Question

______ giving up, he went on with his research,got his PhD and married the girl.

A．Without

B．Except

C．Instead of

D．But for

Answer 1

C

句意为“没有放弃，他继续自己的研究……”，without表示伴随方式，instead of表示“代替，而不是，不……而……”，but for表示“要不是，如没有”。