问题补充:
The mother was nervous because she had nother son who was away at a boarding school.
A. heard from
B. heard of
C. heard about
D. heard out
答案:
(答案→)A. heard from
B. heard of
C. heard about
D. heard out
解析:短语辨析。A收到sb的来信;B=C听说;D听完;根据句意可知A正确。句意:那位母亲很紧张,因为她很久没有收到在住宿学生学习的儿子的来信。