He ran all the way home and arrived （）breath.

_______ the news that his father had arrived home,the little boy ran home at once.

\u7528Hearing
the little boy \u8ddfhear\u4e4b\u95f4\u662f\u4e3b\u52a8\u5173\u7cfb\uff0c\u6240\u4ee5\u7528\u73b0\u5728\u5206\u8bcd\u505a\u4f34\u968f\u72b6\u8bed\uff1b

\u9009A\u3002 rather than \u540e\u9762\u5e94\u8be5\u5e26\u52a8\u8bcd\u539f\u5f62

prefer to + V. rather than + V. \u5b81\u613f\u2026\u4e5f\u4e0d\u2026

\u66f4\u559c\u6b22\uff08\u524d\u8005\uff09\uff1aprefer to do sth.
prefer + V-ing to + V-ing

be out of breath 上气不接下气
固定搭配

他一路跑回家，到家时就上气不接下气了。

full of 充满
lack of 缺乏
beyond 超出，
都不能和breath搭配表达出 上气不接下气的意思

选D out of breath 是固定搭配：上气不接下气
A 充满
B 缺少
C 超过

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