Question

8. The survivors on the hill signaled that they were short of water but could        for another day.

   A. hold up   B. hold off   C. hold out   D. hold to

Answer 1

8. C句意为："山上的存活者发信号说他们缺水但还可以维持一天。"hold up意为"耽搁;举起"；hold off亦作keep off ,意为"保持距离；抵挡"，也可意为"延期，延迟"，相当于delay;hold out意为"坚持，维持"；hold to意为"紧握住；坚持"。故答案为。