Question

14．It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly          my friend．（　　）

• A． cut out
• B． carry out
• C． pick out
• D． put out

Answer 1

分析 电影院里如此黑以至于我几乎不能辨别出我朋友．

解答 答案：C．根据It was so dark in the cinema 可知后句的句义是我几乎不能辨别出我朋友，四个选项的含义分别是cut out"割下"； carry out"执行"；pick out"挑选，辨别出"；put out"扑灭"，因此答案是C．

点评 考查动词短语辨析．pick out 的主要用法：
1．choose挑选
It took Mary a long time to pick out a new dress at the store．玛丽在商店里花了好长时间才挑中一件新衣服．
2． tell from others区分
We could pick out different places in the city from the airplane．从飞机上我们可以辨认出这座城市里的不同地方．
3．tell the meaning领会；弄明白
In spite of the difficulty of the passage，we succeeded in picking out its sense by our concerted efforts．这段文字虽然难懂，但我们通过共同努力还是弄懂了它的含义．