孤心无意句型：instead of (doing) = rather than(前后一致) ①：prefer n to n ②：prefer doing to doing ③：prefer to do prefer not to do prefer sb. to do ④：prefer to do instead of doing ⑤：prefer to do rather than do ⑥：would do rather than do ⑦：would rather do than do -考. He likes skating. He likes swimming
better.(合并)
=He _______ to skating.
-考：He wants to stay at home rather than go
out.
=He wants to stay at home ___ ___ ___ out. -考：I prefer tea to coffee.(同)
=I prefer to have tea ___ ___ have coffee. -考：I stayed at home rather than ___(go) out. -考：The character is more like a real person
than a cartoon.(同)
=The character is like a real person __
__(而不是) a cartoon. -考：Which do you ___(更喜欢)，tea or coffee?
Tea.
-考：She prefers ___(play) volleyball to
-考： -考： -考：-考： ___(watch) the games on TV. I prefer ___ to ____. A. reading, watching TV B. read, watch TV
C. to read, to watch TV D. to read, watching TV 2014江苏南通实验中学期中） Do you prefer tea ___ coffee? I ___ drink some tea.
A. to, would rather B. to, prefer C. or, would rather D. or, prefer Lisa prefers ___(stay) at home to going
cycling.
(2014江苏南通八校第一次月考) Most children ___ ice cream ___ fruit. A. would rather, to B. prefer, to
C. prefer to, rather than
（ D. like better -考：（2013江苏泰州海陵期末）
Mrs. Gao often says, ‘I ___ one million
-考： -考： -考： smiles in my heart ___ one billion dollars in my pocket.
A. don’t like, but B. prefer, than C. would rather, than D. prefer, to 2013江苏南通通州平潮期末）
When people want to relax themselves,
they prefer ___ TV or listen to music rather than ____ newspapers.
A. to watch, read B. watching, read C. to watch, reading D. watch, reading 2012甘肃兰州）
I prefer sports shows ___ soap operas.
What about you? Me, too. A. at B. than C. to D. of 2011江苏无锡）
Jane’s mother preferred ___ TV at home
to ___ to the concert.
A. to watch, go B. watching, going C. watching, go D. to watch, going
（（（-考：Alice prefers ___ to ___.
Then, let’s ask her to take part in our
dancing club.
A. dancing, singing B. singing, dance C. singing, dancing D. to sing, dance
-考：I would rather ___ poor than ___ money
by dishonest means.
A. remain, get B. remaining, get C. remain, getting D. to remain, to get -考：Mary likes math better than English(同义句)
Mary ____ math ___ English. -考：（2012江苏盐城期末）
I would rather __ the chance than __ her. A. not to take, to hurt B. not take, hurt
C. not taking, hurting D. don’t take, to hurt
18. shut