单选题 That trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn"t bothered by his loudness ______ by his lack of talent.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题是语法结构题,考查not so...as的意义和用法。
原级比较结构as...as...表示“A与B一样……”,如:The man is as old as my father.这个人与我父亲年龄相仿。其否定式是not so...as...,偶尔也可以用not as...as...,如:I do not like the place so/as much as he does. 我不像他那样喜欢这个地方。其否定结构也常常用来比较两种说法的正确性或者程度。说话人通常认为后一种说法更正确一些。常译成“与其说……不如说……”。因此,选项A是最佳答案。