The new accessibility of land around almost every major city ________ an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we know as urbanization.
本题考查动词的语义搭配。本题主干意为“新的可开发土地________房地产的爆发”,选项中只有sparked ( 激起,触发)能够作为谓语动词与explosion (爆发)形成 符合逻辑的搭配,故D选项符合题意。
[参考译文]几乎每个大城市的周围都有可供开发的新土地,这引发了房地产的爆炸式增长,推动了众所周知的城市化进程。
[词汇拓展] ① incited意为 “ 煽动”。
e.g. We ask you all to be part of the movement for peace and not engage in violence no matter how much you are incited.我们要求你们所有人成为和平运动的一部分,不管你们被怎 样煽动,都不参与暴力。
② followed意为 “ 跟随”。
e.g. When one of the followed situations takes place, Party A is able to invalidate the contract without making any compensation for Party B .若出现下列情况之一时,甲方可以随时解 除合同,而不必给予乙方任何赔偿。
③ claimed意为 “ 宣称”。
e.g. Each of the two countries claimed the territory.这两个国家各自声称这片领土是自己的。
④ sparked意为 “ 点燃”。
e.g. The trouble was sparked off by an apparently harmless phrase.这场麻烦是由一句明显恶意的话引起的。