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  A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors had elected early retirement rather than face the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice insurance.

(A) had elected early retirement rather than face

(B) had elected early retirement instead of facing

(C) have elected retiring early instead of facing

(D) have elected to retire early rather than facing

(E) have elected to retire early rather than face

（E）

instead of 和 rather than的区别是什么？

答案是e

rather than和instead of有什么区别？

根据前面未划线的has found

排除AB

无论rather than还是instead of

前后概念要对等，形式对等最好

C) have elected retiring early instead of facing－－－－错，elect to do

(D) have elected to retire early rather than facing－－－错，to do和ing不对称 

(E) have elected to retire early rather than face－－－－正确，to do 对 to do。其中不定式并列时，第二个不定式的to可以省略。

PS：现在rather than 和instead of 同时出现时，prefer “rather than”，但是不能仅仅凭借这一条来确定答案。切记