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_______ cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old, we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.  
A.Except forB.Rather thanC.Apart fromD.Instead of
C

试题分析:except for多用于在说明基本情况或对主要部分加以肯定,还引出相反的原因或细节,从而部分地修正前面的主要意思,含惋惜意味。
rather than而非...;替代...; instead of代替,而不是;apart from除了,除了之外还有。句意:我们除了为老人打扫院子整理床铺外,我们还和老人读报纸聊天。根据句意故选C。
点评:本题难度适中。本题是对已学知识点的回顾,需要考生能够理解该题的语言环境,进而作出正确的判断。
即学即练:______ take a bus, I prefer to walk there
A. Except for      B. Rather than    C. Apart from     D. Instead of
解析:B。句意:与其坐公共汽车去,还不如走路去。
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