the patient's legs were so weak and he could ____standa sometimes b hardly c seldom d ever可以给我分析一下这四个单词的区别吗?

the patient's legs were so weak and he could ____standa sometimes b hardly c seldom d ever可以给我分析一下这四个单词的区别吗?
the patient's legs were so weak and he could ____stand
a sometimes
b hardly
c seldom
d ever
可以给我分析一下这四个单词的区别吗?

the patient's legs were so weak and he could ____standa sometimes b hardly c seldom d ever可以给我分析一下这四个单词的区别吗?
答案是B
句子的意思是：病人的双腿很虚弱以致他几乎站不起来.这里要填的是一个带否定意思的副词.
a.sometimes,有时候,显然不符合句子意思,可排除
b.hardly,几乎不,几乎没有,这个副词本身就带有否定的意思,he could hardly stand就相当于he could not stand,因此符合句义,为正确答案
c.seldom,很少见
d.ever,从来,总是.不符合句义,可排除