宾语从句应该用陈述语序。
eg:
I
asked
him
how
old
he
was.
I
don't
know
what
his
name
is.
其实What
is
the
matter?和What
is
wrong?本身都是陈述语序,所以在宾语从句中语序都不用变化。可以说Mum
asked
me
what
was
the
matter.或Mum
asked
me
what
was
wrong.
所以严格说来,这个题应该没有正确答案。
如果从出题意图来看,这个题不只考察语序,还考察了时态,根据时态(过去时)排除AB,在CD中,D项是肯定不对的,因为what
is
wrong本身是主系表陈述语序(没有别的理解方法,因为wrong是形容词,不能作主语),宾语从句也要说成what
was
wrong.而C项中用到了what
is
the
matter的陈述语序,what
is
the
matter?译为“怎么了?”时,规定它就是陈述语序(也就是what是主语,is是系动词,the
matter是表语),但从形式上看,也可以说the
matter是主语,is是系动词,what是表语,那么它的陈述语序就成了what
the
matter
is,所以就有了答案C。