题目
5.（2.0分）The ___ that food price are rising is that last year's crop wasn't good. A. fact B. facts C. reasons D. reason
5.（2.0分）The ___ that food price are rising is that last year's crop wasn't good.
A. fact
B. facts
C. reasons
D. reason
A. fact
B. facts
C. reasons
D. reason
题目解答
答案
本题考察名词辨析与句子结构。根据句意，“The ___ that food prices are rising is that...”需填入“reason”，表示“原因”。若选“fact”，则与“is that...”不符。排除复数形式“facts”和“reasons”后，可确定“reason”为最佳选项。完整句子为：
“The reason that food prices are rising is that last year's crop wasn't good.”
答案：D. reason
解析
本题考查名词辨析及句子结构的正确使用。关键点在于区分"reason"和"fact"的语境适用性，以及主谓一致原则。需注意：
- "reason"后接that从句时，表示原因的具体内容；
- "fact"后接that从句时，强调事实本身；
- 单复数形式需与句中谓语动词"is"保持一致。
选项分析
A. fact
- 错误原因：若选"fact"，句意为"The fact that food prices are rising is that..."，此处"fact"后需直接跟同位语从句解释事实本身，而非解释原因，语境不符。
B. facts
- 错误原因："facts"为复数形式，但句中谓语为"is"（单数），主谓不一致。
C. reasons
- 错误原因："reasons"为复数形式，与"is"矛盾，且句中仅陈述一个原因，无需复数。
D. reason
- 正确原因："reason"为单数，与"is"一致；句中通过that从句直接说明原因（"last year's crop wasn't good"），符合逻辑。