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2000年8月后的语法笔记
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语 法 笔 记
(2000年8月)


1.THE GRAY SCALE, A PROGRESSIVE SERIES OF SHADES RANGING FROM BLACK TO
WHITE, IS USED IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS _____ DETAIL TO GRAPHICAL IMAGES.
(A) ADDED
(B) TO ADD
(C) ARE ADDED
(D) AND ADD
KEY:B
分析:考点是动词不定式的用法.
参考译文: 灰度,一种从黑到白的灰度梯度,被用在计算机图形中来增加图像的细节.

 
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2. BY _____ EXCLUDING COMPETITION FROM AN INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENTS HAVE OFTEN
CREATED PUBLIC SERVICE MONOPOLIES.
(A) THEY ADOPT LAWS
(B) LAWS ARE ADOPTED
(C) ADOPTING LAWS
(D) HAVING LAWS ADOPT
KEY:C
分析:BY在句首,通常是BY+DOING的用法,表示使用一种方法或者是手段.
参考译文:通过采取在一项产业里禁止竞争的法律,政府常常制造了公共服务垄断.


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3. _____ SKELETON OF AN INSECT IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF ITS BODY.
(A) ITS
(B) THAT THE
(C) THERE IS A
(D) THE
KEY:D
分析:显而易见选D,若用A的话,则句中不应该有OF AN INSECT.
参考译文:昆虫的骨架是在它的身体的外面.

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4. LENSES, _____, ARE USED TO CORRECT IMPERFECTION IN EYESIGHT.
(A) ARE THE FORMS OF GLASSES AND CONTACT LENSES
(B) IN THE FORM OF GLASSES AND CONTACT LENSES
(C) GLASSES AND CONTACT LENSES WHICH FORM
(D) GLASSES AND CONTACT LENSES MAY BE FORMED
KEY:B
分析:句子已完整,空格处应修饰主语LENSES.
参考译文:透镜,有镜片和隐形镜片两种形式,被用来矫正近视.

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5. IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NORTH AMERICAN, PRINTED ENGRAVINGS PROVIDED____
ROCOCO STYLE.
(A) THE MOST MANIFESTATION WIDESPREAD
(B) MANIFESTATION WIDESPREAD THE MOST
(C) THE WIDESPREAD MANIFESTATION MOST
(D) THE MOST WIDESPREAD MANIFESTATION
KEY:D
分析:考点是词的顺序.THE+MOST+ADJ.+N.
参考译文:在18世纪北美,印刷雕刻术提供了最广泛传播的显示的及其洛可可风格.


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6. IN THE ARCTIC TUNDRA, ICE FOG MAY FORM UNDER CLEAR SKIES IN WINTER, ____
COASTAL FOGS OR LOW STRATUS CLOUDS ARE COMMON IN SUMMER.
(A) BECAUSE OF
(B) WHEREAS
(C) DESPITE
(D) THAT
KEY:B

分析:空格前后为两个完整的分句,则空格处应填一个连词,连接前后两个句子.DESPITE为介
词,不能引导句子
参考译文:在北极的苔原地区,冰雾或许可以形成在冬天的晴朗太空下,而海岸的雾或者是低
层云在夏天更常见.


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7. ON ATTAINING MAXIMUM SIZE, ___ BY DRAWING ITSELF OUT AND DIVIDING INTO
TWO DAUGHTER AMOEBAS, EACH RECEIVING IDENTICAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS.
(A) THE REPRODUCTION OF THE AMOEBA
(B) THE AMOEBA, WHICH REPRODUCES
(C) REPRODUCING THE AMOEBA
(D) THE AMOEBA REPRODUCED
KEY:D
分析:分析句子的结构可知空格处为句子的主语和谓语.
参考译文:为了获得最大的型号, 变形虫通过把它自己拉长然后分割成两个子变形虫来进行
复制,每个子变形虫都获得等同的细胞核资源.

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8. FOR THE ADVERTISER, ONE OF THE GREATEST APPEALS OF RADIO IS ____ AN
AUDIENCE ALL DAY LONG.
(A) THAT IT HAS
(B) THAT TO HAVE
(C) TO HAVE IT
(D) HAVING IT
KEY:A
分析:主语谓语已经完整,空格处应为宾语.A的THAT引导宾语从句.
参考译文:对于每个广告人来说,广播对他们最大的吸引之一就是它有一个全天候的观众群.


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9. CHARLES SCHULZ'S COMIC STRIP, "PEANUTS," FEATURES CHILDREN WHO MAKE ____
ABOUT LIFE.
(A) FUNNY, WISE STATEMENT THAT
(B) WHICH FUNNY, WISE STATEMENTS
(C) STATEMENTS ARE FUNNY BUT WISE
(D) FUNNY BUT WISE STATEMENTS
KEY:D

分析:考点是MAKE的用法,MAKE+ADJ.+N.
参考译文: CS的连环漫画《花生》主要刻画的是说一些关于生命的滑稽但是聪明的话的小孩
子.

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10. ONE OF THE MAJOR RIVERS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, ____ FLOWS FOR
SOME 1,5000 MILES FROM COLORADO TO NORTHWESTERN MEXICO.
(A) IT IS THE COLORADO RIVER
(B) THE COLORADO RIVER WHICH
(C) AND THE COLORADO RIVER
(D) THE COLORADO RIVER
KEY:D
分析:主谓宾都有,空格做主语的同位语.
参考译文:美国西部的最大的河流之一是科罗拉多河,它从科罗拉多流了大概1,500里到西北
的墨西哥.

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11. IN ART, THE TENDENCY OF GOUACHE COLORS TO LIGHTEN ON DRYING MAKES ___ A
WIDE RANGE OF PEARLY OR PASTELIKE EFFECTS.
(A) IT IS POSSIBLE
(B) POSSIBLE
(C) POSSIBLE TO BE
(D) IT POSSIBLE THE
KEY:B
分析:注意MAKE的一种用法,MAKE STH ADJ,是"使某物怎么样"的意思.句中"A
….EFFECTS"?为了句子的平衡结构,所以STH放在ADJ的后面.注意D是错误的.有IT是
MAKE的另一种用法,MAKE IT +ADJ.+TO DO STH.
参考译文:在艺术上, 水彩画的颜色突然干燥的趋势使要达到一系列的珍珠似的或者是蜡笔
画似的效果是不可能的.

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12. ISABEL BISHOP WAS ONE OF MANY AMERICAN ARTISTS ___ BY THE GOVERNMENT
DURING THE DEPRESSION YEARS ON VARIOUS FEDERAL ART PROJECTS.
(A) EMPLOYED
(B) WHOSE EMPLOYMENT
(C) TO EMPLOY
(D) HAD BEEN EMPLOYED
KEY:A

分析:句子已经完整,空格处应修饰空格前的ARTISTS,选A, EMPLOYED作后置定语.
参考译文:IB是在大萧条时期被政府在各种联邦艺术工程中雇佣的诸多美国艺术家之一.


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13. OUTBREAKS OF DISEASES IN TREES COMMONLY OCCUR _____ STRESSED BECAUSE OF
DROUGHT OR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.
(A) AS FORESTS THAT BECOME
(B) IN FORESTS BECOME
(C) THAT BECOME FORESTS
(D) WHEN FORESTS BECOME
KEY:D

分析:空格前句子完整,OCCUR是谓语,其常用用法为OCCUR+IN/AT;
OCCUR+WHEN;OCCUR+…(表示某事发生)
此题是第三种用法.
参考译文:因为干旱或者是其它环境的因素森林而变得压力重重时,树木的疾病就大量地爆
发.


 
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14. TO BREAK THICK ICE, AN ICEBREAKER BOAT MOVES FAST ENOUGH TO RIDE UP ON
THE ICE, ____ UNDER ITS WEIGHT.
(A) SO THEN BREAKS
(B) WHEN BREAKS IT
(C) WHICH THEN BREAKS
(D) FOR WHICH THEN BREAKS
KEY:C
分析:考点是非限制性定语从句.A可改为SO THEN THE ICE BREAKS.
参考译文:为了打碎厚厚的冰块,一艘破冰船全速前进以便开在冰上,通过它的体重来破冰.


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15. CHOLESTEROL IS PRESENT IN LARGE QUANTITIES IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, WHERE
____ COMPOUND OF MYELIN.
(A) IT A
(B) A
(C) BEING
(D) IT IS A
KEY:D

分析:空格前面是个完整的句子结构,后面可能是定语从句,同谓语等。答案是D,WHERE 引
导的非限制性定语从句。

参考译文:胆固醇在神经系统中是以很大的数量存在着,在那里它是髓磷脂的化合物.


