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．for one thing

C．on the contrary

D．by the way

Answer 1

C
【考點】介詞短語詞義辨析

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；for one thing其一；by the way順便講一下，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。