Tom was absent ____ school ____ the illness. A.from; because ofB.in; forC.at; becauseD.out of; because of
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A解析be late of或be absent from…是两组固定搭配．根据题意，C项的后一空填because语法结构不正确，because是连词，不是介词；D项的头一个空out of 与absent不搭配；B项的第二空for与谓语动词不搭配．而且be absent in school意为“此人不在这里，在学校”，be absent from school意为“此人不在学校”，所以B意义不通．