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  3. According to government statistics, men of all social classes in Britain visit pubs quite often, 【21】______ the kind of pub the

According to government statistics, men of all social classes in Britain visit pubs quite often, 【21】______ the kind of pub the

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问题     According to government statistics, men of all social classes in Britain visit pubs quite often, 【21】______  the kind of pub they go to may be different and their reasons for going there 【22】______ , too. At present, they often take their wives or girlfriends, which 【23】______  to be the case.
     The fact is that the typical English pub is changing, not only 【24】______  the licensing laws not being so strict as they 【25】______ , but also because publicans are trying to 【26】______  away with the old Victorian 【27】______  of the pub and 【28】______  provide couples with an atmosphere where they can both feel happy. Pubs used not to open 【29】______  at certain limes. The result was that they were usually 【30】______  with men who seemed to be drinking as much as possible in the lime 【31】______ . But that kind of pub is quickly becoming a thing of the past.
   Curiously enough, the old British licensing laws, which foreigners found so objectionable and absurd, were 【32】______  introduced as a 【33】______  measure to stop workers drinking in the World War I. 【34】______ , the strong puritanical 【35】______  in Parliament took 【36】______  of the law and 【37】______  it.
   Opening hours arc 【38】______  limited to eight hours a day, but publicans can now choose which hours 【39】______  them best. And nowadays you can even get a cup of coffee if you prefer 【40】______  beer. But in spite of this the Puritans would never dream of admitting that a pub could become a repeatable place.
【40】
选项 A、against
B、for
C、with
D、to
答案D
解析 prefer A to B意为“A、B两者中偏爱A”，固定搭配。
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