Question

________ cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old, we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.

A．Except for

B．Rather than

C．Apart from

D．Instead of

Answer 1

C

試題分析：A. Except for除了（整體肯定，局部排除），B. Rather than而不是，C. Apart from除了（既有包含，也有排除的含義），D. Instead of代替，句意：除了打掃院子和為老人整理床鋪以外，我們也要為他們讀報紙并和他們聊天。這里用apart from是“包含…”的意思，選C。