BBC十道趣味语法题：测测你的语法学得怎么样？).doc

我们学习英语时最常接触的就是语法，那么你对所有格写法、分号、和分词结构究竟懂多少呢？BBC网站最近发布了十道语法测试题，难住了不少人。赶快来看看你能拿到多少分吧！（讲解也是BBC提供的哟）1)The man next door has a garden that is being overrun with cats. Which of the following questions is correct?1. Whos cats are using our neighbours garden?2. Whos cats are using our neighbours garden?3. Whose cats are using our neighbours garden?4. Whose cats are using our neighbours garden?【正确答案：3】【讲解】Whos is short for who is, whereas whose is used to describe items that belong to someone. The garden belongs to the neighbour (singular) so needs an apostrophe before the s.Whos 是 who is的缩写，而 whose 则指某物为某人所有。句中描述花园主人时用的是单数，所以需要用单数加所有格符号s.2)Lots of people are confused about when to use may and when to use might. Which one is better here?1. The win against Australia might have been a turning point, but it didnt turn out like that2. The win against Australia may have been a turning point, but it didnt turn out like that【正确答案：1】【讲解】The use of may or might varies according to context. In this case, because the victory did not result in a turning point, one chooses the morehypotheticalmight. May would be correct only if the turning point had happened.由句子可知，胜利并未带来预期的转折点。因此要用假设语气更强的might，只有在turning point真正出现时才可以用may。3)Read this sentence carefully. Id like to introduce you to my sister Clara, who lives in Madrid, to Benedict, my brother who doesnt, and to my only other sibling, Hilary. Which of the following is correct?1. Hilary is male2. Hilary is female3. Its impossible to know from the context【正确答案：1】【讲解】The absence of a comma before who doesnt implies that there are other brothers. A comma after my brother would mean that there was only one brother.my brother和 who doesnt 之间没有用逗号隔开，暗示还有其他的兄弟，who doesnt只是限定修饰其中之一。如果 my brother 之后有逗号，说明只有一个兄弟。4)Less and fewer often cause people grief. Which of the following is wrong?1. Theres less water in the river these days2. I eat fewer than five apples a week3. I drink less than three coffees a day【正确答案：3】【讲解】For countable things use fewer. For things that are not countable - such as water in the river - use less.可数名词用“fewer”，不可数名词用“less”。句中“coffees”指的是“几杯咖啡”。5)Which of the following sentences correctly contains a semi-colon?1. My uncleswhiskersare magnificent indeed; but I have no desire to stroke them.2. Landing a plane isnt hard; I once saw a child do it.3. There are two countries beginning with Z; Zimbabwe and Zambia.【正确答案：2】【讲解】Here it links two independent clauses. You do not use it before a conjunction such as and or but. A colon or dash would work better in the last sentence.分号用来连接两个独立的子句，这时句中不会出现and 或but等连词。最后一句用冒号或破折号更好。6)This is the kind oftediousnonsense up with which I will not put! Which grammar rule was Winston Churchill supposed to have objected to?1. Dont start a sentence with but.2. Avoid splitting an infinitive.3. Never end a sentence with a preposition.【正确答案：3】The story isapocryphal. It is likely that the comment came from amemorandumwritten by one of Churchills civil servants.这个定语从句分写成简单句是：This is the kind of tedious nonsense. I will not put up with the nonsense.7)Sometimes you should use that and sometimes which. Which sentence here is wrong?1. The car which ran me over was speeding.2. The car that ran me over was speeding.3. The car, which was speeding, ran me over.【 正确答案：1】【讲解】That defines something, whereas which adds new information in a separate clause, often needing commas.that 用于定义某物状态、性质，而 which 会在从句中增添新的信息，并且时常会用逗号隔开。8)Consider this sentence: Do you mind my asking you? Which of the following does it include?1. Modal2. Gerund3. Imperative【正确答案：2 】【讲解】A gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding -ing.gerund：动名词；指由动词加-ing变为名词的情况。9)Which of the following is not correct?1. I was sitting in the chair2. I sat in the chair3. I was sat in the chair【正确答案：3】【讲解】To use was requires the participle sitting after it.was 后要用分词 sitting 。10)The Queen arrived at the castle with the King by her side, in a dress adorned with hand-sewn embroidered dragons. What kind of mistake is this?1. Fallen subjunctive2. Misplaced modifier3. Dangling participle【正确答案：2】【讲解】This is a clause placed so awkwardly as to create ambiguity or misunderstanding. A danglin