My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever; , he could neither eat nor sleep.
A. as a result
B. after all
C. in addition
D. in a word
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(答案→)A. as a result
B. after all
C. in addition
D. in a word
解析：本题考查介词短语。句意：我的朋友马丁由于奇怪的发烧而病得很厉害，因此，他既不能吃也不能睡。as a result结果; after all毕竟，终究；in all总共；as a result of由于……的结果。