请教英语高手：It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood ______ to her mother.

It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood (close) to her mother.
A.close B.closely C.closed D.closing
这位同学，该不会故意给我们一个错误答案来考察大家的英语能力吧，或者你的老师有这样的想法？
一楼说的对，答案是错误的，这里一定要用close，或者closer也可以
天下着大雨，小玛丽感到冷，因此她靠近母亲站着。（可怜的孩子）
说明：这里的close是副词，靠近的意思，closely是密切地，closed是封闭的， closing是关闭的
补充回答：如果不是你故意给的错误答案，就是这份考试卷的（参考）答案给错了，这一点毫无疑问，想必这位楼主朋友英语水平也不错，是不相信这个答案才来这里问大家的，对吧

The fisherman and the fish 9A课文翻译

The Fisherman and the Fish
渔夫和鱼
once upon a time,there lived an old fisherman and his wife.They were poor and lived in an old,mud hut near the sea. One morning, he caught a small,golden fish.The fish begged the fisherman to let him go and offered to grant the fishermans wishes in return.The man was kind and let the fish go.
很久以前，有一个老渔夫和他的妻子生活在一起。他们很穷，住在一个靠近海边的又旧又泥泞的小屋子里。一天早上，渔夫捕到了一只小金鱼。金鱼求渔夫放过它，并说会让渔夫的愿望成真如果他放过它的话。渔夫是个好人，他放生了那只金鱼。
The man went home and told his wife about the wonderful thing. She shouted at him and sent him back to the sea to catch the fish and ask for a new bucket because theirs was bronk. The sun shone brightly as the man did this. When he returned,he saw a new bucket. But the fishermans wife was still not happy and wanted a new house. The weather got bad as the man explained to the fish about his rude wife. The fish comforted him and promised to grant the second wish. When he returned,he saw a nice,new cottage.
他回到家后告诉了他妻子这件事。妻子听了对他怒吼，叫他回去把那只鱼抓回来并向它要一个新的篮子，因为他们的篮子已经破了（应该是broken把？）。艳阳高照，渔夫按照妻子说的去抓鱼。当他回到家时，他看见了一个新篮子，但他的妻子并不高兴并希望能有一座新房子。当渔夫向金鱼说起他的无理妻子时，天气也开始变坏了。当他回到家时，他看见了一座漂亮的崭新的小屋。
The next day,his wife said that she wanted to be mayor of the city. The waves got big and the sky suddenly became dark as the man apologized to the golden fish. Again,the fish granted him his wish. However , the fishermans wife was very greedy. The following week she told him to ask the fish to make her queen of the world.
第二天，他的妻子告诉他她想成为市长。当渔夫向金鱼道歉的时候，海浪变大，天空突然暗了下来。同样的，金鱼让他的愿望再次成真了。但是，渔夫的妻子实在太贪心了。之后的一周，她告诉渔夫她想要成为这个世界的女王。
The fisherman went down to the shore again. By now there was a terrible storm. There was thunder and lightning,and giant waves in the sea. The man shouted loudly. This time the fish did not reply. The fisherman waited,but the golden fish never appeared. When the man returned home,he found his wife in the old,mud hut with their broken bucket,
渔夫又一次走向海滩。此时的海上风浪正狂暴。闪电布满天际，雷声震耳欲聋，海面上的浪花也一个比一个巨大。他大声地喊着。但这次金鱼并没有出现（或没有回应）。他等待着，但金鱼再也没有出现过。当他回到家时，他看到了他的妻子以及她的那个破篮子，在那个又旧又泥泞的小屋子里。

英语 时间状语从句 when , while , before , until 区别及每个的特殊用

说起这几个词的区别，实际上是很容易的，因为意思相近的只有when和while，其他两个的意思有很大的差别。但是，就算有很大的差别，有时候也能表达相同或者相近的意思。
When和While都有同时的含义，比如。Shut the door when you leave the room.随手关门。但是，比较区别大的一点是While对句子发生时间的同时性要求更为严格，常常其中的一个句子(主句或从句)要用到进行时。比如I was playing video games while he entered the room.他进房间时，我正在玩电子游戏。另外，要区分while的另一个用法，while在句中也会用做连词，表达转折的含义。比如，Boys like cars while girls like barbies.男孩儿喜欢汽车，而女孩儿喜欢娃娃。这个句子你就不能翻译成男孩喜欢汽车同时女孩儿喜欢娃娃。我说的，就是这个意思，要区分什么时候是时间状语从句，什么时候是转折。
before和when没什么要区分的，因为他们俩也不容易搞混。You should stop the train before it is too late.你必须阻止火车，要不然就太迟了。beore翻译成在。。。之前。before 有两个特殊用法。这两个用法比较容易混淆。就是long before 和before long,前者表示很久以前，后者表示不久以后。但是，他们的词性不同，可以帮助你区分。前面的词性是连词，连接两个句子，比如，How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.在你死之前能放开一切并且微笑面对，是一件多么伟大的事情啊。而before long是副词词性，比如，He shot the gun,before long,got caught.他打了一枪，不久后，就被捕了。
说起until，就不得不提not until句型，意味知道。。。才。。。He doesnt know she is a student until she shows her schoolbag.他知道她亮出书包才知道她还是个学生。