Dec 21, 2008 Volume 1 -- prefix, #6 (6)

lintelleUID: 2297267

The moderator will post one multiple choice question everyday, and post the answer key and detailed explanation to the very question on the 2nd floor of the thread on the next day. Participants should try to answer the question in the following 24 hours after the questions are posted. First 3 people with the correct answer will be rewarded 5 GTB.

The multiple choice questions are mainly designed to build up your vocabulary, sometimes idiom questions will emerge as well.

Her throat ____ and she swallowed hard.
A) constrain
B) constraint
C) constrained
D) constrict
E) constricted

lintelleUID: 2297267

E) constricted

constrain:
verb, usually passive
1. to force sb to do sth or behave in a particular way
2. to restrict or limit sb/sth

constraint
noun

constrict:
1. to become tighter or narrower; to make sth tighter or narrower
2. to limit or restrict what sb is able to do

REMARK:
In this question, throat is consciously pressured by the body mussel, it's a physical process, not abstract, should use CONSTRICT. From the word 'swallowed', we know the sentence is past tense.

[ 本帖最后由 lintelle 于 2008-12-22 09:37 编辑 ]

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my answer is C