95年5月语法讲解

1、1995年05月语法题1. Henry Ford first sought financial backing for making cars, the very notion offarmers and clerks owning automobiles was considered ridiculous.(A) How(B) Even(C) When(D) Despite答案：C测试点：从句连接词。分析：逗号后为主句，逗号前状语从句缺连接词。(C)when可引导时间状语从句。(B)Even为副词，(D)Dcspi(c为介词，均不可引出从句。 (A)How虽为连词但与句意不符。2. The

2、first president of Cornell University, Andrew Whitethe concept of auniversity unaffiliated with any religious sect or political party.(A) develop(B) developing(C) develops(D) developed答案：D测试点：谓语/时态。分析：本句有主语 Andrew White而缺谓语，应在答案中选择谓语动词的形式，即 (A)(C)或(D) o主语是第三人称单数，谓语不能用动词原形，故排除 (A)。Cornell是著名的大学，历 史悠久

3、，其first president自然是历史人物，故排除现在时的(C)而选过去时(D)。3. In order for information to be easily communicated,must be organized in anunderstandable way.(A) there(B) and(C) it(D) how答案：C测试点：主语。分析：空格后有谓语动词must be organized而缺主语，应在答案中选择名词或代词。(C)是代词，可做主语。句中 be后应是动词而不是名词，不可用 there be句型，故(A)错。4. Because of record snow

4、falls in the mountains surrounding Utah's Great Salt Lake, thereis more water in the lake and its salt content isit once was.(A) least as(B) much less than(C) the least what(D) less答案：B测试点：比较句式。分析：句屮关键词 more表明这是mole than比较句型。在 4个答案中首先寻找含 than的形式，艮卩(B)。此句含有两个比较项目：more water和less salt content。解题要点

5、：句中出现比较词 mole,应首先寻找含(han的答案。5. Home movies began to become popular as a hobby in the United States during the 1920's, of low-cost film.(A) the invention followed(B) the invention to follow(C) following the invention(D) invention the following答案：c测试点：分词短语。分析：逗号前为句子，逗号后应为从句或短语。空格后紧接of，说明所缺部分最后一词为名

6、词。答案中无从句，只有 (C)是分词短语，且最后一词为名词 invention,可后接。of , 故选(C) O6. Mary Edmonia Lewis, a sculptor who studied at Oberlin College, wasby Hrrietffosmer.(A) tutored in the neoclassical aesthetic(B) the neoclassical aesthetic tutored in(C) aesthetic in the neoclassical tutored(D) the aesthetic neoclassical tuto

7、red in答案：A测试点：词序/被动语态。分析：助动词was后应紧接过去分词，其后接介词短语(介词+冠词+形容词+名词)，(A)是正确 语序。7. Even though rhubarb is a vegetable,as a dessert.(A) popular also(B) it is popular(C) but it is popular(D) which is popular答案：B测试点：主谓结构。分析：逗号前为Even though引导的从句，逗号后应为主句。空格后只有短语，主、谓语均缺，应在答案中选择主语+动词 的形式，即(B)。(A)不是主谓结构，(C)but不与Eve

8、n though连 用：(D)为从句。8. Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz,of Radeliffe College, had worked as both an educator anda naturalist.(A) the first president(B) was the first president(C) she was the first president(D) which she was the first president答案：A测试点：同位语。分析：本句主、语俱全，主、谓之间有一逗号隔开的部分，这是典型的同位语试题。故选 名词词组(A)作同位语。9.

9、ever developed was celluloid, a combination of natural camphor and cellulosenitrate.(A) The first plastic and(B) Being the first plastic(C) The first plastic(D) It was the first plastic答案：c测试点：主语。分析：句子有系动词 was而缺主语，应在答案中选择名词或名词词组。(C)为名词词组，可作主语。10. Often the design of a scholarly investigationby the q

10、uestion it is addressing.(A) to affect(B) affects(C) affected(D) will be affected答案：D测试点：被动语态。分析：空格前有主语，空格后出现by,说明句子缺谓语动词，且为被动语态。答案中 (D)是被动语态的谓语动词。(A)不能作谓语；(B)(C)不是被动式。11. Though once quite large,population of the bald eagle across North America hasdrastically declined in the past forty years.(A) it

11、 is the(B) there is the(C) as the(D) the答案：D测试点：冠词。分析：空格后句子主、谓语完整，句首名词 population前缺冠词。应在答案中选择冠词， 即(D)。解题要点：几个答案均含冠词，其屮有一个是单独的冠词形式，应首先考虑选择它。12. Plywood was originally manufactured from logsfor other purposes.(A) were not suitable(B) that were not suitable(C) which they were not suitable(D) and suitab

12、le were not答案：B分析：定语从句。测试点：空格前句子主、谓完整，名词 logs后接修饰成分，(B)为语从句。13. Aerobic exercises create aoxygen in the body without seriously disruptingnormal body functions.(A) demand(B) demanding(C) demanding of(D) demand for答案：D分析：A demand for是固定短语，不用其他形式。14. A protagonist of a play isin tragedy as the sufferin

