单选题 The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that ________ the speakers stopped for refreshments.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】因为这个讨论是prolonged and exhausting 的,prolonged and exhausting就表达了作者的态度,所以空格处填入的词语应该是一中性词。答案是B,at intervals(时不时地)。At large“详细的”;at ease“自由自在地”;at random“胡乱地”。