单选题 —Shall we invite Tim?
—No, it"s too late to invite any more people. ______, he hates parties, you know.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 词义辨析
[解析] except：除了；beside：在……旁边；besides：另外，而且；but：但是。根据句意，本题选C。