关于owing to,due to,on accouny of,because of Bob said proudly that he had achieved all his goals,not in spite of his handicap,but __ it.A owing to B due to C on accont of D because of 请详述一下这几个词的区别及为什么这里要这样

Answer 1

先了解几个词组的意思:
A.owing to 由于,因...之缘故
B.due to 由于,应归于
C.on account of 由于
D.because of 因为
由此看来,四个词组的意思差不多,只有细微的差别：
这四个短语都有“由于”、“因为”的意思,都是介词短语,因此后面不可接从句.
because of只能用作状语.
on account of与because of 同义,但语气较为正式.可作状语、表语,不作定语.如：
He could not come on account of his illness．他因病不能前来.
That was on account of lack of exercise．那是由于缺乏锻炼.
due to一般只用作表语.
e.g.This accident was due to his carelessness.
这场事故是由于他的粗心引起的.
owing to既可以用作状语,也可以用作表语,平常多用于前一种情况,它多引导的状语必须是修饰全句的,因此严格讲来应用逗号和主句分开.
e.g.They decided to postpone the trip,owing to the change of the weather.
由于天气变化,他们决定延期起程.
题干中,空格部分不是表语,所以显然可以排除B.由于C与D比较,C太书面化,一般用于正式场合或文章,可排除C.A,D比较,也是因为A项更书面化,多用于正式演讲或论文,且D相较更强调因果关系,且原句显然是Bob在实现自己的目标后,对自己成功原因的一个简短的评价,显然不可能说的很书面,综合考虑选D更为恰当.
其实这道题考得过于细致了点,在一般情况下,A,C,D应该是可以互换的.