Question

—When did they ________ Beijing?

—Two years ago.

A. arrive    B. get

C. get to    D. arrive at

Answer

C

【解析】句意：——他们什么时候到达北京的？——两年前。arrive“到达”是不及物动词，后面不能直接跟宾语，所以排除A项；arrive at后面接小地方，而Beijing是大地方，所以排除D项；get作“到达”讲是不及物动词，其后应加to，故选C。

点睛：表示“到达”get to = reach = arrive in/at +表示地点的名词。 arrive in 后面接大地方，arrive at后面接小地方。reach可以接表示地点的副词，如：here, there, home等； get to后面接这些副词，要去掉to ；arrive in/at后面接地点副词，应去掉in/at 。如：

He reached home at half past eight last night.

=He got there at half past eight last night.

=He arrived there at half past eight last night.

应注意，如果动词之后不指到达什么地方时,一般只用arrive, 不用reach和get to ，如：When we arrived, it was raining hard. 当我们到达时，雨正下得很大。