照常起飞。

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Answer 3

C
引发，爆发

Answer 4

C