Though the poor driver was still ______ when we freed him under his car, by the time an ambulance had rushed him to the hospital he was quite dead.
A、live
B、lively
C、alive
D、living
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：A项：活着，一般用于动物，放在名词前；B项：活泼的； C项：活着，侧重于处于生死界限之间，可以指人，也可以指物； D项：活着，强调尚在人间，健在；根据题意，司机被解救出来的时候还活着，C项更符合题意。
