四六级考试

【单选题】 The professor persisted in attending the conference ______ his illness and the heavy storm.
A．given
B．despite
C．in spite
D．although

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
关联词辨析题。despite是介词，意为“尽管”，等于in spite of，两者的后面都接名词。 查看试题解析出处>>