1 . If what your friend comes up with surprises you, don’t refuse it immediately.          , imagine that it is true.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．Rather

D．Otherwise

2 . — I have heard that Cao Wenxuan had won the Hans Christian Anderson prize.
— Great! His books always bring me to places I might not _______ have been either in thoughts or reality.

A．regardless

B．otherwise

C．therefore

D．anyhow

3 . Race walking shares many fitness benefits with running, research shows, while most likely contributing to fewer injuries. It does, ______, have its own problem.

A．therefore

B．however

C．moreover

D．otherwise

4 . There’s little chance that we will be successful in trying to change the present situation. ________, it is vital that we try our best.

A．Meanwhile

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．Nevertheless

5 . Tony can’t have received the invitation. O________, he would have attended your birthday party yesterday. (根据首字母单词拼写)

7 . My friend Martin is very sick with a strange fever; ________, he can neither eat nor sleep.

A．as a result

B．after all

C．however

D．otherwise

8 . My parents lent me the money. O________, I couldn't have afforded the trip. （根据首字母单词拼写）

9 . My parents lent me the money. ________(不然), I couldn't have afforded the trip. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)