1994-10语法讲解

1994年10月语法题

1. Snow aids farmers by keeping heat in the lower ground levels, thereby _____ from

freezing.

(A) to save the seeds

(B) saving the seeds

(C) which saves the seeds

(D) the seeds saved

答案：B

测试点：分词短语。

分析：逗号前为句子，逗号后应为从句或分词短语，即选(B)或(C)。但空格前的thereby一词不能后接从句，故选分词短语(B)。

2. _____ mineral content in the bones of very young children is low compared to that of

adults.

(A) If the

(B) That is

(C) The

(D) It is the

答案：C

测试点：冠词。

分析：空格后句子结构完整，句首名词content前缺冠词。应在答案中选择冠词。即(C)。

3. _____, the silvery-checked hornbill chooses a hollow tree for a nest and seals herself in

until her chicks are grown.

(A) Protection for predators against

(B) Against protection predators for

(C) For protection against predators

(D) Predators against protection for

答案：C

测试点：状语／词语；

分析：逗号后为完整的句子，其前可用介词短语作状语，即(C)。For表示目的。其余答案词序均错。

4. A floodplain is an extension of a river channel, _____ not inundated except during a flood.

(A) where is it

(B) but it is

(C) or is

(D) in case it

答案：B

测试点：连词／主谓结构

分析：根据句意，空格前后是转折关系，故选but引导的转折并列句

5. Even though John F. Kennedy failed to receive the Democratic Party's vice presidential

nomination in 1956, _____ won their nomination for President in 1960.

(A) he

(B) who

(C) and

(D) but

答案：A

测试点：主语。

分析：逗号前为Even though引导的从句，逗号后为主句。主句有谓语而缺主语，应选(A)。

(B)用于疑问句或从句。

6. Since Tampa has a mild winter climate, _____ as a tourist resort.

(A) popular it

(B) that as popular

(C) popular

(D) it is popular

答案：D

测试点：主谓结构。

分析：逗号前为Since引导的从句，逗号后应为主句。主句主、谓语俱缺，应在答案中选择主语+动词+…的形式，即(D)。

7. Cosmetics, rarely noted today for any dangerous properties, have been _____ for serious

health problems in the past.

(A) responsibility

(B) responsible

(C) its responsibility

(D) the responsible

答案：B

测试点：习语。

分析：be responsible for是固定短语，不用其他形式。

8. The United States Congress made Washington, D.C., _____ in 1800.

(A) after the government center

(B) of the government center

(C) the center of government

(D) then the center of government

答案：C

测试点：习语。

分析：make+宾语+宾语补足语的结构是TOEFL语法试题常考题型。空格前有made+宾

语，所缺为宾语补足语，应在答案中选择形容词或名词(词组)。答案中只有(C)为名词词组。(A)(B)均为介词短语：(D)多了then。

9. Astronomer Maria Mitchell was the first woman _____ to the American Academy of Arts

and Sciences.

(A) to be elected

(B) was elected

(C) which she was elected

(D) for her to be elected

答案：A

测试点：习语／不定式。

分析：the first+名词+从句或to do…是固定用法。答案中无正确的从句形式，故选不定式(A)。

10. _____ of staging a play that help the audience understand its structure and meaning.

(A) Specific aspects

(B) When specific aspects

(C) Specific aspects are

(D) There are specific aspects

答案：D

测试点：there be结构。

分析：句中有that引导的从句，说明前面应为主句。主句只剩介词短语，应在答案中选择主谓结构或There be结构可以组成句子。(c)系词are与后面的介词短语相联，语意不通。

11. Illustrator Norman Rockwell specialized in finely drawn, richly anecdotal scenes _____.

(A) of everyday small-town lift

(B) of which everyday life in a small town

(C) were in a small town every day

(D) small-town life every day

答案：A

测试点：后置定语。

分析：正确答案(A)是介词短语，作定语修饰前面的名词scenes。

12. _____ depends on the density of both the object and the water.

