问题补充：
Paul is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent; , I can’t speak too highly of him.
A. as a result
B. in a word
C. by the way
D. on the contrary
答案：
A. as a result
(答案→)B. in a word
C. by the way
D. on the contrary
解析：词义辨析。as a result结果；in a word总之，一句话；by the way顺便说，顺便问一下；on the contrary正相反Paul慷慨，善良，勤奋，聪明；总之，再好的评价用在他身上都不为过。选B.
