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

本题考查介词短语辨析。根据句意：布朗说他一点儿都不恼火。相反（on the contrary）他很高兴能够被透彻理解。All in all总而言之；on the other hand另一方面；in many ways许多方面，均不符合语境，故排除。解题的关键是对词组by no means=never（决不）的理解。