Question

Brown said he was by no means annoyed；________he was glad to be able to make himself clearly understood.                                                (2012·浙江，14)

A．all in all	B．for one thing
C．on the contrary	D．by the way

Answer 1

C

句意為：布朗說他一點兒都不惱火。相反他很高興能夠讓別人清楚地理解他。on the contrary相反，符合句意。all in all總而言之；for one thing首先，一方面；by the way順便講一下。解題的關鍵是對詞組by no means＝never(決不)的理解。