第25题: [单项选择]The Grasshopper refused to ______ , and chirped louder and louder the more the Owl pleaded. A. resist B. desist C. insist D. persist 参考答案:B 答案解析:[解析] 动词辨析题。desist意思是“终止,停止做某事,忍住,克制”;resist意思是“抵抗,反抗,忍得住”;insist意思是“坚持,强调”;常用的固定搭配为:insist on sth./d