单选题 Usually he managed to find plenty of work to ______ him over hard times. I think it is a good idea.
A. chew B. blow C. flip D. tide

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 短语tide...ver的意思是“支持度过一段困难时期”符合题意，如：He sold his furniture to tide over his illness．(他卖掉家具以度过病期的难关。)其他三项“A项chew咀嚼，认真考虑；B项blow风吹；C项flip掷，抽打，空翻”都不正确。本题的空格处是说支持他度过低潮期。因此D项为正确答案。