题目内容

Whether by accident or____, he arrived too late to help us.

A. purpose B.aim

C. design D. chance

 

C

【解析】考查介词短语。该句句意：“无论是无意还是‘有意’，他都是来得太晚了而没帮得上我们。”

“有意地”：on purpose/by design；“无意的”by chance/by accident，故正确答案为C.

考点：介词短语

 

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