幫忙做個英語填空題,Directions:Fill in the each of the following blank

題目：

幫忙做個英語填空題,
Directions:Fill in the each of the following blanks with the most suitable word:
Only a few months 1 ,in September,Jefferson’s baby daughter,aged one and a half,had died.Then ,in the 2 March,his mother had also died.3 he learned that his wife was 4 seriously ill at home.
It took so many days for news to come from there that she might be dying even 5 he sat at his desk.Always 6 his mind was the thought that if only he could be there he 7 be able to save her life.Perhaps,too,if he had not been obliged to be 8 from home so much he might have saved the lives of his mother and daughter.It 9 thoughts such as these that may have 10 his work its passion and nobility,as great sorrow often does,when he wrote,for all the world to see.
1.a.before b.ago c.away d.far
2.a.following b.later c.follows d.late
3.a.Now that b.Nowadays c.Now d.Just now
4.a.crying b.aching c.running d.lying
5.a.for b.though c.because d.as
6.a.on b.in c.to d.into
7.a.would b.might c.should d.may
8.a.off b.away c.drawn d.attracted
9.a.is b.has been c.was d.were
10.a.provided b.increased c.risen d.given

解答：

1 b a few days/months/years ago 表示……時間之前
2 a following 表示接下來的……
3 d 我其實是覺得應該用just then 的 解釋不了這樣用的原因
4 d lying表示病得躺在了牀上
5 d 不是很肯定 覺得可能as 在這兒表示when 的意思吧
6 b in one's mind 固定用法
7 a
8 b be away from ……遠離
9 c It is……that 強調句型
10 d 他悲慘的經歷給了他創作的激情