单选题 John shut everybody out of the kitchen ______he could prepare his grand surprise for the party.

A、 which
B、 when
C、 so that
D、 as if

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 句中shut．．．out of the kitchen=kept．．．out of the kitchen，句意为“约翰把大家关在厨房外(其目的是)准备给大家一个惊喜”。据句意判断这是一个含目的状语从句的复合句。引导目的状语从句，通常用so that，而其他三个不能引导目的状语从句。