[A] lies [B] lays [C] settles [D] sends

参考答案:

B本题考查短语动词辨析。空格处填入的动词与down搭配，相当于及物动词，其主语是the snow，宾语是a treacherous carpet。lie down意为“躺下”；lay down意为“放下；记下；拟定”，如：lay down the arms/the rules（放下武器/制定规则）；settle down意为“安下心来，定居”；send down只能接sb.作宾语，意为“判某人入狱”，如：He was sent down for ten years for armed robbery.（他