Question

【题目】—Hi,Tom,why are you so unhappy?
—I missed the exciting match____the bad traffic.
A.in order to
B.since then
C.as a result
D.because of

Answer 1

【答案】D
【解析】句意：—嗨，汤姆，你为什么这么不高兴？—因为交通不好，我错过了激动人心的比赛。A. in order to为了，后面结合动原形；B. since then从那时起； C. as a result结果， 因此；D. because of因为，由于，后面接名词、代词或动名词短语及名词性短语。结合句意和语境可知选D。