Question

During the earthquake,the great part of damage and loss of life was_____the poor quality of the buildings, which couldn’t fight against its force.

A．a(chǎn)s for

B．instead of

C．a(chǎn)ccording to

D．due to

Answer 1

D

due to意思為“由于；歸因于”，句意：在這次地震中，損失和人員傷亡之大是由于建筑物的質(zhì)量問題，它們不能抗震。instead of 而不是;代替；according to根據(jù)；as for至于;關(guān)于。