Question

【题目】He stopped playing baseball in 1998 his illness.

A. because of B. at the end of

C. next to D. instead of

Answer 1

【答案】A

【解析】

试题分析：句意：因为疾病，他在1998年停止了打棒球。because of 因为，后跟名词或动名词形式；at the end of在……的最后；next to挨着，相邻；instead of 代替，而不是。根据句意可知，这里说的是他停止打棒球的原因，故选A。