They started off late and got to the airport with minutes to ________ .

A.spare

B.catch

C.leave

D.make

答案及解析： A

解析：

解析：“to spare”是个固定短语，意为“剩余的”．所以此题意为“他们动身晚了，到达机场时只剩下几分钟了”．再如：I caught the train with only a few seconds to spare. (我在离开车只剩下数秒时赶上了火车．)命题立意：动词及其词义辨析也应引起重视，要区分清词义相近的词还要多接触一些动词固定短语的含义．