Question

【题目】—Mike has played a lot of computer games recently.

—Yes, that might ___ his failure in the mid-term examinations.

A. Account for B. answer for

C. ask for D. stand for

Answer 1

【答案】A

【解析】

考查动词短语辨析。句意为：——Tom最近玩太多电脑游戏了。——是的，这也许是他期中考试失利的原因。A项表示“是……的说明(或原因)”，符合语境。B项表示“对……负责，因……受到谴责”；C项表示“要求，请求”；D项表示“代表”。