________ himself with routine tasks, he had no time to accompany his children. A. Occupying B. Occup

________ himself with routine tasks, he had no time to accompany his children.
A. Occupying B. Occupied
C. Being occupied D. To be occupied
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】考查非谓语动词。句意：由于忙于常规工作，他没有时间陪伴孩子。短语occupy oneself with sth 与be occupied with sth都是"忙于……；从事于"之意，本题前一分句作原因状语从句。若使用第一种表达方式（"他"与"从事"之间为主动关系，动词使用现在分词形式），则表达为：Occupying himself with…；若使用第二种表达方式（occupied作为形容词"繁忙的；没空的"，位于句首作状语），则表达为：Occupied with routine tasks，…综上，结合所给选项分析可知本题答案为A选项。