Although the mental process that creates a fresh and original poem or drama is doubtless ______ that which originates and elaborates scientific discoveries, there is clearly a discernible difference between the creators.

A、 peripheral to
B、 contiguous with
C、 opposed to
D、 analogous to
E、 inconsistent with

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】- 方程等号：although尽管，表示让步转折，句意反义重复。
- 强词和对应：后文提到创造者们之间是有显著的区别的，因此difference指向空格，根据although取反，体现创作诗歌和戏剧的思维过程与创造科学发明的思维过程是“有共性的”，peripheral to不重要，contiguous with接近，opposed to反对，analogous to相似，inconsistent with不一致，答案选D。