Question

【题目】They remained full of hope and determination _____their repeated failures.

A.instead ofB.in search ofC.because ofD.in spite of

Answer 1

【答案】D

【解析】

考查副词短语辨析。句意：尽管他们一次又一次的失败，但是他们依然充满希望和决心。A. instead of而非；B. in search of寻找；C. because of由于；D. in spite of尽管。结合句意可知，空格前后部分是转折意义，故用“尽管”符合语境，故选D项。