A car broke down and that was ____ caused the traffic jam.A.how B.why C.which D.what为什么选D,不选B

问题描述:

A car broke down and that was ____ caused the traffic jam.
A.how B.why C.which D.what
为什么选D,不选B

本句如用why,则why前面还要加"reason'
你只所以选why,是你用汉语思维代替了英语思维,这里母语起到了强烈的干扰作用

that was 后面要加的是表语部分,在这里是用一个人名来作表语,但是这个表语中缺少主语,所以要用what来既作表语又作主语,别的词都没有这种双重功能。

当初学英语没记什么语法,只是朗读背诵~~~
A car broke down and that was why the traffic jam happened.
比较一下吧

why+主+谓
why it caused the traffic jam.

was缺少表语,而 caused 缺少主语,在下面4个选项中,只有what 可以作为两种成分,what 也可译为 that that ,第一个that 为was的表语,第二个that为caused 的主语