【问】 Alice was very irritable because____.
 A. she was not feeling well B. she didn't feel well
 C. she doesn't feel good D. she wasn't feeling good(TOEFL，79. 5—8)
 上道题为什么不能选A(she was not feeling well)，而必须选D(she wasn’t feeing good)呢?我手头便有与答案A相似的例句：I am not feeling very well.
 【答】 英语里有一类动词，叫做联系动词(linking verbs，copular verbs)。由于它们具有独特的句法特点，必须把它们同其他动词区分开来。联系动词的一个很重要的句法特点，就是要求形容词而不是副词来做它的补足语，上道试题中的feel便是一个联系动词，因此要求形容词good作它的补足语，而不能要求作“好”解的副词well作它的补足语。常见的联系动词有：be，appear，feel，look，seem，smell，sound，taste，remain，keep，stay，become，get，go，grow，prove，turn。虽然well也可用作形容词，但其词义已不作“好的”解，而作“健康的”解。She was not feeling well。意为：“她觉得不大舒服。”而这是不大符合句意的。
 1. The house appeared deserted. (ALD)
 那房子似乎是没有人住。
 2. He felt utterly miserable. (Maugham)
 他觉得极为悲惨。
 3. She looked very tired but she was still cheerful. (Hemingway)
 她看起来很疲倦，但仍然很高兴。
 4. The doctors seemed very capable. (Hemingway)
 这些医生们似乎非常能干。
 5. The report sounds true. (RCD)
 这报告听起来是真实的。
 6. The meat tastes bad[good]. (Palmer)
 这肉味道坏(很好)。
 作“好”解的副词well可用作其他动词的状语：
 1. You behaved well. (Galsworthy)
 你表现得很好。
 2. Do the boys eat well at school? (MED)
 那些孩子在学校吃得好吗?
 请做下面的英语试题：
 Most talc is used in ceramics and roofing because it resists fire good. (TOEFL，87.5)