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16. PAINTERS OF THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY WHO WERE KNOWN PRIMARILY FOR
THEY

A B C

COLORFUL LANDSCAPES, THE GROUP OF SEVEN CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE CANADIAN
GROUP OF PAINTERS IN 1933.

D

KEY:C

分析:考点是人称代词和物主代词的误用.

改正: THEY à THEIR
参考译文:以五彩的风景画而著称的20世纪早期的油画家-----7人组合在1933年把名字改为
加拿大油画家集团.

 
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17. MOST ANIMALS HAVE NERVOUS SYSTEMS, SENSE ORGANS, AND SPECIALIZED MODES
OF

A B

LOCOMOTION, AND ARE CAPABLE OF SECURING, INGESTING, AND TO DIGEST FOOD.

C D

KEY:D

分析:考点是平行结构,最后一个AND前后的动名词并列.
改正: DIGEST à DIGESTING

参考译文:绝大多数动物都有神经系统,感觉器官和特殊的运动模式,而且它们能够获得食物,
咽下食物和消化食物.


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18.THE CORK OAK TREE HAS A LAYER OF CORK SEVERAL INCHES THICKNESS THAT CAN
BE

A B

STRIPPED EVERY TEN YEARS.

C D

KEY:B
分析:名词和形容词的误用
改正:THICKNESS à THICK
参考译文: 栓皮槠(地中海地区的一种常绿橡树)有一层可以每十年剥去数英寸后的栓皮层.


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19.INFLATION, INTEREST RATES, AND OVERALL ECONOMIC ACTIVE CAN BE GOVERNED
BY

A B C

THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL RESERVE'S DECISION TO ADJUST THE SUPPLY OF MONEY
TO

D

THE ECONOMY.

KEY:C
分析:考点是平行结构.
改正:ACTIVE à ACTIVITY
参考译文:通货膨胀率,利率和总的经济活动可以被美国联邦储备局控制以愕髡式鸲跃?
的供应.

 
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20. FREE RADICALS OF OXYGEN, WHICH COMMON BY-PRODUCTS OF METABOLIC
PROCESSES

A B

IN THE BODY, ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING TISSUE DAMAGE.

C D

KEY:A
分析:WHICH引导定语从句,A缺谓语.
改正:WHICH COMMON à WHICH ARE COMMON
参考译文:氧气的自由原子团是身体中新陈代谢的副产品,它们能够引起组织病变.


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21. BY 1830 THE GLASS INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES HAD BECOME TOO WELL

A B

ESTABLISHED THAT THE COUNTRY NO LONGER NEEDED TO DEPEND ON IMPORTED GLASS.

C D
KEY:B
分析:考点是SO …THAT句型的用法
改正:TOO à SO
参考译文:到1830年,在美国的玻璃产业的产品是如此的精制以至于它不再需要依赖于进口玻
璃了.

 

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22. FREE LAND, CHEAPLY TRANSPORTATION, AND POWERFULLY PERSUASIVE RAILROAD

A

ADVERTISING ALL HELPED FLOOD THE WESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES WITH
FARMERS

B C D

IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

KEY:A
分析:考点是平行结构,形容词和副词误用.
改正:CHEAPLY à CHEAP
参考译文:免费的土地,便宜的交通和强有说服力的铁路广告帮助美国农民在19世纪大规模地
搬到西部地区.


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23. CORAL FORMATIONS HAVE KNOWN AS FRINGING REEFS ARE LOCATED CLOSE TO
SHORE,

A B

SEPARATED FROM LAND ONLY BY SHALLOW WATER.

C D

KEY:A
分析:A应改为过去分词作后置定语来修饰主语CORAL FORMATIONS
改正:HAVE KNOWN à KNOWN

参考译文:被认为是靠近海岸而与海平行的珊瑚礁的形成是在接近岸边,依靠浅水而远离陆地
的地方.


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24. FOR A SEAGOING, CARGO-CARRYING SAILING VESSELS, THE CLIPPER SHIP WAS

A B

REMARKABLY FAST.

C D

KEY:B
分析:考点是名词的单复数误用.
改正:VESSELS à VESSEL
参考译文:对一艘适于远航的运货船, 快速帆船更快.

 
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25. VISIBLY ONLY THROUGH LARGE TELESCOPES, PLUTO HAS A YELLOWISH COLOR,
WHICH

A B

INDICATES THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE ATMOSPHERE.

C D

KEY:A
分析:副词和形容词的误用. 逗号前一个分句是个省略句,完整的应该是WHEN IT IS
VISIBLE ONLY THROUGH LARGE TELESCOPES.
改正:VISIBLY à VISIBLE
参考译文:当通过巨大的望远镜看见冥王星时,发现它是黄色的,这表明它附近几乎没有大气
的存在.


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26. DIAMOND IS THE HARDEST KNOWN SUBSTANCE, SO DIAMONDS CAN BE CUT ONLY BY

A B C

ANOTHER DIAMONDS.

D

KEY:D
分析:ANOTHER+单数名词,OTHER+复数名词.
改正:ANOTHER à OTHER

(1)
ONE THE OTHER
(2) ……
ONE ANOTHER
(3)
OHTERS

(附图1)

参考译文:钻石是已知物质中最坚硬的物质,所以它只能被另外一种钻石切割.

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27. THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND WAS CREATED IN A EFFORT TO STABILIZE
EXCHANGE

A B

RATES WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH THE HEALTHY GROWTH OF TRADE.

C D

KEY:B
分析:考点是A用在辅音前,AN用在元音前。
改正:A EFFORT à AN EFFORT
参考译文:世界货币基金会的创立是为了在不干涉健康的贸易发展的情况下而稳定外汇的兑
换率.

 
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28. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS UNDERGO COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS, THEM CHANGING

A B

FROM CATERPILLAR TO ADULT VIA ONE INTERMEDIATE STAGE, THE PUPA.

C D
KEY:B
分析:逗号前是句完整的话,逗号后作伴随状语修饰前面的主语.
改正:THEM CHANGING à CHANGING
参考译文:投甓季送暾男翁灞浠?通过一个中间过程从毛虫变成成年的蛹.



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29. THOUSANDS OF METEORITE HIT EARTH EACH YEAR, BUT MOST FALL INTO THE SEA
OR

A B

IN REMOTE AREAS AND ARE NEVER RECOVERED.

C D

KEY:A
分析:名词的单复数的误用.
改正:METEORITE à METEORITES
参考译文:每年都有很多流星击中地球,但是大多都跌进海里或者是坠落到遥远的地区,再也
找不到了.


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30. ALASKA BECOME THE FORTY-NINTH STATE IN 1959,AND HAWAII BECOME THE
FIFTIETH

A B C

STATE LATELY THAT YEAR.

D

KEY:D
分析:LATELY是副词,表示"不久前,进来",用在句首或句末.LATE IN+时间,表示晚的意思,类
似的有TALKED LATE INTO THE EVENING.聊到很晚。A PROJECT UNDERTAKEN LATE IN
HER CAREER.她事业后期完成的项目
注意:这里的LATE是作副词.
改正:LATELY à LATER
参考译文:ALASKA在1959年成为美国第49个州,夏威夷是在那年晚些时候成为第50个州.

 
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31. A SPONGE FEEDS ITSELF BY DRAWING WATER THROUGH TINY PORES ON ITS
SURFACE,

A B

FILTERING OUT FOOD PARTICLES, AND THEN EXPEL THE WATER THROUGH LARGER VENTS.

C D

KEY:C
分析:考点是平行结构.
改正:EXPEL à EXPELLING
参考译文:海绵(一种水栖的海绵纲的无脊椎海生动物)通过其表面的微小毛孔来吸收水分,过
滤食物,通过大的出口排出水分来养活自己.


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32. TOWARD THE END OF HIS LIFE, JOHN SINGER SARGENT RETURNED TO THE
PAINTING OF

A B

LANDSCAPES AND THE USE OF WATERCOLORS, OF WHICH HE EXCELLED.

C D
KEY:D
分析:考点是动词短语:EXCEL AT….在某方面擅长..
改正:OF à AT
参考译文:在生命快要走到尽头的时候,JSS又回到风景画的创作中和水彩的使用上,那是他最
擅长的东西.

