问题补充：
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
答案：
A. Except for
B. Rather than
(答案→)C. Apart from
D. Instead of
解析：句意：除了打扫院子和为老人铺床，我们也为他们读报纸和他们聊天。apart from 具有两种不同的含义：一是表排除或例外，二是 表包括。根据 also 可知，我们所做的包括 cleaningtheyard和makingupthebeds 这两件事，故用 apart from，在此表示包括。except for 除…之外(表排除)；rather than 而不是；instead of 代替。 答案：C
