Question

——Were you busy last weekend?——Very. Rather than ____ time playing cards as usual, I devoted e

——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

Answer 1

A

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。