Question

Nowadays children have to take arts, music and sports classes in their free time

Nowadays children have to take arts, music and sports classes in their free time ____ busy schoolwork.
A. rather than
B. owing to
C. apart from
D. expect for

Answer 1

答案C
考查介词短语。apart from“除了……之外”，符合句意“如今的孩子除了繁重的学校作业外，他们还要在业余时间不得不上绘画，音乐和体育课”。rather than“而不是”；owing to“因为；由于”；expect for排除的是细节。