Question

Many of them turned a deaf ear to her advice, _______ they knew it to be valuable. A．even th..

Many of them turned a deaf ear to her advice, _______ they knew it to be valuable. A．even though B．now that C．as if D．as long as

Answer 1

A

考查连词。even though 即使，now that 既然，as if 好像，as long as只要，句意：他们当中的许多人对她的建议置若罔闻，即使他们知道她的建议很有价值。所以选A。

Answer 2

因为两个完整的句子中间有一个逗号隔开，所以now that 和even though 不能选，根据句子意思，选as if