Question

(   ) 3.         cleaning the yard and making 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

3. C考查短语词义辨析。exceptfor除了……外， 除去，撇开；rather than而不是;apart from除之外(别无).除……之外(尚有)；instead of代替，而不是。句意：除了打扫庭院和为老人铺床，我们还给他们读报纸或者是跟他们聊天。