Air quality in Beijing was rated as poor______ more than 5 million cars in the capital


  1. A.
    except for
  2. B.
    regardless of
  3. C.
    due to
  4. D.
    in spite of
C
試題分析：句意：北京的空氣質(zhì)量被認為很差因為在首都有五百多萬量汽車。except for除了； regardless of不管；due to因為；in spite of盡管。結(jié)合句意選C。
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