 
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33. PYTHONS DIFFER THAN MOST OTHER SNAKES BY HAVING TWO WELL DEVELOPED LUNGS

A B

RATHER THAN A MUCH SMALLER LEFT LUNG OR NO LEFT LUNG AT ALL.

C D
KEY:A
分析:短语搭配错误.
改正:DIFFER THAN à DIFFER FROM
参考译文:蟒蛇和其它大多数蛇的最大区别在于它有两个工作良好的肺而不是只有一个很小
的左肺或者是根本没有肺.

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34. WEIGHING AMONG TWO TO FIVE KILOGRAMS IN ADULTS, THE SKIN IS THE LARGEST
ORGAN

A B C

OF THE HUMAN BODY.

D

KEY:B
分析:AMONG表示在什么之中,改为FROM才能和TO搭配.
改正:AMONG à FROM
参考译文:在成人中皮肤大约是重2-5公斤,它是人体中最大的一个器官.

 
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35.RODENTS DWELL IN VARIOUS HABITAT, SOME SPECIES BEING AQUATIC, SOME
TERRESTRIAL.

A B C D

KEY:B
分析:名词单复数的误用.
改正:HABITAT à HABITATS
参考译文:啮齿动物居住在不同的地方,一些在水里,一些在陆地.

 
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36. THE NECTAR OF FLOWERS ARE INGESTED BY WORKER BEES AND CONVERTED TO
HONEY

A B

IN SPECIAL SACS IN THEIR DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS.

C D

KEY:A
分析:NECTAR是单数不可数名词,所以谓语动词要也用单数形式.
改正:ARE INGESTED à IS INGESTED
参考译文:花的花蜜是被工蜂所吸收然后在它们的消化系统中的囊中被转换为蜂蜜.


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37. LUCID DREAMING, THE ABILITY DREAMERS TO BECOME AWARE OF AND TO CONTROL
THEIR

A B

DREAMS WHILE DREAMING, IS THE FOCUS OF SOME CURRENT PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

C D
KEY:A
分析:表示属性要用介词OF或者是用所有格表示.
改正:ABILITY DREAMERSàABILITY OF DREAMERS/DREAMERS'ABILITY
参考译文:清晰尉呈亲雒握叩彼亲雒问蹦芤馐兜蕉夷芸刂扑堑拿蔚哪芰?现在已经是
一些心理学研究的焦点.

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38. THE SENSATION OF SOUND IS PRODUCED HOW VIBRATIONS TRANSMITTED THROUGH
THE

A B C

AIR STRIKE THE EARDRUM.

D

KEY:C
分析:HOW不能引导时间状语从句.
改正:HOW à WHEN
参考译文:听觉的产生是当通过空气传播的振动敲击鼓膜时.

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39. THE MUSICAL TONE OF AN ELECTRIC GUITAR IS CREATED NOT BY THE RESONANCE
OF

A B

THE BODY OF THE GUITAR BUT BY ELECTRONICALLY AMPLIFICATION.

C D

KEY:D
分析:形容词和副词的误用.
改正:ELECTRONICALLYà ELECTRONICAL
慰家胛模旱缱蛹囊舻魇怯杉墓裁亩皇堑缱臃糯蟛?

 
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40. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE FINE ART,BALLET IS A
COMBINATION OF

A B C

DANCE AND MIME PERFORMED TO MUSIC.

D

KEY:B
分析:ONE OF+复数名词
改正:ART à ARTS
参考译文:芭蕾被认为是最优美的艺术之一,它是舞蹈和伴奏于音乐的哑剧的结合.

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语 法 笔 记

(2001年1月)

1. A THREE-FOOT OCTOPUS CAN CRAWL THROUGH A HOLE ------ IN DIAMETER.
(A) THAN ONE INCH LESS
(B) LESS THAN ONE INCH
(C) ONE LESS INCH THAN
(D) THAN LESS ONE INCH
KEY:B
分析:这是一个简单句,空格是HOLE 后的定语,答案是 B
MORE THAN ,LESS THAN 是习惯用法, 表示多于,少于的意思。
(A) (C) (D)语序混乱,很容易排除。
参考译文:一只3米长的章鱼可以钻过一个直径不小于1英的孔。




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2. ------ADOPTED THE DECIMAL SYSTEM OF COINAGE IN 1867.
(A) CANADA
(B) WHEN CANADA
(C) CANADA, WHICH
(D) THERE WAS CANADA
KEY:A
分析:这是一个简单句,空格是作句子主语,答案是 A,单个名词做句子主语。
(B) 多了WHEN , 而后又没有从句的谓语;
(C) 如果用了WHICH,则 CANADA 后没有了谓语;
(D) 如果是D,那么 CANADA 后面应该是ADOPTING 表示主动。
参考译文:加拿大于1867年在货币上采用了十进制。



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3. GENERALLY, THE REPRESENTATIVES ------ A LEGISLATURE ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY
ELECTED BY A BROAD SPECTRUM OF THE POPULATION.
(A) WHO THEY COMPOSE
(B) WHO COMPOSE
(C) AD COMPOSE
(D) COMPOSE
KEY:B
分析:这是一个主从句。主语REPRESENTATIVES 后已经有了谓语ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY
ELECTED,所以其后的空格应该是个从句。答案 B ,定语从句。
(A) 从句有个多余的主语THEY ;
(C) AD COMPOSE,应该是打印错误;
(D) 无从句引导词,2个谓语,错。
参考译文:通常,组成立法机关的代表是由各个阶层的人民群众通过宪法选举出来的。



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4. THE ACTOR'S STUDIO, A PROFESSIONAL ACTORS' WORKSHOP IN NEW YORK CITY,
PROVIDES ------WHERE ACTORS CAN WORK TOGETHER WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF
COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.
(A) A PLACE AND
(B) A PLACE
(C) SO THAT A PLACE
(D) A PLACE IS
KEY:B
分析:这是一个主从句。空格在主语的及物动词后面,自然是做宾语。答案B,单个名词做句
子宾语。
(A) AND 是并列连词,后面应该是做平行结构。可AND没有和 A PLACE相似的结构;
(C) SO THAT 引导的应该是 结果状语从句, 但是它不能做PROVIDES的宾语;
(D) A PLACE IS 句子有有了2个谓语,错。除非有从句引导词。
参考译文:"演员工作室",一个在纽约的专业工作室,它提供了一个场所,在那里演员们可
以一起工作而没有商业制作的压力。



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5. ------ THAT LIFE BEGAN BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO IN THE WATER.
(A) IT IS BELIEVED
(B) IN THE BELIEF
(C) THE BELIEF
(D) BELIEVING
KEY:A
分析:空格后是一个从句,结构完整。空格应该是主句。答案 A。
(B) IN THE BELIEF 没有谓语无法构成主句;
(C) THE BELIEF 同上理;
(D) BELIEVING同上理。
参考译文:(人们)相信,生命始于数亿年前的水中。



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6. BY 1872 THE UNITED STATES HAD 70 ENGINEERING COLLEGES, ------
ASTONISHING EXPANSION CREDITED LARGELY TO THE MORRILL ACT OF 1862.
(A) BECAUSE
(B) AN
(C) TO WHICH
(D) WAS
KEY:B
分析:空格前是个完整的句子,那么空格和后面的成分应该是定语从句,同渭语,状语从
句……。此处答案B,是个同谓语。
(A) BECAUSE应该接从句,可后面却是个过分修饰名词短语,无法构成从句;
(C) TO WHICH 后面也该是从句,所以同上理;
(D)前面已经是完整的句子了,WAS没有主语。
参考译文:到1872年,美国已经拥有了70所工程学院,这个惊人的增长很大程度上归功于
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7. THE ARTIST ROMARE BCARDEN WAS ------ WHOSE YELLOWS, DEEP BLUES, AND
FUCHSIAS CONTRASTED STRONGLY WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC GRAY IN HIS BRIGHT COLLAGES.
(A) WITH A GIFT FOR COLOR
(B) A GIFTED COLORIST
(C) A GIFT WITH COLORFUL
(D) GIFTED WITH COLORING
KEY:B
分析:空格前是动词WAS,那其后不是进行时,就是系表结构,此处是后者。再则,空格是
WHOSE ,可知道空格应该是个名词(特别是表示人的名词),或者名词短语。此题答案B。
(A) WITH A GIFT FOR COLOR语义逻辑错误
(C) A GIFT WITH COLORFUL 结构不对,COLORFUL后不能接WHOSE, 而且 语义逻辑错误;
(D) GIFTED WITH COLORING 同上理。
参考译文:画家ROMARE BCARDEN是一个有天赋的配色师,他所用的黄色,深蓝和紫红在明亮
的拼贴画上和照片灰形成鲜明的对比。



