问题
选择题
____________the heavy snow in America, many people had to stay at the airport and couldn’t celebrate Cristmas with their family.
A．Because
B．Thanks to
C．As a result of
D．As a result
答案
答案：C
Because后面要跟句子，而the heavy snow 是名词词组，排除A；Thanks to多亏，幸亏，不符合 句意，排除B；As a result后面不能跟宾语，所以选C。