Complete the following sentence with a (compound) word derived from the one(s) given in bracket.
They managed to escape under cover of ( ).(dark)
【正确答案】:DARKNESS
【题目解析】:
本题考查常见形容词的名词形式。
由介词of可知,空缺处应填名词。dark是形容词意为“黑暗的”,其名词形式是darkness意为“黑暗”,符合题意。
句意:他们试图在黑暗中逃跑。