Question

The old man said the accident ________careless driving，so a lot of money ________be paid by the..

The old man said the accident ________careless driving，so a lot of money ________be paid by the driver. A．was due to；was due to B．due to；was due to C．is due to；has due to D．is due to；was due to

Answer 1

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试题分析：due to一词常作表语，“由于，应属于”。句意：这位老人说事故时由于司机的开车疏忽，大量的钱应属于司机来赔偿。故选A 点评：due to“由于，因…造成”，引导的短语在句中除可作状语外，也可作表语或定语。有些讲英语的人仅将 due to 用于动词be之后作表语，但目前普遍认为可将due to看作是owing to的同义词。 Eg. Your failure is due to negligence.你的失败是由于疏忽所造成的。 due to除可表示原因外，还有“应给于，应属于”的意思。 Eg. Our grateful thanks are due to you.向你表示我们衷心的感谢 owing to 也可以作表语,但可以和 because of一样, 用于句首作状语. thanks to “由于或因为某人（某事）”，通常用于好的方面，译为“多亏”，但有时作反语；引导的介词短语可置于句首或句末。