问题
单项选择题
People prefer paying large sums of money ______ their lifework destroyed by gangsters.
A.than have
B.to have
C.to having
D.than they have
答案
参考答案:C
解析: 本题测试prefer这个单词的用法。该单词用法有三种:prefer sth. to sth.;prefer doing sth. to doing sth.;prefer to do sth. rather than(to)do sth.。都表示“相比后者,更喜欢前者”。题目中的用法符合我们这里提到的第二种结构。所以C选项是正确答案。