At that time doctors and nurses were ___needed in the counrtyside.At that time doctors and nurses were ___needed in the counrtyside.A.rather B.quite C.badly D.bad

Question

At that time doctors and nurses were ___needed in the counrtyside.
At that time doctors and nurses were ___needed in the counrtyside.
A.rather B.quite C.badly D.bad

Answer 1

At that time doctors and nurses were ___needed in the counrtyside.
A.rather B.quite C.badly D.bad
答：C
译：当时农村非常需要医生和护士.
析：本题其实有语感的,不必多想,直选C.如能背下来：sb./sth.is badly needed.( sb.need sth.badly) 的话,做这种题可以既快又对.
当然,这里还是要和你说点什么的.首先这是一个被动语态的谓语be needed,修饰谓语动词要用副词,排除形容词D.查《Longman》 badly词条,除了“差差地,坏坏地”解释外,第三条特别指出：(with "want,need," etc):a great deal,very much:They want help badly.He is badly in need of a haircut.（与“坏”无关,就象汉语“想死我了”,与“死”无关一样,只是一种很夸张的说法.）
这就先肯定了C的正确性.（没有学过badly这种用法的首先排除的恐怕就是CD吧?)
再来看AB这两个干扰项.这两个词都可以作副词,而且都有“很”,“相当”的解释,如果只记它们的中文意思,而不注意它们的实际用法的话,选它的人一定很多.所以要讲为什么不用它,还真不是一件容易的事.首先觉得,这两个副词是用来修饰形容词或另一个副词的：rather good,quite well,没见过用它们来修饰谓语动词的,不用去查语法书或词典（不见得会有说明）,只要想一想：常听人说：Thank you very much.I like English very much.没听说：very (quite/rather) thank you吧?（I very like English.却是初学者常见的错误!在这一点上 quite,rather与very 基本上算是一类副词.有些语法书上会讲到：very修饰形容词或另一个副词,much修饰分词,very much修饰动词）.
可以得出一个结论：这三个词不修饰谓语动词.