For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Because even his (i) would be loath to consider his novels ?(ii), either the reviewer of his latest work has been ethically compromised, or the author has actually plotted what can, in all positive senses of the word, be described as a thriller.

Blank (i)

staunchest advocates

most implacable opponents

most sympathetic detractors

Blank (ii)

dishonest

riveting

straightforward

我的答案： 无