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The mother almost____when she learned that her son was shot dead.

A、felldown
B、camedown
C、fellapart
D、wenttopieces
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D

答案解析:

【参考译文】那位母亲得知她儿子被枪打死了,她几乎完全垮了。

【试题分析】本题是一道词义辨析题。

【详细解答】“falldown”含义“跌倒,倒下”;“comedown”含义为“降下,跌落”;“fallapart”含义为“破裂,破碎”;“gotopieces”含义为“(身体或精神上)垮下来”。从四个选项来看,只有D适用于本句话。

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