The poor farmer couple ________money to send their son to go to university，although he was admitted to a key university.


  1. A.
    lost
  2. B.
    supplied
  3. C.
    prepared
  4. D.
    lacked
D
考查短語(yǔ)辨析。根據(jù)poor可知，“缺少”金錢。故答案為D。
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