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8. THE MOST IMPORTANT CHEMICAL CATALYST ON THIS PLANET IS CHLOROPHYLL, -----
--CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER REACT TO FORM CARBOHYDRATES.
(A) WHOSE PRESENCE
(B) WHICH IS PRESENT
(C) PRESENTING
(D) IN THE PRESENCE OF WHICH
KEY:D
分析:空格前是个完整的句子,那么空格和后面的成分应该是定语从句,同渭语,状语从
句……。此处答案D,是个定语从句。
(A) WHOSE PRESENCE 起名词作用和后面的CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER造成重复,错;
(B) WHICH IS PRESENT 是个结构已经完整的定丛了,使得后面的部分显得多余;
(C) PRESENTING 是分词,但是起谓语作用和后面的REACT重复了。
参考译文:在这颗行星上最重要的化学催化剂是叶绿素,正是由于有它的存在,二氧化碳和
水反应从而形成碳水化合物。





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9. ONE THEORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE IS -------FROM THE EXPLOSION OF
A TINY, EXTREMELY DENSE FIREBALL SEVERAL BILLION YEARS AGO.
(A) BECAUSE WHAT FORMED
(B) THE FORMATION THAT
(C) THAT IT FORMED
(D) WHEN FORMING
KEY:C
分析:THEORY IS ….,明显的主+系+表结构,直接选C
(A)[BECAUSE 为连词,前面必须是单独的句子 ;
(B) THE FORMATION THAT这个从句没有谓语;
(D) WHEN FORMING 这个从句没形接铩?
参考译文:一个关于宇宙起源的理论是,它是由几亿年前一次高密度的小火流星爆炸而形成
的。





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10. ROADS IN THE UNITED STATES REMAINED CRUDE, ------- WITH GRAVED OR WOOD
PLANKS, UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
(A) WERE UNSUREFACED OR THEY COVERED THEM
(B) WHICH UNSUREFACE OR COVERED
(C) UNSURFACED OR COVERED THEM
(D) UNSURFACED OR COVERED
KEY:D
分析:空格前是个完整的句子,那么空格和后面的成分应该是定语从句,同渭语,过分,现
分……。此处答案D,是个过分做状语。
(A) WERE 前面是个完整的句子,不可能做它的主语;
(B) OR 连接平行结构,前后对称,可是UNSUREFACE OR COVERED 明显不对
(C) 过分后面不能接宾语。
参考译文:美国的公路是粗糙的,盖着雕刻过的木版,一直到20世纪初。



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11.PORTRAIT PRINTS WERE THE FIRST REPRODUCTIONS OF AMERICAN PAINTINGS ------
- WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES.
(A) WERE
(B) THAT WHICH
(C) THAT BEING
(D) TO BE
KEY:D
分析:空格前面是个完整的句子结构,没有逗号相隔,所以空格和后面的那些成分应该是做
PAINTINGS的定语。此题选D , 不定式做后置定语。 而已有这么个结构:THE FIRST
(LAST)…… TO DO (BE)。请大家记住。
(A) WERE 前面的完整句子不可以做WERE的主语;
(B) 两个定语从句引导词在一起,错;
(C) THAT 后没有谓语动词了。
参考译文:肖像印刷物是第一个在美国被广为传播的美国画的复制品。



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12. ABIGAIL ADAMS WAS PRODIGIOUS LETTER WRITER, ------- MANY EDITIONS OF
HER LETTERS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED.
(A) WHO
(B) AND
(C) IN ADDITION TO
(D) DUE TO
KEY:B
分析:前面是个完整的句子,那么空格和后面的成分应该是定语从句,同渭语,状语从句,
或者连词+句子……。答案是B。
(A) WHO 后面没有它的谓语了,错;
(C) IN ADDITION TO 介词短语不能做主语;
(D) DUE TO = BECAUSE OF. ,同上理。
参考译文:ABIGAIL ADAMS是一个多产的代写书信者,她许多版本的书信都被出版了。



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13. IN GEOMETRY, AN ELLIPSE MAY BE DEFINED AS THE LOCUS OF ALL POINTS ------
-DISTANCES FROM TWO FIXED POINTS IS CONSTANT.
(A) WHICH AS THE SUM OF
(B) OF THE SUM WHICH
(C) WHOSE SUM OF WHOSE
(D) WHOSE SUM THAT THE
KEY:C
分析: 空格前是个名词,空格应该是定语,OF WHICH或WHICH ( AS A SUM) OF 结构。A
对。
(B) WHICH DIANTANCE , 不对,除非是WHICH OF DIANTANCE;
(C) 第二个WHOSE多余,定语从句里面只需要一个引导;

(D)从句引导词,可只有一个谓语,错。
参考译文:在几何学中,椭圆可以定义为一个这样的轨迹,2个固定点到它上面所有点的距离
和是常数。



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14. -------AT THE SITE OF A FORT ESTABLISHED BY THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED
POLICE, CALGARY IS NOW ONE OF CANADA'S FASTEST GROWING CITIES.
(A) BUILT
(B) IT IS BUILT
(C) TO BUILD
(D) HAVING BUILT
KEY:A
分析:后半是个完整的句子,前面应该是同渭语,状语从句,分词等。答案A,过分做状语。
(B) IT IS BUILT 和前构成一个完整的句子,而后面的完整句子前有没有连词,错;
(C)前面的状语不是表目的,而是表状态 , TO BUILD不对;
(D) 从语意上看,应该是被动,而非主动,HAVING BUILT错。
参考译文:CALGARY 现在是加拿大发展最快的一个城市,它是建造在一个堡垒的遗址上,该
堡垒是由NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE建立的 。



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15. AN IMAGE ON A NATIONAL FLAG CAN SYMBOLIZE POLITICAL IDEALS THAT -------
EXPRESS.
(A) TAKE MANY WORDS TO OTHERWISE WOULD.
(B) WOULD TAKE TO MANY OTHERWISE WORDS
(C) MANY WORDS TO TAKE WOULD OTHERWISE
(D)WOULD OTHERWISE TAKE MANY WORDS TO
KEY:D
分析:空格前是THAT ,是定语从句引导词,而空格就应该是从句的谓语。答案D对,语序完全
正确。
(A) (B) (C) 都语序混乱
正确的语序应该是:助动词+副词+行为动词+宾语
参考译文:国旗上的图能象征一个国家必须用很多文字才能表达的政治主张。

 


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16. A VARIATION OF COLLODION PHOTOGRAPHY WAS THE TINTYPE, WHICH CAPTURED
IMAGES

A B

ON A BLACK OR DARK BROWN METAL PLATE INSTEAD FROM ON GLASS.

C D

KEY:D

分析: 短语INSTEAD OF

改正: FROM à OF

参考译文:棉胶摄影的一个变化是锡版照相法,它是在黑色或者深褐色金属而不是普通玻璃
上获取影象。

 


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17. IN CASES OF MINOR INJURY TO THE BRAIN. AMNESIA IS LIKELY TO BE A
TEMPORARILY

A B C D

CONDITION.

KEY:D

分析: 修饰名词的应该是形容词。

改正:TEMPORARILY à TEMPORARY。

参考译文:在对大脑轻伤的众多例子中,健忘症很可能只是一个暂时情形。

 


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18. THE SYSTEM OF CHEMICAL SYMBOLS, FIRST DEVISED ABOUT 1800. GIVES A
CONCISE AND

A

INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE DESCRIPTION OF A ELEMENT OR COMPOUND.

B C D
KEY:C

分析: 以元音开头的名词前,不能用不定冠词 A。

改正: A à AN。

参考译文:大约在19世纪第一次制订的化学符号系统,给单个元素或者化合物以简明而已易
认的描述。





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19. THE FACT THAT WHITE LIGHT IS LIGHT COMPOSED OF VARIOUS WAVELENGTHS MAY
BE

A B

DEMONSTRATING BY DISPERSING A BEAM OF SUCH LIGHT THROUGH A PRISM.

C D

KEY:C

分析: BE DEMONSTRATING BY , 由BY知道,应该是被动而非进行时态。

改正:DEMONSTRATING à DEMONSTRATED

参考译文:白光是由多种不同波长的光所组成这一事实,可以通过由棱镜散射一束白光来得
到证实。

 


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20. OVER THE COURSE OF HISTORY, MUCH CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOPED THEIR OWN
NUMBER

A B C

SYSTEMS.

