Question

——Why are the tax collectors so busy?
——Many people prefer to have their tax forms completed by a professional rather than ___.

A．do it themselves	B．doing it themselves
C．to do it themselves	D．done by themselves

Answer 1

A

解析试题分析：句意：--为什么收税的人员怎么忙？--许多人让他们的税的表格有专业人员完成而不是有他们自己完成的。这里是prefer to do rather than do喜欢做...而不喜欢做...，故选A。
考点：考查固定短语的用法。
点评：本题难度适中。固定短语是近几年高考的热点，主要考查对于它们的意义及用法，对它们的考查不仅出现在单选还会在完形和短文改错中出现。需要考生牢记它们的意义及用法。这里考生容易误选C。
即学即练：I prefer to stay at home rather than ______in the heavy rain.
A. go out       B. going out    C. to go out       D. gone out
解析：A。句意：我宁愿呆在家里也不想冒这么大的雨出去。