They ________ drinking although they are drivers, which is very dangerous both to them and the passengers．


  1. A.
    give up
  2. B.
    devote themselves to
  3. C.
    quit
  4. D.
    abandon themselves to
D
根據(jù)句意“雖然他們是司機，但他們還是沉溺于飲酒……”。although表示讓步，說明前面的行為與后面的情況是相悖的，所以排除A、C兩項；devote oneself to“獻身于”，與題意不符；abandon oneself to“沉溺于”，切合題意，所以選D項。
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