—Did you hear any strange _______ when the quake happened?

—No, I was in my garden with my flowers and was enjoying the

     beautiful _______ of my birds at that time. [ ]

A. voice; noise

B. noise; sound

C. whisper; sound

D. sound; voice

My friend Mary was very sick with a strange fever, ________,  she could neither eat nor sleep.[ ]

A. as a result  

B. after all

C. at all  

D. otherwise