单选题 The two countries were fighting severely to ______ every inch of the land.
A. intervene B. contest C. imperil D. inhabit

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项的意思分别是：intervene干涉，干预；contest竞争，争夺；imperil危机，使陷入危险；inhabit居住，占据。根据句子意思推出正确答案是B选项。例如，“The seat was being hotly contested among the politicians．”(政客们正在激烈地争夺那个席位。)