---Were you busy last weekend?
---Very. Rather than ____ time playing cards as usual, I devoted every effort to ____ an advertisementA.wasting; makingB.waste; makeC.to waste; makeD.a waste of; making
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A解析本题考查短语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。