________ cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old, we also read news

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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 for

B．Rather than

C．Apart from

D．Instead of

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解析

试题分析：A. Except for除了（整体肯定，局部排除），B. Rather than而不是，C. Apart from除了（既有包含，也有排除的含义），D. Instead of代替，句意：除了打扫院子和为老人整理床铺以外，我们也要为他们读报纸并和他们聊天。这里用apart from是“包含…”的意思，选C。

举一反三

He was crazy ______ his study when he was young, which contributes ______ his success in later life.

A．for; to

B．about; to

C．about; on

D．for; on

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________ all my family, I sincerely thank you for what you have done for us.

A．On behalf of

B．In honor of

C．In case of

D．Instead of

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A great welcoming party was held yesterday ________ the visiting president, Mr. Xi Jinping.

A．in place of

B．in charge of

C．in honour of

D．in memory of

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I followed the man in a blue jacket thirty meters ______ me and watched him enter the hall.

A．apart from

B．ahead of

C．in the front of

D．at the back of

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What a mess! Tom, I have told you over and over again not to leave everything _____.

A．in place

B．in the place

C．out of place

D．out of the place

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