Question

(2013·江西六所重點中學一模)—Tom has played a lot of computer games recently.

—Yes, that might ________ his failure in the mid?term examinations.

A．account for B．answer for

C．ask for D．stand for

 

Answer 1

A

【解析】選A　考查動詞短語辨析。句意：“湯姆最近玩太多電腦游戲了。”“是的，這也許是他期中考試失利的原因。”account for“是……的說明 (或原因)”，符合句意。 answer for“對……負責，因……受到譴責”；ask for“要求，請求”；stand for“代表”。