“Stop thief! Stop thief!” But the thief was by the crowd and we lost sight of it.A. drown

问题补充：

“Stop thief! Stop thief!” But the thief was by the crowd and we lost sight of it.

A. drowned

B. swallowed

C. caught

D. stopped

答案：

A. drowned

(答案→)B. swallowed

C. caught

D. stopped

解析：词义辨析。A. 淹没 B.吞没 C.捉住 D. 阻止。句意：“捉贼!捉贼！”但是这个贼被人群吞没，我们看不见了。故选B。