单选题
The barbarous aggressors grew more and more ______ in slaughtering people and burning down their houses.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 形容词词义辨析。amorphous“模糊的,无固定形状的”;ferocious“凶猛的,残忍的”;audacious“大胆的,冒失的”;egregious“极坏的,异乎寻常的”。根据句中slaughtering (屠杀) people and burning down their houses都是残忍的行为,空格应填入与barbarous(野蛮的)意思相近的词。故答案为B。