Question

He died in 1870 and his tomb reads, ‘________ his death, one of the England’s greatest writers _________ to the world.’

A．At; is lost in	B．By; is lost to
C．For; is a loss to	D．As; gets lost to

Answer 1

B

考查介詞用法和固定短語。第一空的介詞by…由于…be lost in…沉浸于…;be lost to…感覺不到…失去….;結合句意可知B正確。他死于1870年，在他的墓碑上寫著：因為他的死，世界上失去了一位最偉大的英國作家之一。