高三英语介词单选一道

Question

Most of the children there are dying for knowledge but badly -------books.
A. in light of B. for lack of C. in praise of D. in want of
答案是D，我想选B，为什么不行？求解析！

Answer 1

你好,这题的正确答案是D,
因为in want of 等于 in need of,意思是缺少,,,,,急需.....
整个句子的意思是:
那里的大部分小孩都渴望知识但却急需要书本.
B不对,表示"因为缺少,,,,,",表示的是原因.

Answer 2

are dying for knowledge but badly -------books
are badly -------books
选B 的话，这里for表原因的，语意不对本回答被提问者采纳

Answer 3

B选项语义解释不通