分类：教育/科学-外语学习-英语考试
问题：选A,为什么hiswife'sdeathwasagreat___ 
his wife's death was a great_____to him.A ow  B failure  C pain  D strike
回答：blow 是打击的意思。strike 指的是身体接触这种“敲打”，没有抽象含义。pain 是个不可数名词，你可以说 his wife's death caused a great deal of pain to him。这个句子里的表达就不准确了。