Question

As she _________ the newspaper, Granny ________ asleep.

A. read; was falling
B. was reading; fell
C. was reading; was falling
D. read; fell

Answer 1

答案B
句中的as="when," while，意为“当……之时”。描述一件事发生的背景时，用过去进行；一个长动作发生的时候，另一个短动作发生。句意为“在她看报纸时，奶奶睡着了。”句中的fell (fall的过去时)，是系动词，后跟形容词，如：fall sick。