オフィシャルガイド問題教えて下さい

（SC-40）
In metalwork one advantage of adhesive-bonding over spot-welding is that contact, and hence the bonding, is effected continuously over a broad surface <insted of> a series of regurlarly spaced points with no bonding in between.

A)instead of
B)as opposed to
C)in contrast with
D)rather than at
E)as against being at

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