D

KEY:B

分析: MUCH 应该修饰不可数,而后却是CIVILIZATIONS,错。

改正:MUCH à MANY。

参考译文:在历史进程中,很多文明都发展出了自己的计数系统。

 


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21. IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, EACH TRADE UNIONS AND

A B

EMPLOYERS AVOIDED FEDERAL LIMITS ON WAGES BY OFFERING EMPLOYEES NONTAXABLE

C D

MEDICAL BENEFITS.

 

KEY:A

分析: EACH 后面应该接单数名词,A错。BOTH …… AND ……, 是个固定句型。

改正:EACH à BOTH

参考译文:在二次世界大战期间的美国,每个工会和老板们都通过给其雇员提供无税医疗的
好处,来避免联邦政府在工资上的限制。

 


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22. PHILOSOPHY IS THE STUDY OF THE NATURE OF REALITY, KNOWLEDGE, EXISTENT,
AND

A B

ETHICS BY MEANS OF RATIONAL INQUIRY.

C D

KEY:B

分析: 由AND 知是个平行结构,其所连接成分的词性应该一致。而其中只有EXISTENT是形容
词,错。

改正:EXISTENT à EXISTENCE。

参考译文:哲学是一门通过推理调查的方法来研究现实,知识,存在以及道德规范等的特性
的学科。

 


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23. POEMS VARY IN LENGTH FROM BRIEF LYRIC POEMS TO NARRATIVE OR EPIC POEMS,
WHICH

A B C

CAN BE AS BROAD IN SCOPE THAN A NOVEL.

D

KEY:D

分析: AS …… AS 是个固定句型,意为 …… 象 …… 一样。

改正:THAN à AS

参考译文:诗在其长度上的变化可以从简短的抒情诗变到那种在篇幅上和小说不分仲伯的叙
事或者史诗。





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24. THE POPULATION OF CALIFORNIA MORE THAN DOUBLED DURING THE PERIOD 1940-
1960,

A B

CREATING PROBLEMS IN ROAD-BUILDING AND PROVIDE WATER FOR ITS ARID SOUTHERN

C

SECTION.

D

KEY:C

分析: 由AND 知是个平行结构,其所连接成分的词性应该一致。而前面是CREATING
PROBLEMS 后面却是 PROVIDE WATER,错。

改正:PROVIDE à PROVIDING 。

参考译文:在1940-1960期间,加利福尼亚美的人口增长了2倍有余,同时在其干旱的南部地
区筑路和供水方面产生了好些问题。

 


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25. ALTHOUGH BASED IT ON FEUDAL MODELS, THE COLONY OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEVELOPED A

A B

REPUTATION FOR A PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL OUTLOOK.

C D

KEY:A

分析: 后部分是个完整的简单句,前面部分要么是带连接词的从句,要么是状语等修饰成
分。这里是个过分,而过分后面不能接宾语,A错。

改正:BASED IT ON à BASED ON。

参考译文:虽然其是基于封建模式基础上的,殖民区宾夕法尼亚还是发展了她在政治、社会
见解上以改革性、进步性著称的好名声。

 


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26. HARD AND RESISTANT TO CORROSION, BRONZE IS TRADITIONALLY USED IN BELL
CASTING

A B

AND IS THE MATERIAL USED WIDELY MOST FOR METAL SCULPTURE.

C D

KEY:C

分析: MOST可以修饰副词,作为最高级,但是应该放在副词的前面,C错。

改正:WIDELY MOST à MOST WIDELY。

参考译文:由于坚固和抗腐蚀,青铜通常用于钟表铸件,并且其还是金属雕塑中应用最广的
材料。

 


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27. THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS FORMATION A NATURAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE
EASTERN

A B

SEABOARD AND THE VAST LOWLANDS OF THE CONTINENTAL INTERIOR OF NORTH
AMERICA.

C D

KEY:A

分析: 名词后面不能接宾语,A错。

改正:FORMATION à FORMAT。

参考译文:APPALACHIAN山脉在西海岸和北美大陆内部的大盆地之间形成了一个天然的障碍。

 


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28. THE UNITED STATES CENSUS FOR 1970 SHOWED THAT THE FRENCH-SPEAKING
RESIDENTS

A B

OF LOUISIANA WERE ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST COMPACT REGIONAL LINGUISTIC
MINORITY.

C D

KEY:D

分析: ONE OF …… + 名词复数

改正:MINORITY à MINORITIES.

参考译文:1970年美国的人口统计表明,在路易斯安那洲的说法语的居民是该国家内其中一
个语言最凝练的少数民族。

 


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29. WHEN USED AS FOOD ADDITIVES, ANTIOXIDANTS PREVENT FATS AND OILS FROM
BECOME

A B C

RANCID WHEN EXPOSED TO AIR, AND THUS EXTEND THEIR SHELF LIFE.

D

KEY:C

分析: PREVENT …FROM DOING结构

改正:BECOME à BECOMING。

参考译文:当用作食物添假剂时,抗氧化剂阻止脂肪和油脂在空气中变得腐臭,因此延长了
它们自身的寿命。

 


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30.LIQUID WILL FLOW AND TAKE THE SHAPE OF THEIR CONTAINER.

A B C D

KEY:C

分析: T里面代词错的可能性很大。这题,THEIR是复数概念,而它所代的却是LIQUID,所以
错。

改正:THEIR à ITS

参考译文:液体可以流动,并且能够呈盛放它们容器的形状。

 


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31. COPPER WAS THE FIRST METALLIC USED BY HUMANS AND IS SECOND ONLY TO IRON
IN

A B C

ITS UTILITY THROUGH THE AGES.

D

KEY:A

分析: THE FIRST 后面修饰的应该是名词。

改正:METALLIC à METAL

参考译文:铜是第一个被人类使用的金属,而且这些世纪以来,它的用途是仅次于铁的。

 


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32. DESPITE THE FACT THAT LEMURS ARE GENERAL NOCTURNAL, THE RING-TAILED
LEMUR

A B

TRAVELS BY DAY IN BANDS OF FOUR TO TWELVE INDIVIDUALS.

C D

KEY:B

分析: 修饰形容词的应该是副词, B错。

改正:GENERAL à GENERALLY 。

参考译文: 尽管事实上狐猴通常是在夜间出没,铃尾狐猴却是以一个4至12人的小集体在白
天活动。

 


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33. THE WESTERN WORLD IS BESET WITH THE RANGE OF PROBLEM THAT CHARACTERIZE
MATURE,

A B C

POSTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES.

D

KEY:B

分析: 错得比较隐蔽,恍看4个都没什么错。但是CHARACTERIZE的逻辑主语是PROBLEM,应该
是复数才对,否则CHARACTERIZE应该加S。B错。

改正:PROBLEM à PROBLEMS。

参考译文:西方世界受到一系列以过期的,后工业化社会为特征的问题的困绕。

 


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34. ACRYLIC PAINTS ARE EITHER APPLIED USING A KNIFE OR DILUTED AND
SPREADING WITH

A B C D

A PAINTBRUSH.

KEY:D

分析: AND 应该连接平行结构,所以D错。

改正:SPREADING à SPREAD。

参考译文:丙烯颜料既可以用刀,也可以用画笔来稀释和涂抹。

 


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35. SOME MARINE INVERTEBRATES, SUCH AS THE SEA URCHIN AND THE STARFISH,
MIGRATES

A B

FROM DEEP WATER TO SHALLOW DURING SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER TO SPAWN.

C D

KEY:B

分析: 此题的主谓之间有一个同谓语,其实MIGRATES的主语是INVERTEBRATES,所以B错。

改正:MIGRATES à MIGRATE。

参考译文:一些海生无脊椎动物,例如海胆,海星等,在春天和初夏期间,从深海移往浅海
产卵。

 


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36. MARSHES, WETLAND AREAS CHARACTERIZED BY PLANT GRASSY GROWTH, ARE

A B

DISTINGUISHED FROM SWAMPS, WETLANDS WHERE TREES GROW.

C D

KEY:B

分析: 形容词修饰名词应该放在其前面,B错。

改正:PLANT GRASSY à GRASSY PLANT。

参考译文:以绿色植物覆盖为特征的沼泽要明显区别于那种可以在其上生长树木的沼泽。

 


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37. WAMPUM, BEADS USED AS A FORM OF EXCHANGE BY SOME NATIVE AMERICANS, WAS
MADE

A B

OF BITS OF SEASHELLS CUT, DRILL, AND STRUNG INTO BELTS.

