116. Those who come to church with a predisposition to religious belief will be happy in an auditorium or even a storefront, and there is no doubt that religion is sometimes better served by adapted spaces of this kind instead of by some of the buildings actually designed for it.

(A) adapted spaces of this kind instead of by some of the buildings actually designed for it

(B) adapted spaces like these rather than some of the buildings actually designed for them

(C) these adapted spaces instead of by some of the buildings actually designed for it

(D) such adapted spaces rather than by some of the buildings actually designed for them

(E) such adapted spaces than by some of the build­ings actually designed for it

Choice E, the best answer, correctly uses the construction is better served by x than by y and supplies the proper singular pronoun, it, to refer to religion. Choices A and B complete the construction beginning better served by x... unidiomatically, with instead of by y and rather than y. Also in B, them does not agree with its logical referent, religion. Choice C repeats the unidiomatic instead construction; in addition, such is preferable to these for presenting examples or instances. Choice D repeats the errors with rather than and them.

很菜的问题

我知道答案应该是E，但是解释中说用rather than 也是不合理的，但是一般rather than不都是优先考虑的用词吗？或者说such...rather than这样的用法是错误的？请教各位NN。

这道题目不用看意思，用“技巧”（其实也是语法的升华）就可以了。

首先用rather than〉instead of 这样一个优选，排除A，C；

其次，看到前面的better，是比较级，而rather than不是比较词，而than是，再排除B，D，那么就只剩E了。

many thanks !!!