问题补充：
The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more .
A. at length
B. at last
C. at stake
D. at ease
答案：
A. at length
B. at last
(答案→)C. at stake
D. at ease
解析：本题译文：农民们比城里人更渴望鱼，因为雨水对农民来说关系更大。at stake(=to be won or lost; risked, depending upon the result of sth.)在危险中；利害攸关；His life itself was at stake.(他的生命本身濒临危险。); at last最终；at length详细地；at ease安详，自在，随便，不拘束：She knew he was not at ease.(她知道，他并不自在。)
