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fannybeibei

OG 11 120 It has been estimated that the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year.
(A) the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax revenues is at least $20 billion a year
(B) the annual cost of illiteracy to the United States is at least $20 billion a year because of lost industrial output and tax revenues
(C) illiteracy costs the United States at least $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues
(D) $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues is the annual cost to the United States of illiteracy
(E) lost industrial output and tax revenues cost the United States at least $20 billion a year because of illiteracy

选C没有问题，关键在OG 对B 的解释上，说B Because of is the incorrect idiom and should be replaced by in; wordy and redundant

上网一查，发现还有题自己在用because of 的。

例如

大全311（because of的位置）

1.        Foreign investors, because of their growing confidence in their capability for making profitable investments in the United States, have been led to move from passive involvement in commercial real estate partnerships to active development of their own increasingly ambitious projects.

这不是自相矛盾嘛！because of 到底能不能用啊？？

bennywang2usa

这B选项的错误，不看OG的解释，我做的话就用annual和a year词义重复来排除！

fannybeibei

谢谢指点

bennywang2usa

不客气，我们老师才讲完这道题！