Lots of children lost their parents the earthquake. A. because B. because of C. instead

问题补充：

Lots of children lost their parents the earthquake.

A. because B. because of C. instead of

答案：

解析：本题的含义是许多孩子因为地震而失去了父母。Because后跟句子表示原因，而because of后跟短语，故本题选B。