Question

【題目】—Peter has spent too much time on novels recently.

—That may ____ his poor grade in the exam.

A. account for B. answer for

C. apply for D. stand for

Answer 1

【答案】A

【解析】考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。A. account for說明，導(dǎo)致；B. answer for對(duì)……負(fù)責(zé)；C. apply for運(yùn)用；D. stand for代表。句意：——彼得最近花了太多時(shí)間看小說。——這也許是他考試成績(jī)不好的原因。故選A。