单选题 In previous times, when fresh meat was inadequate, pigeons were kept by many households as a source of food.
A. in short store B. in short provision
C. in short reserve D. in short supply

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 以前缺少新鲜肉的时候,许多家里都把鸽肉当成一种食物。store贮藏,储备。如:I have a store of food here. 我这里备有食物。provision供应、提供,不可数名词,没有in...provision这种用法,常用于the provision of…,如:The company is responsible for the provision of the residential care services.这家公司负责提供物业服务。reserve作可数名词指储备,如:the world's oil reserves.世界石油储备。supply供应、供给,In short supply固定用法,指供给,不足。如:Fresh vegetable used to be in short supply during the winter. 过去在冬季新鲜蔬菜短缺。因此选D。