问题
选择题
________ 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
答案
C
题目分析：A. Except for除了（整体肯定，局部排除），B. Rather than而不是，C. Apart from除了（既有包含，也有排除的含义），D. Instead of代替，句意：除了打扫院子和为老人整理床铺以外，我们也要为他们读报纸并和他们聊天。这里用apart from是“包含…”的意思，选C。