Question

【题目】The reason we didn't come on time was ________ (simple) because of the heavy traffic.

Answer 1

【答案】simply

【解析】

句意：我们没能准时来的原因仅仅是因为交通拥挤。

分析句子可知，可推测出此处是缺副词修饰句子，结合所给单词，所以用“simply”，故答案为simply。