The mayor will go to Beijing by train by air.
A. instead of
B. instead
C. in place of
D. in place
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(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、