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Whiledoingcalculationfortheproject,thedesigners____anewsolutiontoageologicalproblem.

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A、fellinto
B、stumbledupon
C、setout
D、discovered
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正确答案:

B

答案解析:

【参考译文】 在对工程进行计算时,设计人员碰巧找到了解决地质问题的方法。

【试题分析】 本题是一道词义辨析题。

【详细解答】 “fall into”含义为“被卷入……”;“stumble upon”含义为“偶然找到,发现”;“set out”含义为“启程,出发”;“discover”含义为“发现,发觉”。从四个选项看,含有“偶然”含义的“stumble upon”最适合本句话。

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