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:这题考查连词的用法:as if好像,now that既然, even though即使, so that为了,句意是:很多人对他的建议充耳不闻,即使他们知道这是有价值的。选C。