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
【考点】介词短语词义辨析

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；for one thing其一；by the way顺便讲一下，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。