成人英语三级考试

【单选题】—What was it that caused the party to be put off
—______the invitations.


A．Tom delayed sending
B．Tom delayed to send
C．That Tom delayed sending
D．Tom delaying sending

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[考点] that引导的主语从句 [解析] 答语的完整形式应为：“That Tom delayed sending the invitations caused the party to be put off.”that引导主语从句；因为delay，后面可跟名词，所以要用动名词形式。D项中Tom应改为Tom's以构成动名词的复合结构，否则不能作主语。 查看试题解析出处>>