Alice was very sorry to hear that her grandmother had _____ two days before.

  A. broken off    B. passed off

  C. given away    D. passed away

D


解析:

pass away(=die)死亡,是“死亡”的委婉語。

  break off中斷;give away給掉;泄露;pass off中止,中斷。

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