(单选题)

Up to the stage came men and women who had studied, against the odds, to win themselves the degree that circumstances had ______ them when they were young.

A.ranked

B.denied

C.favored

D.asserted

参考答案：B

参考解析：

考查动词辨析。句意：上台的这些男人和女人年轻时不为周围所接受，而现在他们努力学习迎难而上赢得了学位。rank意为“归类，排名”；deny意为“拒绝，否认”；favor意为“支持，赞成”；assert意为“声称，主张”。根据句意可知，这些人曾经被周围所否认，最终通过努力证明了自己，B项符合语境，常见搭配为deny sb. sth.意为“拒绝给予（承认）某人某件事”，故选B。

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