Question

Brown said he was by no means annoyed; ___________ he was glad to be able to make himself clearly understood.

A．all in all	B．on the other hand
C．on the contrary	D．in many ways.

Answer 1

C

本題考查介詞短語辨析。根據句意：布朗說他一點兒都不惱火。相反（on the contrary）他很高興能夠被透徹理解。All in all總而言之；on the other hand另一方面；in many ways許多方面，均不符合語境，故排除。解題的關鍵是對詞組by no means=never（決不）的理解。