C D

KEY:D

分析: AND前后联接平行结构,词性上应保持一致。D错。

改正:DRILL à DRILLED

参考译文:贝壳链珠,被美国土著人民用来作为一种交换方式的珠子,是由大量的海贝壳通
过切割,钻孔,串接而成的链子。




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38. KANGAROOS USE THEIR LONG AND POWERFUL TAILS FOR BALANCE THEMSELVES WHEN

A B C

SITTING UPRIGHT OR JUMPING.

D

KEY:C

分析: 介词FOR 后面应该接动名词,C错。

改正:FOR à TO

参考译文:袋鼠当它们直立而坐或者跳跃的时候,是用其长而强有力的尾巴来保持自身平衡
的。

 


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39. PROPER CITY PLANNING PROVIDES FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES,

A B

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PARKS, AND RECREATION CENTERS, AND FOR ADEQUATE AND THE

C

INEXPENSIVE HOUSING.

D

KEY:D

分析: AND前后是平行结构,应该对称。所以D错。

改正:THE INEXPENSIVE à INEXPENSIVE。

参考译文:合理的城市规划,规定了公共设施,公共建筑,公园,娱乐中心以及充足而廉价
房屋的分布。

 


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40. MOST TRADITIONAL DANCES ARE MADE UP OF A PREARRANGED SERIES OF STEPS AND

A B

MOVEMENTS, BUT MODERN DANCERS ARE GENERALLY FREE TO MOVE AS THEY CHOICE.

C D

KEY:D

分析: 结尾处的那个AS 是连词,意为:当...之时。其后应该是句子,可没有谓语,所以D
错。

改正:CHOICE à CHOOSE。

参考译文:大多数传统舞蹈是由一系列事先排练好的步子和动作构成,但是现代舞它们通常
可以选择任意移动。

 
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语 法 笔 记
(2001年5月)


1. THE GIANT RAGWEED, OR BUFFALO WEED, GROWS_____。
(A) 18 FEET UP TO HIGH
(B) TO HIGH 18 FEET UP
(C) UP TO 18 FEET HIGH
(D) 18 FEET HIGH UP TO
KEY:C
分析:这是一个简单句,GROW 在这意为生长,是个不及物动词,其后是状语。答案是C。UP
TO一直到的意思,HIGH用做副词,在句尾。语序正确。
(A) (B) (D)语序混乱,很容易排除。
参考译文:大豚草或者水牛草梢猿さ?8英尺那么高。



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2. NEPTUNE IS --- ANY PLANET EXCEPT PLUTO.
(A) TO BE FAR FROM THE SUN
(B) FAR FROM THE SUN BEING
(C) FARTHER THAN THE SUN IS
(D) FARTHER FROM THE SUN THAN
KEY:D
分析:这是一个简单句,IS后面的空格是表语。D 正确。是个MORE ……THAN……的比较结
构。
(A) THE SUN 和后面的ANY PLANET接不起来,2个名词;
(B) 结构成立,但是逻辑语意不对;
(C) FARTHER THAN 连接的双方必须地位一致,NEPTUNE显然和ANY PLANET EXCEPT PLUTO
相比较,而不能和SUN横向对比。
参考译文:海王星是除冥王星之外离太阳最远的行星了。



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3. SINCE PREHISTORIC TIMES, ARTISTS HAVE ARRANGED PAINT ON SURFACES IN
WAYS --- THEIR IDEAS ABOUT PEOPLE AND THE WORLD.
(A) EXPRESS
(B) THAT THEIR EXPRESSION OF
(C) WHICH, EXPRESSING
(D) THAT EXPRESS
KEY:D
分析: 空格前面是个完整的主谓结构,后面应该是修饰成分。这里是定语从句。D对。
(A) 前半是简单,如后没有从句引导词,EXPRESS 就和其前的谓语冲突了。
(B) THAT 从句后面没有谓语了,错。
(C) 理由同上。
参考译文:从史前时代起,艺术家们就以他们表达关于人和这个世界的思想的方式来安排表
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4. EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN MICROORGANISMS, --- NEED OXYGEN TO SURVIVE.
(A) OF ALL LIVING THINGS
(B) ALL LIVING THINGS
(C) ALL ARE LIVING THINGS
(D) ARE ALL LIVING THINGS
KEY:B
分析: 前面是个由介词短语引导的从句,主句在后,其缺主语。答案B,符合表达习惯。
(A) OF 前面没有名词,错;
(C) 后面的主句已经有动词NEED ,ARE则多余;
(D) 理由同上。
参考译文:除了某些微生物外,所有的生命都需要氧气来存活。



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5. DUBBING IS USED IN FILMMAKING --- A NEW SOUND TRACK TO A MOTION PICTURE.
(A) WHICH TO ADD
(B) TO ADD
(C) IS ADDING THAT
(D) TO ADD WHILE
KEY:B
分析:空格前是个完整的SVO,后面的不定式做状语。B对。
(A) WHICH 应该引导定语从句,可它缺了谓语;
(C) THAT应该引导定语从句,可它缺了谓语;
(D) WHILE 是连词应引导从句,它也少了从句谓语。
参考译文:配音用于制片是为了给电影加入新的音轨。



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6. --- OF GREEN LUMBER MAY COME FROM MOISTURE IN THE WOOD.
(A) MORE WEIGHT THAN HALF
(B) OF THE WEIGHT, MORE THAN HALF
(C) THE WEIGHT IS MORE THAN HALF
(D) MORE THAN HALF OF THE WEIGHT
KEY:D
分析: 这是一个简单句,空格应该是主语。答案D。名词短语作主语。
(A) 语序不对;
(B) 语序混乱;
(C) 句子无法作主语。
参考译文:生材一半以上的重量可能是来自于木材里面的水分。



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7. ARCHAEOLOGISTS STUDY ---- TO TRACE ANCIENT TRADE ROUTES BECAUSE SUCH
TOOLS ARE RELATIVELY RARE, AND EACH OCCURRENCE HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION.
(A) WHICH OBSIDIAN TOOLS
(B) OBSIDIAN TOOLS
(C) HOW OBSIDIAN TOOLS
(D) OBSIDIAN TOOLS ARE
KEY:B
分析:空格在动词STUDY后面作宾语,应该是个名词或者名词短语。B对。
(A)此处STUDY是动词,其后不可能是由WHICH引导的定语从句,错;
(C) HOW应该引导宾语从句,可这里缺谓语;
(D) 如果这是宾语从句,则差引导词THAT。
参考译文:考古学家研究黑曜岩工具来追寻古代的贸易路线,因为这些工具相对罕见,并且
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8. ---- THE HAMSTER'S BASIC DIET IS VEGETARIAN, SOME HAMSTERS ALSO EAT
INSECTS.
(A) DESPITE
(B) ALTHOUGH
(C) REGARDLESS OF
(D) CONSEQUENTLY
KEY:B
分析:这是一个主从句,主句在后。前面的空格正好为从句的引导词。答案B,ALTHOUGH引导
让步状语从句。
(A) DESPITE是介词,无法引导从句;
(C) REGARDLESS OF 介词短语,同样无ㄒ即泳洌?
(D) CONSEQUENTLY 副词也不能引导从句。
参考译文:尽管仓鼠基本的饮食结构是素食,有些仓鼠也吃昆虫。



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9. THE NAVAJO INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES --- FOR THEIR SAND
PAINTING, ALSO CALLED DRY
PAINTING.
(A) NOTED
(B) ARE NOTED
(C) TO BE NOTED
(D) HAVE NOTED
KEY:B
分析:空格位于句子的谓语处,答案B 。BE NOTED FOR 固定句型,意为:因...而著名。
(A) NOTED 及物动词,后面不需要介词来接宾语。而已放在此逻辑语意也不对;
(C) 动词不定式不能作谓语;
(D) HAVE NOTED 同理A。
参考译文:美国南部的NAVAJO印第安人以其沙绘而闻名,那也称之为干绘。



