Question

Nowadays children have to take arts, music and sports classes in their free time ____ busy scho...

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

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。