Finally, football fans seem to love the half-time activities, the marching bands, and the pretty cheerleaders. 30 , baseball fans are more content to concentrate on the game's finer details and spend the breaks between innings filling out their own private scorecards.
答案：(C) On the contrary
前文講足球迷喜歡中場活動、啦啦隊表演，這句轉折對比「相反地」棒球迷更滿足於專注比賽細節，On the contrary（相反地）符合這種對比；Even so（即使如此）、For that reason（因為這個原因，因果不合）、By the same token（同樣地，這裡是對比不是類比）都不合。
on the contrary 與 in contrast 中文都被翻成「相反地、相較之下」，很多人把它們當成同一個東西換著用。它們其實分工不同，趁這題一次弄清楚很划算，寫作文時常用到。
答對率 49%。先看這個位置要什麼：前一句說 football fans seem to love the half-time activities, the marching bands, and the pretty cheerleaders（足球迷愛中場活動、遊行樂隊、啦啦隊），空格後面說 baseball fans are more content to concentrate on the game's finer details（棒球迷更滿足於專注比賽的細節）。兩邊方向相反，空格要的是一個反向的轉折詞。四個選項裡只有 On the contrary 是反向的，其餘三個方向全錯，答案就定下來了。
Even so 是「即使如此」，屬於讓步——先承認前面說的，再補一個不受影響的結果，方向不是相反。For that reason 是「因為這個原因」，要求前後有因果，可是足球迷愛看中場表演並不會「導致」棒球迷去填計分卡。By the same token 是「同理、基於同樣的道理」，用在兩件事走同一個方向的時候，跟這裡要的相反正好顛倒。
依「劍橋 English Grammar Today」的 Contrasts 條目：on the contrary 用來強調某件事跟剛剛提到的正好相反，重點在否定前面那句話（He didn't seem offended by her criticisms; on the contrary, he seemed to enjoy them.）；in contrast 與 by contrast 則是把兩個人或兩件事並排比較，指出它們不一樣。劍橋另有一條 Word choice 專門提醒：比較兩件事、要說第二件跟第一件很不同時，該用 by contrast 或 in contrast，不要用 on the contrary。而 In contrast 這份考卷把它留給了第 28 題當誘答選項，兩題正好可以對照著看。你自己寫作文時，記得照劍橋的分工用。
on the contrary（正好相反）、in contrast to sth（與……形成對比）、even so（即使如此）、by the same token（同理、基於同樣的道理）、be content with sth（滿足於）、concentrate on sth（專注於）。
Fans of professional baseball and football argue continually over which is America's favorite sport. Though the figures on attendance for each vary with every new season, certain 26 remain the same.
To begin with, football is a quicker, more physical sport, and football fans enjoy the emotional involvement they feel while watching. Baseball, on the other hand, seems more mental, like chess, and 27 those fans that prefer a quieter, more complicated game.
28 , professional football teams usually play no more than fourteen games a year. Baseball teams, however, play 29 every day for six months.
Finally, football fans seem to love the half-time activities, the marching bands, and the pretty cheerleaders. 30 , baseball fans are more content to concentrate on the game's finer details and spend the breaks between innings filling out their own private scorecards.