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10. IN 1784, THE LEADERS OF WHAT WOULD LATER BECOME THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
GAVE UP --- TO THE TERRITORY THAT LATER BECAME FIVE DIFFERENT MIDWESTERN
STATES.
(A) ANY CLAIM
(B) WHEN THE CLAIM
(C) TO CLAIM
(D) WOULD CLAIM
KEY:A
分析:GIVE UP 为及物动词,空格应该是其宾语。答案A。
(B) WHEN应到的从句没有谓语,错;
(C) GIVE UP后面的动词应该是动名此形式,它不能接不定式;
(D) WOULD 显得多余。
参考译文:1784年,那个在后来成为VIRGINIA州的领导,放弃了对后来成为中部5个州土地
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11. ---- ONE AFTER ANOTHER, PARALLEL COMPUTERS PERFORM GROUPS OF OPERATIONS
AT THE SAME TIME.
(A) CONVENTIONAL COMPUTERS, BY HANDLING TASKS
(B) SINCE TASKS BEING HANDLED BY CONVENTIONAL COMPUTERS
(C) WHEREAS CONVENTIONAL COMPUTERS HANDLE TASKS
(D) WHILE TASKS HANDLED BY CONVENTIONAL COMPUTERS
KEY:C
分析:此题后半是主句,则空格中应该包涵从句引导词。答案C。WHEREAS引导让步状语从
句。
(A)无从句引导词,错;
(B)从句中无谓语,错;
(D) 被动语态没助动词BE,错。
参考译文:尽管传统的电脑是一个接一个的处理任务的,而并联电脑却可以在同一时间内执
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12. THE LIBERTY BELL, FORMERLY HOUSED IN INDEPENDENCE HALL, --- IN
PHILADELPHIA, WAS MOVED TO A SEPARATE GLASS PAVILION IN 1976.
(A) WHICH A HISTORIC BUILDING
(B) A HISTORIC BUILDING WHICH
(C) WAS A HISTORIC BUILDING
(D) A HISTORIC BUILDING
KEY:D
分析:句子的SVO全,空格初是主语的同位语。答案D。
(A) WHICH从差有谓语;
(B) 同上理;
(C) 后已经由谓语了,此处又没有从句引导词,故WAS多余。
参考译文:独立钟,以前是位于独立大厅,那是费城的一个历史性的建筑, 其在1976年被移
去了一个单独的玻璃展厅。



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13. FOSSILS, TRACES OF DEAD ORGANISMS FOUND IN THE ROCKS OF EARTH'S CRUST,
REVEAL --- AT THE TIME THE ROCKS WERE FORMED.
(A) WHAT WAS LIKE
(B) WAS LIKE LIFE
(C) WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE
(D) LIFE WAS LIKE
KEY:C
分析: 空格前的REVEAL是及物动词,其后接宾语或者从句。答案C。WHAT引导的宾语从句。
正确语序应该是:WHAT + 主谓。
(A) 和C项很相似,但是从句没有主语;
(B) 没有主语;
(D) 缺从句即省?
参考译文:化石,这种在地壳岩石中发现的死去有机体的遗迹,揭示了在岩石形成时生命是
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14. ALTHOUGH THE HUGE ICE MASSES ---- GLACIERS MOVE SLOWLY, THEY ARE A
POWERFUL EROSIVE FORCE IN NATURE.
(A) CALL THEM
(B) ARE CALLED
(C) TO CALL
(D) CALLED
KEY:D
分析: 前面是从句,SVO都全,空格处应该主语的定语。答案D。过分作定语。因为CALL接双
宾语,所以其过分形式也可以。
(A) 从句已经有谓语MOVE了,此处用CALL 错;
(B) 用上理;
(C) 此处TO CALL 不能作为ICE MASSES的定语。
参考译文:虽然这被称为冰川的巨大冰块只是在缓慢移动,它们却是一种自然界中很强大的
腐蚀作用。



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15. THE SOYBEAN CONTAINS VITAMINS, ESSENTIAL MINERALS, --- HIGH PERCENTAGE
OF PROTEIN.
(A) A
(B) AND A
(C) SINCE A
(D) OF WHICH A
KEY:B
分析: 主谓全,ESSENTIAL MINERALS为VITAMINS的同位语。空格要么为从句,或者是并列
句。答案B。 AND引导的并列句。
(A) 从语意上来看,已经不是前面 VITAMINS的同位语了,错;
(C) SINCE 作介词是"自从, 自...以来"的意思,不对;
(D) WHICH 后无谓语,错。
参考译文:大豆包含着维他命,一种基本的矿物质,还包含着很高含量的蛋白质。

 


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16. A GENE IS A BIOLOGICAL UNIT OF INFORMATION WHO DIRECTS THE ACTIVITY OF
A CELL

A B C

OR ORGANISM DURING ITS LIFETIME.

D

KEY:B

分析:关系代词WHO引导宾语从句指人,而前面的先行词INFORMATION表示物,B错。

改正:WHO à WHICH。

参考译文:基因是生学上的信息单位,其控制着细胞或者有机组织在其生命过程中的活动。

 


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17. THE FLOWERING OF AFRICAN AMERICAN TALENT IN LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND ART
IN

A B C

THE 1920'S IN NEW YORK CITY BECAME TO KNOW AS THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE.

D

KEY:D

分析: THE FLOWERING 从语意上看应该是被知道,而不应该用主动式。D错。

改正:TO KNOW à TO BE KNOWN

参考译文:20世纪20年代在纽约,美国黑人在文学,音乐和艺术上才能的成熟是以HARLEM的
文艺复兴而开始被人们所认知的。

 


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18. THE SYMPTOMS OF NEUMONIA, A LUNG INFECTION, INCLUDE HIGH FEVER, CHEST
PAIN,

A B C

BREATHING DIFFICULT, AND COUGHING.

D

KEY:D

分析: AND前后应该是平行结构,其他几项都是名词短语,所以D错。

改正:DIFFICULT à DIFFICULTY。

参考译文:肺炎,一种肺部感染疾病,其症状包括了高烧,胸疼,呼吸困难和咳嗽。

 


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19. THE RAPID GROW OF BOSTON DURING THE MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY COINCIDED
WITH A

A B C

LARGE INFLUX OF EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS.

D

KEY:A

分析:THE RAPID ……OF 明显中间是个名词,A错。

改正:GROW à GROWTH

参考译文:在19世纪中叶,波士顿的快速发展伴随着大批欧洲移民的涌入。

 


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20. IN 1908 OLIVE CAMPBELL STARTED WRITING DOWN FOLK SONGS BY RURAL PEOPLE
IN

A B

THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS NEAR HERS HOME.

C D

KEY:D

分析:名词HOME 前面需要的是定语,显然HERS这个名词性物主代词不对,应该是形容词性的
物主代词。D错。

改正:HERS à HER。

参考译文:OLIVE CAMPBELL于1908年开始写下了由她家附近南APPALACHIAN山脉的人们创造
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21. THE THIRTEEN STRIPES OF THE UNITED STATES FLAG REPRESENT THE ORIGINAL

A B C

THIRTEEN STATES OF THE UNION, WHICH THEY ALL WERE ONCE COLONIES OF BRITAIN.

D

KEY:D

分析:WHICH是定语从句的主语 ,则THERY多余。D错。

改正:去掉多余的THEY。

参考译文:美国国旗上的13到条纹象征着美国的13个最初的联合州,它们全部曾经都是英国
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22.IN 1860, MORE AS 90 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE OF INDIANA LIVED RURAL

  A B

AREAS, WITH ONLY A FEW CITIES HAVING A POPULATION EXCEEDING 10,000.

  C D

KEY:A

分析:MORE THAN 是个固定短语,意为:多余,错。

改正:AS à THAN

参考译文:在1860年,超过百分之90的印第安纳州的人是居住在农村地区,只有仅仅几个城
市的人口是在10,000以上。

 


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23.GRAVITATION KEEPS THE MOON IN ORBIT AROUND EARTH AND THE PLANETS

  A B C

OTHER OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN ORBIT AROUND THE SUN.

  D

KEY:C

分析:OTHER 修饰名词放在其前。C错。

改正:PLANETS OTHER à OTHER PLANETS

参考译文:重力作用使月亮保持在环绕地球的轨道上,也同时保持太阳系的其他行星在环绕
太阳的轨道上。

 


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24.PHOTOGRAPH WAS REVOLUTIONIZED IN 1831 BY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
COLLODION

A B

PROCESS FOR MAKING GLASS NEGATIVES.

D

KEY:A

分析:有逻辑语意,句子的主语不可能是照片,应该是一种技术。A错。

改正:PHOTOGRAPH à PHOTOGRAPHY

参考译文:1831年,由于用火棉加工处理照片底片的技术被引入,摄影术发生了重大变革。

 


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25. AFTER FLAX IS WASHED, DRY, BEATEN, AND COMBED, FIBERS ARE OBTAINED FOR
USE IN

A B C D

MAKING FABRIC.

