问题补充:
When people want to relax themselves, they prefer TV or listen to music rather than newspapers.
A. watching; read
B. watching; to read
C. to watch; read
D. to watch; reading
答案:
A. watching; read
B. watching; to read
(答案→)C. to watch; read
D. to watch; reading
解析:prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.“宁愿做...而不做...”词结构中要求前后动词都用原形,结合语境可知选C。