英语四级

单选题The current booming of Internet industry is compared to_____________

A.ice in the Arctic
B.sand in the desert
C.seawater in the ocean
D.a Klondike-style gold rush

参考答案:D进入在线模考
【设题处】比喻处设题 
【解析】选[D]。第一段第四句中提到,网络公司的显著增加已经激起了一场“Klondike.style gold rush”,其中fuel做动词时的意思是“加燃料”,这里引申为“激起”,由此可知此处使用的修辞手法是比喻,即把网络行业的繁荣比作Klondike-style gold rush{克朗代克河式的淘金热),故[D]为答案。

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