Question

【题目】The class meeting was put off because the weather was bad. (改为简单句)

The class meeting was put off ________the bad weather.

Answer 1

【答案】because of

【解析】

句意：因为天气不好，班会推迟了。

because of：因为，介词短语，后面跟名词、代词或具有名词性的短语；because：因为，从属连词，引导原因状语从句。the bad weather是名词短语，故填because of。