Question

英语语法填空，求解一个空：第10个空答案是both，这个空能不能填成two?

[2011·广东卷] One Sunday morning in August I went to a local music festival. I left it early because I had an appointment__小题1:__ (late) that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with me__小题2:__ the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man_小题3:__ (sit) at the front. He_小题4:__ (pretend) that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be_小题5:__ (mental) disabled.
Behind him were other people to__小题6:__he was trying to talk, but after some minutes__小题7:_ walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed.
I didn’t want to be laughed at for talking to him but I didn’t like leaving him__小题8:_ his own either.
After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next to the man and introduced myself. We had__小题9: amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.
I’m glad I made the choice. It made__小题10:_ of us feel good.

Answer 1

不能。both of us 是“我们俩”（我们只有两人），而two of us是“我们之中的两人”（我们不止两人）。短文中的we或us仅指“我”和残疾人，未包括其他人。