-Were you busy last weekend? -Very. Rather than time playing cards as usual, I devoted every effort to an advertisement. A. wasting; making B. waste; make C. to waste; make D. a waste of; making 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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—Were you busy last weekend?

—Very. Rather than ____ time playing cards as usual, I devoted every effort to ____ an advertisement.

A. wasting; making B. waste; make

C. to waste; make D. a waste of; making

解析:

本题考查短语devote oneself to doing something的用法，以及短语rather than要求句子前后保持平衡，所以本题应选择A。

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