一道英语题，选什么，为什么？

Question

1. A short time before she ________ , the old lady ________ a will, leaving all her money to her brother.
　　A. died; has written B. has died; wrote
　　C. had died; wrote D. died; had written
2.the. telephone is ring.
I------------------------------answer it
A .will B .am gonging to C .am to D. am about to
选A 为何？

Answer 1

A short time before she ________ , the old lady ________ a will, leaving all her money to her brother.
　　A. died; has written                B. has died; wrote              
　　C. had died; wrote                  D. died; had written

选D，正如大家解释的，老太太die是过去，write遗嘱在此之前，故用had written。

2.the. telephone is ring.I------------------------------answer it
A .will     B .am gonging to      C  .am to         D. am about to
选A   为何？

肯定想让你选A，will此处表示临时决定，telephone响是突然的，所以并非事先计划、打算。

实际上，D选项也能说得通，意思是：我马上来接。

Answer 2

过去完成时态
before 过去，主语：过去完成
所以选D

will 和be going to 的区别是
be going to 强调立刻做，有这个计划
will 代表将来做，不强调马上做追问

那C和D呢？

追答

be about to do 是立刻去做，马上，现在去做
am to do 将来时态的用法，很少这么用。

Answer 3

第一题：D 老太太死是过去时 老太太死前写遗嘱是过去的过去 所以第一空过去式 第二空过去完成时
第二题：be going to 有计划性 will没有
be to :事先商定
be about to：即将发生本回答被提问者采纳

Answer 4

D. “死”与“写(遗书)”都发生在过去，显然“写”应发生在“死”之前，即：过去的过去。因此，die用一般过去时，write用过去完成时。