The mayor will go to Beijing by train by air.A. instead ofB. insteadC. in place ofD. in p

问题补充：

The mayor will go to Beijing by train by air.

A. instead of

B. instead

C. in place of

D. in place

答案：

(答案→)A. instead of

B. instead

C. in place of

D. in place

解析：词语用法辨析。A代替（介词。后面可以接多种结构）；B而不是；C代替（介词，后面要接动名词或者名词的形式）；D有序；句意：市长是坐火车去北京的而不是做飞机。本题的by train与by air是并列的关系，可以放在介词instead of的后面。C项的后面只能接名词或者名词短语。故A正确、