prefer的用法及真题练习

PreferTo choose sth because you like it better. 更喜欢

which one do you like better, bananas or oranges?

I like bananas better!

‖I prefer bananas!

1. Prefer sth(n/pron/doing)I prefer bananas to oranges!

2. Prefer A to B

exercises我更喜欢咖啡

I p re fe r c o ffe e .比起糖果，我更喜欢水果

I p re fe r fru its to c a n d ie s .

3. prefer to do sth=Prefer doingsth4.Prefer sb. to do sth.I prefer walking. He prefers swimming. I prefer to walk. He prefers to swim. 他们的父亲宁愿他们早点回家。

Their father prefers them to be home early.

VS

I prefer playing basketball to playing football!

Prefer doing sth to doing sth

PreferPrefer sth

NounPrefer sth to sthPrefer doing sth=prefer to do sth

VerbPrefer doing sth to doing sth

prefer和would rather的用法

1. prefer to do sth = would rather do sthI ’d lik e to s ta y a t h o m e , b u t M a x p re fe rs to p la y fo o tb a ll o n S u n d a y . = I ’d lik e to s ta y a t h o m e , b u t M a x w o u ld ra th e r p la y fo o tb a ll o n Sunday.

5. prefer to do sth rather than do sth =prefer to do sth instead of doing sth = prefer doing sth to (doing) sth = would rather do sth than do sthAll students prefer to take the bus rather than walk. = All students prefer taking the bus to walking. =All students would rather take the bus than walk.

6. prefer that sb. (should) do sth. 宁愿某 人做某事 在that引导的宾语从句中,我们应当用虚拟 语气“should+动词原形”,其中的should可以省 略。

我觉得还是让别人来做这件事比较好 I prefer that someone else should do this.

大多数人愿意坐火车而不愿坐汽车。 Most people prefer trains to buses.

在本句型中,A与B是平行结构,可以是名词,也可以都是动名词

我觉得在家里比出去好I prefer staying at home to going out. 我们希望每位新生修一门理科课程。 We prefer that each new student take a science course. 我比较喜欢吃苹果 I prefer eating apples/I prefer to eat apples. 他宁死也不去偷窃。 He preferred to die rather than (to) steal. = He preferred to die instead of stealing.

1. Not all the tourists from Japan B _______ Western food to Chinese food. A. like B. prefer C. enjoy D. love 2. I prefer skiing to _______. The snow B makes me excited. A. cycles B. cycling C. cycled

3. Some of my classmates _______ cartoons _______ documentaries. A A. prefer ... to B. would rather ... than C. like ... better D. like ... less4. She prefers to eat outside rather than at home. A. cook B. cooking A C. to cook D. cooks