Question

With more and more farmers moving to cities, an inadequate labor force is ________ becoming a major factor affecting the country's grain output.

A．automatically B．occasionally

C．absolutely D．gradually

 

Answer 1

D

【解析】答案：D　考查副詞詞義辨析。句意為：隨著越來越多的農民搬到城市，勞動力不足逐漸成為影響這個國家谷物產量的主要因素。automatically意為“自動地，機械地，無意識地”；occasionally意為“偶爾，間或”；absolutely意為“絕對地，完全地”；gradually意為“逐步地，逐漸地”。根據語境可知，空格處表示的是一種過程，gradually的詞義與此相符。故答案選D。