问题补充:
Many of them turned a deaf ear to his advice, they knew it to be valuable.
A. as if
B. now that
C. even though
D. so that
答案:
A. as if
B. now that
(答案→)C. even though
D. so that
解析:as if意为“好像”“似乎”,now that意为“既然”,even though意为“尽管”“虽然”,so that意为“为了”。比较四个选项,只有选C最合适。