Question

18．He was late ________ the very heavy traffic．（　　）

• A． because
• B． thanks for
• C． owed to
• D． due to

Answer 1

分析 因为拥挤的车辆他迟到了．

解答 答案：根据the very heavy traffic可知这是他迟到的原因，所以前后是因果关系，又the very heavy traffic是个短语，所以A应该为 because of；B应该为thanks to；C应该为owing to，所以答案是D due to．

点评 考查从属连词．
due to"由于，因…造成"，引导的短语在句中除可作状语（此时不用于句首）外，也可作表语或定语．有些讲英语的人仅将 due to 用于动词be之后作表语，但目前普遍认为可将due to看作是owing to的同义词．
Eg．Your failure is due to negligence．你的失败是由于疏忽所造成的．
A part of the energy is wasted in machines due to friction．
一部分能量由于摩擦而消耗在机器内．
That Shelley became a poet may have been due to his mother's influence．雪莱成为诗人可能是由于受母亲的影响．