题目
86. Denise has a worsening eye problem that leaves her unable to drive.____, she recently fell and broke her ankle and now has to use a wheelchair to get around her house.A. Keeping things badB. Making things worseC. Putting bad things togetherD. To make matters worse
86. Denise has a worsening eye problem that leaves her unable to drive.____, she recently fell and broke her ankle and now has to use a wheelchair to get around her house.
A. Keeping things bad
B. Making things worse
C. Putting bad things together
D. To make matters worse
题目解答
答案
D. To make matters worse
解析
本题考查短语的用法和语义理解。解题的关键在于分析每个选项的含义,并结合句子的语境,判断哪个选项能最恰当地表达前后事件之间的逻辑关系。
- A选项“Keeping things bad”:“keep”通常表示“保持”,“Keeping things bad”直译为“保持事情糟糕”,但在英语表达中,这种说法并不常见,也不能很好地体现出后一个糟糕事情是在前一个糟糕事情基础上的进一步恶化,所以该选项不符合语境。
- B选项“Making things worse”:“make”有“使,让”的意思,“Making things worse”意思是“使事情变得更糟”,它强调的是一种动作导致事情恶化的过程。然而在这个句子中,这里需要一个能起到衔接作用,引出更糟糕情况的短语,而不是强调动作,所以该选项不太合适。
- C选项“Putting bad things together”:“put...together”表示“把……放在一起”,“Putting bad things together”意思是“把糟糕的事情放在一起”,它没有体现出事情恶化的递进关系,只是简单地将糟糕事情罗列,不符合句子想要表达的逻辑,所以该选项不正确。
- D选项“To make matters worse”:这是一个常用的固定短语,意思是“更糟糕的是”,它常用于引出比前面提到的情况更糟糕的事情,起到了很好的衔接和递进作用,与句子中先提到眼睛问题导致不能开车,接着又说摔倒骨折需要轮椅的语境相契合,所以该选项正确。