单选题 We never believed that he would resort to ______ in order to achieve his goal; we always regarded him as an honest man.

【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】(pretext借口)。句意为：我们从不相信他会凭借借口实现自己的目标，我们一贯把他看作是老实人。A．charm魅力；D．logic逻辑；C．magic魔力。