Beyond question, Clinton was supposed to close up, stay out of sight, and avoid second- guessing his wife’s boss. After his ego blustered into oncoming traffic during Hillary’s heated primary race (1) Obama, the nation suffered from yet another turn of Clinton fatigue.
(2) this week Bill Clinton showed an instinct for robust, inclusive leadership that the (3) White House occupant could make good use of right for the time being. With President Obama struggling to (4) the political damage from the Gulf oil spill, Clinton not only can’t help himself—he’s worth being listened.
The conventional-wisdom (5) on President Obama’s early reaction to the spill was (6) he didn’t emote enough. He didn’t feel the (7) of all those people in the crisis whose livelihood would be destroyed, whose clean waters and wildlife would be (8) in black gunk.
Clinton considers this is an unfair (9) but offers a different—and more pointed— lesson to his young successor. "I think we ought to (10) in the same boat for a while... Let’s just (11) the problem, and then we can hold everybody responsible and emote or not emote, " Clinton conversed (12) CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer.
Obama’s first (13) after the oil spill was to "feel the blame" rather than "feel the pain, " which are pretty sarcastic words as it were. No one intends to let British Petroleum (BP) management (14) the hook—for dangerously cutting corners, and for a (15) safety record. However, the President’s (16) focus on scolding BP consumed (17) White House energy while the oil gushed.
Great leaders don’t rush to criticise; Instead they instinctively (18) solutions. Rudy Giuliani, who didn’t stop to blame (19) intelligence for letting it happen, stood out from New York mayor with a girlfriend problem to 9/11 hero when he took control of a crisis and instilled confidence that a ravaged city could (20) beyond a terrorist attack.
2（）
A.Then
B.Therefore
C.Nonetheless
D.Besides
参考答案：C
解析：
[试题考点] 上下文逻辑关系与副词用法辨析。
[解题思路] 本题空格位于第二段段首。第一段中提到，克林顿应淡出公众视野，因为他在大选中的激烈言论引起了公众的厌烦。而本题空格所在句却指出本周克林顿显示出其强大而全面的领导才能(showed an instinct for robust, inclusive leadership)，由此可知，空格前后两部分在语意上是转折关系。四个选项中，只有选项[C]符合文意。nonetheless意为“然而；但是”，表转折。
[干扰排除] 选项[A] then意为“然后；后来”，表示前后相继；选项[B]therefore意为“因此”，表因果；选项[D]besides意为“此外；而且”，表递进。这三项都不能表示语义转折，故排除。