Question

【题目】—Does it rain a lot in this area?

—________, it hardly ever rains; the climate is like that of a desert.

What’s more

In other words

On the contrary

As a result

Answer 1

【答案】C

【解析】考查短语意义辨析。句意：——这个地区下雨很多吗？——正相反，这儿几乎不下雨；这儿的气候就好像是沙漠。on the contrary（与此）相反，正相反，恰恰相反；what’s more而且，此外；in other words换句话说；as a result因此。