Question

【题目】The old man prefers________at home to having a picnic.

A.stayingB.to stayC.stayD.stayed

Answer 1

【答案】A

【解析】

句意：这位老人宁愿呆在家里也不愿去野餐。

考查动词。A. staying 动名词形式；B. to stay动词不定式；C. stay动词原形；D. stayed动词过去式。在prefer A to B“在A 和B中更喜欢B”结构中，to是介词，所以其后可以是名词也可以是动名词，并且A和B在形式上必须保持一致。根据句中having a picnic的提示可知，空处应是动名词形式。故填A。