单选题 The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that __________ the speakers stopped for deferments.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 介词词组辨析。at large“整个地;充分地”;at intervals“不时,时时”;at ease“不紧张,自由自在”;at random“随便,随机”。注意so...that...句型so后面的内容prolonged and exhausting(冗长且使人筋疲力尽)是原因,that是导致的结果,根据句意,只有B项符合题意。refreshments意为“饮料,点心”。