单选题 London's Heathrow airport, alongside many other major airports, is hoping that passenger numbers will be swallowed up by a new generation of huge aircraft______
A. probate B. obsolete C. swelling D. recapitulating

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] probate“检验遗嘱，加以监护”；obsolete“荒废的，陈旧的”；swell“增大”； “膨胀”；recapitulate“重述要点”。