Question

—We were surprised to hear that the reason________ she gave for her absence was________ her mot..

—We were surprised to hear that the reason________ she gave for her absence was________ her mother was ill.—Yes，we saw her mother was at the supermarket that morning. A．why；that B．which；that C．that；because D．why；because

Answer 1

B

第一句句意为：我们很惊讶地听到她给出的缺席理由是母亲病了。第一空前面的reason在后面的定语从句中作gave的宾语，符合give a reason for的结构，reason用关系代词that/which替代，故排除A、D两项；第二空考查the reason was that...句型，that引导表语从句。所以答案是B项。