Question

The old man prefers a house in the country to spend his late years to __in a large city.

A. it B. this C. that D. one 为什么不能选C？

Answer 1

答案应该选D。
one代指前面的house，这是泛指= a house。
C的话that不能跟在介词to后面作宾语。
A的it是同一个事物，不符合题意。