Poverty has risen in Nigeria, with almost 100 million people living on less than $1 a day，________ economic growth.

A．despite　B．besides

C．except　D．with

 

A

【解析】

考查介詞辨析。句意：盡管(despite)經(jīng)濟(jì)有所增長(zhǎng)，尼日利亞的貧困狀況仍在加劇，差不多一億人每天僅靠不到1美元度日。

 

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