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—Recent pressure at work may ______ his behavior.

       A. account for     B. make for      C. change for         D. stand for

A


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考察动词短语辨析。根据题干答语句子含义,最近工作上的压力很可能是他行为怪异的原因,推断出空白处应用account for“是……的原因”。

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