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295. He _____ the place where he had been bitten by an insect.

A. snatched B. scratched C. squeezed D. stretched

296. It is not profitable to provide bus services in districts where the population is widely _____.

A. scattered B. dismissed C. separated D. spread

297. There are usually at least two _____ of looking at every question.

A. ways B. directions C. views D. opinions

298. He left in such a hurry that I _____ had time to thank him.

A. almost B. even C. nearly D. scarcely

295 、 [ 答案 ]B. scratched.

[ 注釋 ]scratch 抓，搔。此外，有一常用習語： scratch one's head over sth. 對某事迷惑不解，搔頭皮。 Snatch 掠奪； stretch 拉長，延伸，撐大； squeeze 壓榨，擠。

296 、 [ 答案 ]A. scattered.

[ 注釋 ]scattered 是 scatter 的過去分詞，也可作形容詞用，（ =lying in different directions; not situated together, wide apart ）分散的，散布在各處的。 Separate 分開的， spread 傳播；攤開， dismiss 解雇。

297 、 [ 答案 ]A. ways.

[ 注釋 ]two ways of looking at every questions 意指“觀察每個問題的兩個方面”。

298 、 [ 答案 ]D. scarcely.

[ 注釋 ]scarcely(=hardly, not quite, almost not) 幾乎沒有。 Scarcely 是否定副詞，類似的有： hardly, barely, rarely, seldom, little 等。研究生入學考試中經常測試這類否定副詞的用法。