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问

According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking and heart attack is not necessarily ____ and effect. A. reason B. impact C. fact D. cause(上海高考,02-46) 我认为选项 A 和 D 都是正确的。对不对？

答

只有选项 D 是正确的。在中学阶段可以这样来区分这两个名词: cause 表示(造成某事的直接)“原因”, reason 表示(做某事的)“理由”。在上题中, cause 和 effect 是指“原因和结果”, 故只能选 D。

Smoking is one of the causes of heart disease. 吸烟是导致心脏病的原因之一。
She just suddenly left without giving any reason. 她没有提出任何理由,就突然离开了。请做下面的英语试题: Money is often the ____ of many divorces(离婚). A. motive B. cause C. reason D. ground

问

（1）Cattle are one cause of the problem.

(2) You have no cause for complaint.

名词 cause 之后到底是用 of, 还是用 for?

答

当 cause 作“原因”“根源”解时, 使用 the cause(s) of; 当 cause 作“理由”解时, 使用 the cause for。例如:

We can't get rid of war unless we get rid of the causes of war. 如果我们不能消灭战争的根源,我们就不能摆脱战争。
Nobody knew the cause of the explosion... 谁也不知道爆炸的原因……
You have no cause for complaint. 你没有理由抱怨。
Years of training gave him every cause for confidence... 多年的训练使他有一切理由感到自信……
to show cause for dismissing a worker 说明解雇工人的理由
We were told there was no cause for alarm. 有人告诉我们没有任何理由惊慌失措。

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