He died of an illness ________ by smoking too much.

He died of an illness ________ by smoking too much.

A.to be caused

B.to be cost

C.cost

D.caused

答案及解析: D

解析:

cost可表示“使失去,使损失”,cause表示“引发,引起”,此处表示“由于抽烟引起的”,用过去分词caused+by短语作定语。