Question

【題目】— Every year, many African childrenserious illnesses.
—What bad news! I think we should do something to help them.
A.die in
B.die by
C.die of
D.die for

Answer 1

【答案】C
【解析】句意：—每年有很多非洲的孩子死于嚴(yán)重的疾病。—多么糟糕的消息！我認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)做些事情來幫助他們。和die連用的常見介詞有of, from和out。Die of一般指由于疾病、情感引起的死亡；die from指由于衰老、外傷引起的死亡；die out意為：（家族，物種等）滅絕，絕跡。故選C。