单选题 Many of them will have died because they were so badly ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词近义词辨析，同时考查被动语态的使用。本题应用被动语态。hurt的过去式和过去分词都是hurt，所以hurted可以排除。hurt一般指肉体和感情的伤害，injure指功能、器官的伤害。本句意为：“他们中很多人会因伤势过重而死亡。”