Question

【题目】He had to give up playing tennis his illness.

A. because B. but C. so D. because of

Answer 1

【答案】D

【解析】句意：因为生病，他不得不放弃打网球。A. because连词，因为；B. but连词，但是；C. so 连词，因此；D. because of介词短语，因为，由于。前后句表示因果关系，because后面只能跟原因状语从句，his illness是名词短语，应该用because of。故答案D。