Question

The little boy got punished          what he had done .

A．because

B．because of

C．since

D．as

Answer 1

Ｂ

连词和介词用法辨析。Because后面接句子表示原因。Because of后面接名词或者名词短语，表示原因。Since表示众所周知的原因，意为：既然。As由于…；表示强烈的原因使用because或者because of.横线后面是what he had done指代他所做的事情。句意：因为他所作的事情，这个小男孩被惩罚了。故B正确。