Question

My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever；_____，he could neither eat nor sleep.

A．in a word

B．after all

C．as a result

D．otherwise

Answer 1

C

这题考查词组辨析：in a word总之，一句话，after all毕竟，as a result因此，  otherwise否则，句意是：我的朋友马丁因为奇怪的高烧而生病了，因此他不能吃不能睡。选C。