Tom cried sadly because his brother and some of his friends had gone swimming ________ him.
A.without
B.except
C.besides
D.instead of
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A解析本题意为“汤姆哭得很伤心,因为他的哥哥和他的一些朋友没带他就游泳去了”。except表示整体里面排除部分,besides表示“除了……还”,其真正意义是将宾语包括在内,instead of意为“代替”,皆不符合题意。