Unfortunately, their car（ ）fuel,

Unfortunately, their car（ ）fuel, just ten miles short of Chicago.
A、ran out of
B、rather than
C、instead of
D、made use of
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：本题考查词义辨析。ran out of：用尽，耗尽；rather than：而不是；instead of：代替，而不是…；made use of：使用，利用。句意：不幸的是，他们车的油用完了，离芝加哥只有十英里了。故A选项符合题意。