as / though / much as

1.David Singer, my friend’s father, ______ raised and educated in New York, lived and lectured in Africa most of his life. (1993)

A. who B. if C. while D. though

(D，表示轉(zhuǎn)折。答案C while只是表示同時(shí)并列的轉(zhuǎn)折。如：While I understand your views, I can’t agree with you.)

2.______ he needed money for a new car, he decided not to borrow it from the bank. (1998)

A. Much as B. Much though C. As much D. Though much

(A, much as可看作是固定詞組，作連詞，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，表示“盡管，雖然”。如Much as I should like to see you, I am afraid you could not come.)

3.Fool _____ Jane is, she could not have done such a thing. (2002)

A. who B. as C. that D. like

(B，有倒裝，a./n. + as + 主語(yǔ) + 助動(dòng)詞be，如：Patient as he is, he can’t bear it any longer.)

4.______ I like economics, I like sociology much better. (2003)

A. As much as B. So much C. How much D. Much as

(D,much as可看作是固定詞組，作連詞，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，表示“盡管，雖然”。如Much as I should like to see you, I am afraid you could not come.)

5. ______, Mr. Wells is scarcely in sympathy with the working class. (2005)

A. Although he is a socialist B. Even if he is a socialist

C. Being a socialist D. Since he is a socialist

(雖然韋爾斯先生是一個(gè)社會(huì)主義者，但他對(duì)工人階級(jí)卻沒(méi)有什么同情心。表轉(zhuǎn)折含義的只有A項(xiàng)。)