Question

—Why was he late, Tom ? —He was late _______ he was ill, not _______ the bad weather .

A.because, because of

B. because of , because

C. because , because

Answer

A

【解析】

试题分析：句意：——汤姆，他为什么迟到？——他迟到了，是因为他生病了，而不是因为恶劣的天气。故选A。because“因为”，是连词，后面连接句子；because of“因为”，是介词短语，后面接名词、代词和动名词。第一空后面he was ill是句子，故用连词because。第二空后面the bad weather是名词短语，故此处用介词短语because of。

考点：考查连词和介词短语的用法。