单选题
When snow
collects
on top of a building during the winter, the weight sometimes weakens the construction and occasionally causes the roof to collapse.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] collect意为“收集,集中;聚集”,如:A crowd of people collected to watch the procession.(人群聚集起来观看游行队伍。)及The department collects information on political extremists.(这个部门收集有关政治极端分子的情报。)此外,collect还有“收藏;征收,募集”的意思,如:stamp-collecting(集邮)。选项中只有B选项accumulate“积累,积聚”与之意义相符,如:He gradually accumulated an impressive collection of paintings.(他逐渐积累起一批可观的绘画收藏品。)其他词项的意义分别为:melt“融化,熔化”,select“选择”,scatter“消散,分散”。