Question

My uncle knows several foreign languages, ________ English, French and Japanese.

for example  B. for instance

C. such as      D. that is

Answer

C

【解析】考查同义词用法辨析。for example 和 for instance的区别很小，后面可以接句子也可以放名词，一般只以同类事物或人中的“一个”为例，作插入语，用逗号隔开，可置于句首、句中或句末。例如：There are many kinds of pollution, for example, noise is a kind of pollution.有许多种污染方式，例如噪音就是一种污染。 such as也作为“例如”讲（=like），用来列举同类人或事物中的几个例子,不能用逗号将其与所举例子隔开，其后不接句子而只能接名词。例如：I have travelled many cities such as Beijing,Shanghai,and Guangzhou. . that is(=namely/that is to say/in other words),意思是“换言之/也就是说/即”，用来进行具体的说明。例如：The railroad connects two cities, namely/that is, New York and Chicago.而该句中的“ several foreign languages”可知“English, French and Japanese”为不止一例的部分例举，故正确答案为C.

考点：同义词用法辨析