While Maggie, a white-collar worker, was at home after work, she ______ doing something to doing nothing.
A. liked
B. favored
C. tended
D. preferred
参考答案:D
解析: 固定搭配
A. like 喜欢,后面可跟to do sth. /doing sth.,但sth.后不再跟表示比较的to doing nothing;D. favor 是及物动词,表示:喜爱,支持,赞成;例:favor a proposal 赞成提议;C. tend 照管,护理,往往是,趋向;常与to连用,tend to do something,例: People tend to need less sleep as they get older. (人们随着年龄的增大所需睡眠越来越短);D. preferr有许多用法:prefer to do something,例:I prefer to wear clothes made of natural fibers. 我喜欢穿天然织物制成的服装;prefer doing something,例:Chantal prefers travelling by train. Chantal喜欢坐火车旅行;prefer somebody/something to somebody/something,例:
A child that prefers his imaginary world to reality. 一个喜欢假象世界甚于现实世界的孩子;本句意为:身为一名白领的Maggie下班回家后总喜欢于点儿什么,不太喜欢什么都不干。因此选项D为答案。