问题
选择题
Twenty million years ago, Idoho was not the dry place as it is now. ______, it was warm and damp, covered with thick forests.
A．Thus
B．Besides
C．Rather
D．Otherwise
答案
C
考查副词辨析。句意为“Idoho两千年前不是一个象现在这样的一个干燥的地方，相反，是一个温暖、潮湿，为森林所覆盖的地方。”连接词rather有一个意思为“相反”，故选C。