13、g main character.(A) what known(B) known as(C) what it is known(D) what is know答案：D测试点：what引导的名词从句。分析：系动词后缺表语。what引导的从句是名词性从句，可作表语，故选 (D)。15. The beaver chews down trees to get food and materialits home.(A) builds(B) it can builds(C) that it builds(D) with which to build答案：D测试点：介词+Which结构/不定式。分析：介词+

14、which后面可接从句，亦可接不定式结构，即介词 +which+todo。16. The architect rural style ofMannerism used unbalanced proportions nQL_ajbitrary arrangements of decoration.CD答案：B测试点：连词。分析：noi用于否定句中，与 neither或not连用，而句中无 neither或not。应为and。17. The theater is perhaps the most complex of the arts, requiiing a number large of pe

15、opleABCfor a play's performance.D答案：C分析：number large 改为 large number18. Some comets are visibly to the unaided eye, but only for several months, when they passABCD closest to the Sun.答案：B测试点：词性。分析：visibly是副词，但此处作表语需要用形容词。应为 visibleo解题要点：见到以ly结尾的副词，应注意它是否错用，是否应为形容词。19. Singer, comedienne, and cre

16、ating of the radio character Baby Snooks, Fanny Buice had ABan engaging personality that delighted audiences for nearly half a century.CD答案：A测试点：并列结构。分析：and两边应同词性、同性质。 and前为说明身份的名词Singer和comedienne, and后也应用表示身份的 creatoro20. Saccharin is about 300 times as sweeter as table sugar but has no carbohydra

17、tes and no ABCfood value.D答案：B测试点：as as的用法。分析:as as表示同级的比较，两个as之间用原级的形容词或副词，不能用比较级的sweeter。应为(as) sweet as。21. One of the keys to the survival of any animal is its ability adapts to changes in theABC D environment.答案：D测试点：习语/词形。分析：Ability to do是固定短语。应为不定式to adapto22. The element bromine is not found

18、 in nature in the free state because of their_strongABCtendency to take up electrons and Jinni_compounds.D答案：C测试点：代词/数的一致。分析：代词的数应与其所代名词一致。此处代词指代的是单数的The element bromine,不能 用复数的their o应为its。23. During dives that may reach depths of almost 5,000 feet, an elephant seal can holds its AB CD breath for a

19、n hour or more.答案：D测试点：词形。分析：情态动词 can应后接动词原形。holds应为hold。24. The development of the boiler is closely related to those of the steam engine, to which it A B C is a necessary adjunct.D答案：C测试点：代词数的一致。分析：代词的数应与其所代名词一致。此处代词指代的是单数的development,不能用复数的 thoseo 应为 thato25. The Rodeo Association of America, for

20、med in 1929, set up a system points for ABdeterminin乍 the national rodeo champions.CD答案：B测试点：数的一致。分析：points为复数，而冠词 a应后接单数名词。应为 system pointo26. As the late 1940's, Jackson Pollock's art has been considered the pivotal manifestation ofA B Abstract Expressionism, as his form of it is known. C答

21、案：A 测试点：介词。分析：表示年代，应用介词in或during o这是TOEFL常考介词问题。27. Stars differ fundamcnlal from planets in that they are self-luminous whereas planets ABahine by reflected light.CD答案：A测试点：词性。分析：fundamental是形容词，而此处修饰动词differ应当用副词，应为 fundamentally 28. In 1973 and 1974 Dr. Sylvia Mead was selected chief scientist an

22、d aquanaut for divingABprojects involved the underwater laboratory Hydrolab.CD答案：C测试点：分词/词形。分析：分词的主动与被动的区别是 TOEFL常考题型。projects后接分词短语作后置定语， 意义上是主动的，应用现在分词involvingo29. An electromagnet is a device which magnetism is produced by an electric magnet.ABCD答案：B 测试点：介词+which结构。分析：介词+which结构屮后接定语从句，从句主语为 mag

23、netism,而且此句为被动式，不 需要宾语。因而 which在从句中无法作主语和宾语，故应改为with which作状语。30. Almost all human activity alters water quality somewhat, but not necessity as a result ofA BCD pollution by human materials.答案：D测试点：习语/词性。分析：not necessarily是固定短语，不用 necessity。31. During periods ofh e a vy rains, a swamp can become a n

24、aturally flood controlling deviceABif excess runoff can be temporarily stored iiiits basin.CD答案：B测试点：词性。分析：naturally是副词，而此处修饰名词词组controlling device应当用形容词natural。32. With the advent of power-driven machinery, home industry began toward give way toABC production in mills and factories.D答案：C测试点：习语/不定式。

25、分析：begin to do是固定短语。此处began后接不定式，不用 toward ,应当用to。33. Liquefied natural gas is the most volatile chemistry explosive in common use today.ABCD答案：C测试点：词性。分析：chemistry是名词，而此处修饰名词 explosive需要形容词。应为 chemicaL34. Historian have been able to calculate the dates of events from long ago by tracingA B referenc

26、es to eclipses that took place at the same time.CD答案：A测试点：主谓数的一致。分析：助动词为复数的have,说明主语不应是单数，而应为复数 Historians o35. In a small community, behavioral norms are more universally understood and accepted,ABand are therefore more likely h£_iiLg_homogeneous than in_a large city.CD答案：C测试点：习语/词形。分析：be likely to do是固定短语。being应为不定式to be。36. Anthropologists face complex problems of analysis and synthesis when they go