The earthquake damaged many houses and bridges; , it caused over 2,300 deaths.
A. otherwise
B. besides
C. therefore
D. however
网友回答
A. otherwise
(答案→)B. besides
C. therefore
D. however
解析：本题的含义是地震除了导致23oo多人死亡，还导致了许多房屋和桥梁的毁坏，besides表示除了什么之外，包括所除的内容，故本题选B。