Question

—Excuse me, could you tell me _______?

—Because there was a traffic accident over there.

A.why was the bus late

B.why the bus was late

C.how was the bus late

Answer

B

【解析】

句意：——抱歉，你能告诉我为什么公共汽车晚点了吗？——因为那边发生了交通事故。

考查宾语从句。根据句意理解及句子结构分析可知，tell是一个接双宾语的动词，所以空格在句中做的是宾语，而选项都是句子，所以这里是宾语从句，首先根据宾语从句应该用陈述句语序，可以排除A选项，再由回答Because there was a traffic accident over there.可知，英语中回答用because时，提问应该是why，所以这里宾语从句应该用why引导，表达的是“为什么公共汽车来晚了”，故选B。