【问】____，he does get irritated with her sometimes.

A. As he likes her much B. Much though he likes her

C. Though much he likes her D. Much as he likes her(1992年攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题)

正确答案规定为D(Much as he likes her)，而把B(Much though he likes her)判为错误。另外，王长喜教授主编的《1995年硕士研究生入学英语考试必备》(中国人民大学出版社，P.166)强调指出：“B中的though不能用于含有倒装结构的强调句中……”。张锦芯教授主编的《1998年硕士研究生入学英语考试应试指南》(中国人民大学出版社，1997)还进一步发挥了这个说法：“但这里却不能用though替代(as)，因为如果用though，从句必须保持正常语序，即though he likes her much...”(P.196)。但我仍坚持认为B也是完全正确的。不知我的看法对否?

【答】 选B和选D是同样正确的。让我们先来看看权威语言学家R. Quirk等人的论述：“...

concessive clauses sometimes have an unusual syntactic orderings when the subordinator is as orthough. In a rather formal style，the predication in the concessive clause may be fronted”.(当从属连词是as或though时，让步状语从句有时可采用异常的语序。在相当正式的语体里，让步状语从句的谓体可以放在句首)。

1. Genius though she was，she was quite unassuming.

虽然她是个天才，但是她很谦逊。

2. Fail though I did，I would not abandon my goal.

虽然我失败了，但是我不会放弃我的目标。

3. Change your mind as you will，you will gain no additional support. (CGEL)

即使你要改变主意，你也不会得到另外的支持。

下面再来考察一下摘自其他英语原著的例句：

1. Modest though his needs were，he found it hard to get by on his income. (WNCD)

虽然他的需求并不高，但是他发现靠他的收入还是难以度日。

2. Exhausted though she was，there was no hope of her being able to sleep. (Bennet)

她虽然筋疲力尽，但是却没有入睡的希望。

3. Much though I admire her，I cannot excuse her faults.

虽然我非常崇拜她，但我不能原谅她的错误。

如果说as与though有什么区别的话，那就是as采用这种语序是强制性的(即具有让步含义的as不能放在句首)，而though采用这种语序则不是强制性的(即从属连词though亦可放在句首)。