2. Judge Lois Forer’s study asks why do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among rich and poor.

(A) do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among

(B) some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed between

(C) do some litigants have a preferred status over another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among

(D) some litigants have a preferred status to another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact not equally distributed between（B）

(E) does one litigant have a preferred status over the other in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact they are not equally distributed among

正确答案B, 为什么D不对？ 难道词组不是prefer A to B 吗？ 看不出D有什么不好的亚？

谢谢了先！

Here, preferred is a verb form that acts as an adjective so the idiom, prefer A to B, does not apply in this case.

Furthermore, in Choice D it would be better to put in theory available ... into a clause in order to avoid any confusion.