KEY:B

分析:AND前后是平行结构,其他都是动词的被动形式。B错。DRY 此处是动词。

改正: DRY à DRIED

参考译文:当亚麻经过洗涤,烘干,拍打和梳理一系列工序后,其纤维就可以用来制造纺织
妨恕?

 


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26. A FEVER IS CAUSED WHICH BLOOD CELLS RELEASE PROTEINS CALLED PYROGENS,
RAISING

A B C

THE BODY'S TEMPERATURE.

D

KEY:B

分析:此处CAUSE是动词,不能引导定语从句,其后应该是状语从句。B错。

改正: WHICH à WHEN

参考译文:发烧是在当血红细胞释放了一种叫热原(质)的物质时产生的,它提高身体的温
度。

 


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27. BECAUSE OF VARIOUS GIFT-GIVING HOLIDAYS, MOST STORES CLOTHING IN THE
UNITED

A

SATES DO ALMOST AS MUCH BUSINESS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AS THEY DO IN THE
OTHER

B C

TEN MONTHS COMBINED.

D

KEY:A

分析:主语是CLOTHING,谓语是STORES,语序不对。A错。再者,本题中句子谓语是DO,所以
主语必须是复数。

改正: STORES CLOTHING à CLOTHING STORES。

参考译文:因为有各种的天赐节假日,美国大多数服装店在11和12月做了几乎是其他10个月
加起来那么多的交易量。

 


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28. THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IS AUTHORIZED TO

A

INVESTIGATION ALLEGATIONS OF UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES ON THE PART OF EITHER

B C

EMPLOYERS OR EMPLOYEES.

D

KEY:B

分析:IS AUTHORIZED TO 是个动词不定式浜蠼?NBSP动词原形。 B错。

改正:TO INVESTIGATION à TO INVESTIGATE

参考译文:无论是雇主或是雇员对各自非正当劳务作出的辩解,美国国家劳工关系委员会都
有权开展调查。

 


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29. THE GREAT POTATO FAMINE IN IRELAND IN THE 1840'S CAUSED AN
UNPRECEDENTED

A B

NUMBERS OF PEOPLE FROM IRELAND TO IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES.

C D

KEY:C

分析:前面已经有不定冠词AN了,所以其后应该是单数。C错。

改正: NUMBERS à NUMBER

参考译文:19世纪40年代,发生在爱尔兰大饥荒导致了空前规模的人移民去了美国。

 


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30.THE PARTICLES COMPRISING A GIVEN CLOUD ARE CONTINUALLY CHANGING,

A B

AS NEW ONES ARE ADDED WHILE OTHERS ARE TAKING AWAY BY MOVING AIR.

C D

KEY:C

分析:BE DONE (通指所以实意及物动词)BY,是个固定句型。所以C错。

改正: TAKING AWAY à TAKEN AWAY

参考译文:含有某种特定黑斑的粒子总是在不断地变化,当其部分粒子被流动的气流带走的
同时,一些新的粒子被及时加上了。

 


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31. POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES HELP TO COORDINATE THE CAMPAIGNS
OF

A

THEIR MEMBERS AND ORGANIZES THE STATEWIDE AND NATIONA CONVENTIONS THAT MARK

B C

ELECTION YEARS.
D

KEY:C

分析:AND连接平行结构,此处AND 连接的是主语的两个并列谓语。应该都是不定式。C错。

改正: ORGANIZES à ORGANIZE

参考译文:美国的政党有助于协调其成员的活动,以及组织在大选年进行各州或者全国范围
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32. THE LEMUR IS AN UNUSUAL ANIMAL BELONGING TO THE SAME ORDER THAN
MONKEY'S AND

A B C D

APES.

KEY:D

分析:THE SAME …… AS……,是固定句型。D错。

改正: THAN à AS

参考译文:狐猴是一种与猴和猿属于同目的不寻常动物。

 


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33. CHEESE MAY BE HARD OR SOFT, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER LEFT INTO
IT

A B C D

AND THE CHARACTER OF THE CUTING.

KEY:D

分析:INTO 表示一个过程,而IN表示一个状态。由题意,D错。

改正: INTO à IN

参考译文:奶酪可硬可软,取决于留在其中的水量和其切割的特性。

 


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34. THE CARBON-ARE LAMP, A VERY BRIGHT ELECTRIC LAMP USED FOR SPOTLIGHTS,

A

CONSISTS OF TWO CARBON ELECTRODES WITH A HIGH-CURRENT ARE PASSING BETWEEN
IT.

B C D

KEY:D

分析:T语法中出现的代词画线,一定得找到他们所指代的名词。而此处,指代明显有数上的
错误。D错。

改正: IT à THEM

参考译文:炭化灯,一种非常明亮用于聚光的灯,由2个有大电流的流经它们的炭极组成。

 


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35. AT FIRST THE POEMS OF E.E. CUMMINGS GAINED NOTORIETY TO THEIR
IDIOSYNCRATIC

A

PUNCTUATION AND TYPOGRAPHY, BUT THEY HAVE GRADUALLY BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR
THEIR

B C D

LYRIC POWER AS WELL.

KEY:B

分析:以……而著名的名声,介词一般是用FOR。B错。

改正: TO à FOR

参考译文:一开始,E.E. CUMMINGS的诗由于独特的标点和排版而遭到恶评,但是它们也还
是逐渐被人们认识到了其抒情诗力量。

 


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36. THE MECHANISM OF HUMAN THOUGHT AND RECALL, A SUBJECT ONLY PARTLY
UNDERSTOOD

A B

BY SCIENTISTS, IS EXTRAORDINARY COMPLICATED.

C D

KEY:D

分析:修饰动词的应该是副词。D错。

改正: EXTRAORDINARY à EXTRAORDINARILY

参考译文:人类思考和回忆的生理机能,一门只是被科学家所理解的科目,是非常的复杂。

 


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37. WHILE THE PROCESS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN GREEN PLANTS, LIGHT ENERGY IS
CAPTURED

A B

AND USED TO CONVERT WATER, CARBON DIOXIDE, AND MINERALS INTO OXYGEN AND
ORGANIC

C D

COMPOUNDS.

KEY:A

分析:WHILE是连词,应该引导从句,而其后跟的却是名词短语。A 错。

改正: WHILE à DURING

参考译文:在绿色植物的光合作用过程中,光能被吸收,并被用来把水,二氧化碳和矿物质
转化为氧气和有机物化合物。

 


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38.THE GLOBE ARTICHOKE WAS KNOWN AS A DELICACY AT LEAST 2,500 YEARS

A B

AGO, AND RECORDS OF ITS CULTIVATION DATE FROM FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

C D

KEY:D

分析:序数词前面要加定冠词THE。D错。

改正: FROM FIFTEENTH à FROM THE FIFTEENTH

参考译文:在至少2,500年前,朝鲜蓟就以其味美而闻名于世,而有关其种植的记录可以追
述到公元15世纪。

 


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39. HUMANS DO NOT CONSTITUTE THE ONLY SPECIES ENDOWED WITH INTELLIGENCE:
THE

A B

HIGHER ANIMALS ALSO HAVE CONSIDERABLY PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITIES.

C D

KEY:D

分析:只有形容词才能修饰名词。而 CONSIDERABLY明显是应该修饰ABILITIES的。作“相当
可观的能力”讲。所以D错。

改正: CONSIDERABLY à CONSIDERABLE

参考译文:人类不是拥有智力的唯一物种,高等动物同样也拥有相当出色的问题解决能力。

 


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40. MANY OF SPECIES OF MILKWEED ARE AMONG THE MOST DANGEROUS OF POISONOUS
PLANTS,

A B C

WHILE OTHERS HAVE LITTLE, IF ANY, TOXICITY.

D

KEY:A

分析:句中有个OTHERS,是“有些”意思。而前半句则不能用MANY,应该用SOME,同样表示
有些。和后面的OTHERS想呼应。 A错。

改正: MANY OF àSOME OF

参考译文:有些种的乳草属植物是在最危险的有毒植物之列,然而有些即使有毒,也是微乎
其微的。

考证:见金山词霸2002 OTHERS解释一条:

和SOME对比使用时, 是“有些”的意思而不是做“其他”讲

如:SOME CLEANED THE WINDOWS, OTHERS MOPPED THE FLOOR. 有的擦窗户, 有的擦地
板。

    
 
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