Question

Mr. White preferred ______at home with his children rather than ____ out for Christmas.

A．to stay; to go	B．stay; go
C．to stay; go	D．stay; to go

Answer 1

C

试题分析：句意：怀特先生宁愿和孩子们呆在家里也不愿出去过圣诞节。这里是preferto do rather than do宁愿做前面的事而不愿做后面的事。这是固定短语。故选C。
点评：本题难度适中。在这个短语中的prefer to do rather than do，rather than do也可放在句首；还有prefer doing to doing宁愿做前面的事而不愿做后面的事，注意它们的不同用法及区别。
即学即练：I prefer ______ there rather than______ a bus.
A. to walk; to take       B. walk; take
C. to walk; take          D. walk; to take
解析：C。句意：与其坐公共汽车去,还不如走路去。