问题补充:
—Time is. It’s likely that we’ll miss the deadline.
—Don’t worry. We have already got through 80% of the job.
A. giving out
B. using up
C. running out
D. ending up
答案:
A. giving out
B. using up
(答案→)C. running out
D. ending up
解析:考查短语辨析。giving out 分发,using up 用光,在这应用被动形式,running out 用完,主动表被动,ending up 结束,句意:时间快用完了,很可能我们会错过截止日期。别担心,我们已经完成工作的百分之八十了。所以选C。