Question

.Alice and Jason were sad, they were late for the meeting             the heavy rain.

A.because of          B.because          C. since          D.as

Answer

A

【解析】

试题分析：句意：爱丽丝和杰森都很伤心，因为大雨他们都开会迟到了。because of 因为，由于，后面跟名词或名词短语；because因为，引导原因状语从句；since自从，既然；as作为。the heavy rain是一个名词短语，所以选A。

考点：考查介词短语。