Question

To our amazement，an old man      in a wooden house. Nobody knew when he      . But when I thought of his      ，I always felt very sad.

A. was found dead; died; death

B. has died; died; death

C. was found dead; death; dying

D. has been dead; dying; died

Answer

A

【解析】句意：令我们感到惊讶的是，一位老人被发现死在了一个小木屋里。没有人知道他什么时候死的。但是当我想到他的死，我总是感到非常伤心。dead死的，是形容词；died死，是动词；death死亡，是名词。dying快死的，是形容词。第一空表示sb was found +形容词“某人被发现处于某种状态”，故用形容词dead作宾语补足语。第二空作谓语，故用动词died。第三空有形容词性物主代词his修饰，故用名词death。故选A。