Question

I prefer ______ in the shade ______ in the sun. It's too hot.

1. A.
   to stand; to sit
2. B.
   standing; to sitting
3. C.
   to stand; sitting
4. D.
   standing; to sit

Answer 1

B
解析：
本题句意很好理解：我宁愿站在树荫下，而不愿坐在太阳下，天太热了。本题考查的是动词prefer的用法。表达“宁愿……而不愿……”这个意思可以用prefer... to...这个短语。不过在使用这个短语时，要注意to是介词，故应说：prefer (doing) sth. to (doing) sth.。所以正确答案为B。注意：prefer后接不定式时，常和rather than连用，构成句型：prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.，如如句可以说成：I prefer to stand in the shade rather than sit in the sun.。