——Jim is addicted to novels recently.
——Yes, that might why he did so badly in the last test.
A. answer for
B. apply for
C. account for
D. call for
网友回答
A. answer for
B. apply for
(答案→)C. account for
D. call for
解析：动词短语辨析。A对…负责；B申请；C解释；占据…比例；D要求；需要；句意：—Jim最近迷上了看小说。—是的。这也许可以接受他在上次的考试中表现的如此糟糕。根据句意说明C正确。