问题标题：
What'stheresultaboutthejoke？Withthis，hehurriedoffthestage．Muchtothearistocrat'samusement，thegaolerreturnedafewmomentslaterwithapairofglassesandtheusualcopyoftheletterwhichhep___toreadtotheprisoner．
问题描述：
What's the result about the joke？
With this，he hurried off the stage．Much to the aristocrat's amusement，the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he p___ to read to the prisoner．
靳晓明回答：
答案是proceeded．考查词组proceedtodosth．继续做某事．句意是"狱卒重新登台，拿来一副眼镜以及平时使用的那封信，然后为那囚犯念了起来．"所以用动词proceed表示"开始，继续"．题干是一般过去...
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