(A) An object floats whether or not

(B) Whether or not an object floats

(C) Floating an object whether or not

(D) Whether or not a floating object

答案：B

测试点：名词主语从句／主语。

分析：空格后depends为谓语动词，所缺为主语或主语从句。应在答案中选择名词性的形式。(B)是名词从句，可作主语。

13. Sturgeons are prized for their blackish roe, _____ when salted and served as an

appetizer is called caviar.

(A) which

(B) such

(C) therefore

(D) while

答案：A

测试点：从句连接词。

分析：空格前为句子，空格后为从句。从句系动词is前是when引导的时间状语从句，所缺为主语从句连接词。应在答案中选择可兼作从句主语的连接词，即(A)。

14. In Navajo society, not only _____ for food and for woo, but also as a means of payment

or exchange.

(A) sheep were valuable

(B) to value the sheep

(C) the sheep's value

(D) were sheep valued

答案：D

测试点：倒装句。

分析：Not only位于句首时，句子要用倒装。句子主谓语均缺，应在答案中选择动词+主语的形式，即(D)。

解题要点：遇到Not only开头的句子，在4个答案中先看以动词be开头的那一个.

15. The repertory of a concert band _____ traditionally included flourishes, marches, and

music transcribed from other media.

(A) is

(B) which

(C) of

(D) has

答案：D

测试点：谓语。

分析：空格前为主语，空格后有动词included，所缺为助动词。答案(A)和(D)均为助动词，但(A)is+included为被动式，与句意不符。故选(D)。

16. Educated at home and requiring to work to support her family, Louisa May Alcott

A B

recorded many of her life's events in her autobiographical novels.

C D

答案：B

测试点：并列结构/词形。

分析：and连接的成份应同词性、同性质。and前为过去分词短语Educated…，and后应是同样的形式，不能用现在分词requiring。应为required。

17. It was not until the latter part of the nineteenth century that the Adirondack region of

A B C

New York State was proper mapped.

D

答案：D

测试点：词性。

分析：proper是形容词，而此处修饰动词mapped应当用副词properly。

18. Such special adaptations as lightweight bodies, widely wings, and unusually soft feathers

A B

allow owls to fly silently.

C D

答案：B

测试点：词性。

分析：widely是副词，而修饰名词wings应当用形容词。应为wide。

解题要点：见到划线的以-ly结尾的副词，应注意它是否用错，是否应为形容词。

19. Research shows that employees whose obtain satisfaction from their jobs are more

A B C D

productive.

答案：B

测试点：从句连接词／代词。

分析：employees后接定语从句，从句中连接词兼作主语。whose不能作主语，应当用who。

20. As glaciers reach the sea, huge chunks of ice break away of them.

A B C D

答案：D

测试点：习语／介词。

分析：away from或break away from都是固定短语，不用of

21. With environmental regulations tightening, many of California's top wine makers are

A B

starting grow grapes organically, using no herbicides or pesticides.

C D

答案：C

测试点：词形语／缺词。

分析：start to do…是固定短语。grow前缺to。

22. The panda becoming an endangered species because humans have encroached on the

A B

wilderness that is essential to the animal's survival.

C D

答案：A

测试点：谓语。

分析：becoming是非谓语形式，不能作谓语。应为becomes。

23. Advocates of the art form Abstract Expressionism emphasize free, spontaneous, and

A B

personality emotional expression.

C D

答案：C

测试点：并列结构伺性。

分析：and两边应同词性、同性质。and前为形容词free和spontaneous，and后不能用名词personality。应为形容词personal。

24. Pollen grains contains half as many chromosomes as the parent plant.

A B C D

答案：A

测试点：主谓数的一致。

分析：主语是复数的grains，谓语动词不能用第三人称单数的contains。应为contain。

25. In August 1774 John Adams left Boston and went to Philadelphia in a representative to

A B C D

the First Continental Congress.

