单选题
Mrs. Lackey was awakened by the ringing of the bedside phone and learned that 12 hours ago her husband's boat had been ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】词义辨析题。wreck通常指“船只失事，船难”；collapse意为“坍塌，崩溃”；decay意为“腐败，变坏”；fire意为“着火”。本句大意为；拉凯夫人被床边的电话铃声吵醒，得知她丈夫的船只在12小时前失事了。