The boys the newspaper on the ground and began to read the news and articles in it.A. ext

问题补充：

The boys the newspaper on the ground and began to read the news and articles in it.

A. extended

B. expanded

C. spread

D. stretched

答案：

A. extended

B. expanded

(答案→)C. spread

D. stretched

解析：

这题考查词义辨析：extended延伸，B. expand扩大，spread蔓延，铺开，stretch伸展，句意是：男孩们把报纸铺在地上开始读上面的新闻和文章。选C。