It was foolish of the student to his notes during the important test and as a result he

问题补充：

It was foolish of the student to his notes during the important test, and as a result, he got punished.

A. refer to

B. settle down

C. account for

D. bring out

答案：

(答案→)A. refer to

B. settle down

C. account for

D. bring out

解析：短语辨析。A提及；参考；指‘B解决；C解释…原因；D出版，取出；结合句意可知A正确。句意：在如此重要的考生中看笔记本是愚蠢的事情，结果他被惩罚了。