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89．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

Idiom + Rhetorical construction

This comparison depends on the idiomatic construction better served by x than by y，so this sentence should be：better served by adapted spaces…than by some…buildings．Such is more concise than of this kind and clearly refers to places such as auditoriums and storefronts．

A  Better served by x cannot be completed by instead of by y；of this kind is wordy．

B  Better served by x cannot be completed by rather than y；like these is clumsy；pronoun them does not agree with religion．

C  Better served by x cannot be completed by instead of by y; these limits the adapted spaces too specifically to the auditorium and the

  storefront．

D  Better served by x cannot be completed by rather than y；pronoun them does not agree with religion．

E  Correct．The correct idiomatic construction is used in this sentence；such more concisely replaces of this kind；it agrees with religion．

The correct answer is E．

Ｂ的解释中说ＢＹ不能在后一个名词前缺了。那么我想ＢＹ其实是可以省略的啊，为什么不能省略呢？好多时候副词或者动词不都省略了吗？反正读者是明白的啊

你理解错了

better served by ... than by

better than is idiomatic

对不起，我还是不理解您说的。请进一步帮忙说清楚好吗？

我是说后一个ＢＹ可以省略吧．

OG的解释不是说by 不能省略， 而是说 rather than 不用于比较级。 better ... than... 

在很多rather than的句子里， 后面的介词常常省略。