the warning message, more lives would have been lost in the flood．

       A．Regardless of   B．Instead of          C．But for             D．Except for

.________ the warning message, more lives would have been lost in the flood.

        the warning message, more lives        lost in the flood.

A．But for; would have been                             B．Regardless of; would have been

C．Instead of; would be                                          D．Except for; would be