Question

To our _________, Hawking didn’t worry about his problems in the slightest, _________, he just face the problems.

A．surprised, instead	B．surprise, instead
C．surprises, instead of	D．surprised, instead of

Answer 1

B

解析试题分析：句意: 令我们吃惊的是Hawking一点也不担心他的问题，反而他只是面对问题。to one’s surprise是固定短语，使……惊奇的是；instead副词，然而。据句意，故选B。
考点：考查固定短语和副词。