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问题补充：

The brave people in the village preferred to die rather than , and encouraged others to fight more bravely in the anti-Japanese battlefield.

A. to give in ; it

B. to give in; which

C. give in ; this

D. give in ; which

答案：

A. to give in ; it

B. to give in; which

(答案→)C. give in ; this

D. give in ; which

解析：考查固定句型。prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.“宁愿做某事，而不愿做某事”。排除A、B；根据and可知，是两个并列的分解，而不是定语从句。故选C。