关于间接引语的英语选择题

题目

关于间接引语的英语选择题
Mother asked the youngest son ( ) with his toy car.
A.what was the matter
B.what the matter was
C.what the matter is
D.what is the matter
答案写的是A
我就是搞不明白为什么是A
答案上写当“What's the matter?”作宾语从句时，语序不发生变化，故选A

答案

正常情况下间接引语的语序使用正语序,这一点你肯定知道吧,例如：
“how old are you?”
He asked me how old I am.
“What's the matter?”是一个特殊情况,人们习惯于不改变它的语序,无论是直接还是间接,所以在间接引语里仍旧保持原样,只是用过去式.