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。