Question

词汇辨析

start/start with

(1)The ocean ________ little drops of water．

(2)He thought it better to ________ work at once．

(3)To ________, we must do more practice in learning English．

(4)When I got there, they had already ________ playing．

(5)The teacher asked the students to read the passage, ________ Tom．

A．to start with

B．to begin with

C．starting with

D．start

Answer 1

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解析：

答案：(1)starts with　(2)start　(3)start with　(4)started　(5)C 　　辨析：start vt．/vi．意为“开始”，作及物动词时，后面可跟名词、代词及动词不定式或动词-ing形式。 　　start with意为“从……开始，先从某事做起”；作“首先”解时，只用于动词不定式，在句中常以插入语的形式出现。