Question

【题目】------Jack can’t concentrate on his lessons recently.

------Yes，that might ________ why he did so badly in the last test.

A. answer for B. apply for

C. account for D. call for

Answer 1

【答案】C

【解析】考查短语辨析。answer for 符合，对……负责；apply for 申请；account for 说明……的原因；call for 要求。句意为：那也许能解释他最后一次测试做得如此差的原因，account for 最符合句意，故选C。