答案：C

测试点：介词。

分析：表示身份应用介词as，不用in。

26. Mary McLeod Bethune was begun to teach in 1895 and by 1923 had become president of

A B C D

Bethune-Cookman College in Florida.

答案：A

测试点：词形。

分析：was begun是被动语态，但不及物动词t。begin通常不能用于被动语态。应为began。

27. The artist Frederic Remington created a large numbers of paintings of the western

A B C D

United States.

答案：C

测试点：数的一致／习语。

分析：numbers是复数，而冠词a应后接单数名词，且a(…) numnber of是固定短语。

28. Worldwide there are approximately 270 species of carnivorous birds that make up the

A B

order Falconiformes, the scientifically name for hawks.

C D

答案：C

测试点：词性。

分析：scientifically是副词，而修饰名词name应当用形容词。应为scientific。

解题要点：见到划线的以-ly结尾的副词，应注意其是否用错，是否应为形容词。

29. From is innermost core to its corona, the Sun has a structure typical of most star of its

A B C D

kind.

答案：C

测试点：数的一致。

分析：star为单数，而most后面的可数名词应用复数形式。

30. Although frequent melodramatic, Lillian Hellman's plays are marked by insight and

A B C D

finesse.

答案：A

测试点：词性。

分析：frequent是形容词，而修饰形容词melodramatic应当用副词。应为frequently。

31. Rubbing a glass rod with silk will cause small pieces of dries paper to jump to the rod

A B C

and cling to it.

D

答案：B

测试点：词形／词性。

分析：dries要么是动词的形式，要么是个错字。dry是形容词，不能变复数，应为dry。

32. Tattooing is one of the oldest forms of creative expression, dating it back to at least 8000

A B C D

B.C.

答案：C

测试点：习语。

分析：to date back是固定短语，it多余。

33. Besides providing clues to the nature of atoms, mineral analysis allows to speculate

A B C

geologists about the ancient Earth.

D

答案：C

测试点：词序／习语。

分析：allow sb to do sth是固定短语。应为geologists to speculate。

34. The first antibiotics were made from alive matter such as molds.

A B C D

答案：C

测试点：近义词。

分析：形容词alive只能用作表语，不能作定语，此处应用可作定语的形容词live或分词living。

35. Even the richest diamond deposits, tons of rock must be mined and crushed to produce

A B C D

one small diamond.

答案：A

测试点：介词。

分析：even是副词，而根据句意，此处缺介词。应为Even in。

36. Several ancient cultures presented math in sentences form with little or no abbreviation

A B C D

or symbolism.

答案：C

测试点：名词的数。

分析：名词作定语修饰后面的名词时，用单数而不用复数。应为sentence。

37. Secretion by the pancreas into the bloodstream, insulin affects metabolism by allowing

A B C

cells throughout the body to use glucose as fuel.

D

答案：A

测试点：词性。

分析：secretion是名词，而此处应当用动词过去分词secreted引导的短语作状语。

解题要点：见到划线的词后紧接by，应注意此词是否应为过去分词。另外要注意-tion结尾的划线名词是否应为动词。

38. Most Algonquin Indian tribes except those of the north were sedentary and carried on

A B

agriculture with varying degrees of intense.

C D

答案：D

测试点：介词宾语／词性。

分析：intense是形容词，介词of应后接名词性成份作其宾语。应为intension。

39. Although cultivated in the new world for hundreds of years, only within the last century

A B

the tomato has become recognized as a valuable food.

C D

答案：C

测试点：倒装句。

分析：逗号前为状语从句，逗号后为主句，only位于主句句首，说明要用倒装，助动词放在主语前。应为has the tomato。

40. Though the different between any two languages in the world may appear to be great,

A B

they seem to function equally well as means of communication.

C D

答案：A

测试点：词性。

分析：different是形容词，而冠词the应后接名词。应为difference。