单选题 ______active in commerce or the professions, most of the wealthy were not self-made, but had inherited family fortunes.
A. Except for B. Despite C. As D. Though

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] except for意为“除……之外”，despite意为“不管，尽管”，as意为“当……时， 随着”，tholagh意为“尽管，虽然”。根据题意，答案在选项B和D之间，做“尽管”的意思 时，despite是介词，而though是连词，后面跟结构句。故正确答案为B。