__________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

下列各项不是主动脉瓣关闭不全的周围血管体征的是

A．颈动脉波动明显
B．收缩期和舒张期二重杂音
C．枪击音
D．毛细血管搏动
E．交替脉