单选题 By the time the war ______, most of the people had already left.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词短语。break out“(不愉快的事情)突然发生,爆发”;break up“打碎,拆散;结束”;intervene“(between)介入,插入;(in)干涉,干预”;happen“(偶然)发生;(to)碰巧”。句意为:战争爆发的时候,大多数人已经离开了。