John was late for the business meeting because his flight had been by a heavy st

John was late for the business meeting because his flight had been　 by a heavy storm.

A.kept　 B.stopped? C.slowed D.delayed

试题答案

D

考查动词delay的用法。be late for意为“迟到”，因此根据句意，航班应该是受到“耽搁，延误”，故选D项。