专四

单选题Thousands of people turned out into the streets to __________ against the local authorities' decision to build a highway across the field.

A.contradict 
B.reform 
C.counter 
D.protest

参考答案:D进入在线模考
【译文】上千名群众出现在街头,抗议当地政府做出修建横穿田野的高速公路的决定。
【解析】动词的含义及用法。本题要选出能搭配against的词,protest against是固定搭配,故D为正确答案。C.counter表示“反对.反驳.对抗”时通常用作及物动词,如:They moved two destroyers into the area to counter the threat from the enemy battleship.(他们调动两艘驱逐舰进入该地区以抵抗敌舰的威胁。)A.contradict和B.reform 后面都不接against。