其实你这1和2的意思是一样的 两个都可以
they didn't have time to wonder much about anything besides finding food.
译文：他们没时间考虑除了寻找食物之外的任何事
这个句子中 finding food是anything的内容 并且和 wonder much about anything 并列
我是这么觉得的 希望对你有所帮助
就是they didn't have time to wonder much about anything except finding food这样更好