单选题 Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, ______ the postal service is less efficient.
  • A. where
  • B. since
  • C. that
  • D. whereas
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项的意思分别是:where什么地方,在哪里,……的(地方);since自……以后,自……以来,因为,既然;that(引导从句);whereas然而,反之,鉴于,尽管,但是。句意是,电话节省了行走的劳顿和大量的时间,这要部分地归功于该地区一流的电话服务,但是邮政服务的效率却不敢恭维。所以正确答案是D选项。