11. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of __________reality.
(A) what it is conceived
(B) that is conceived
(C) what is conceived to be
(D) that is being conceived of
答案:C
考点:名词從句。
分析:介词of後只能接名词賓語或名词性賓語從句。what引導的從句為名词從句,而that引導的從句則不可,接在介词後面,故在(A)(C)中選擇。但(A)中what與it重複,故選(C)。且be conceived to be是固定結構。
12. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants __________wild.
(A) once they grew
(B) they grew once
(C) that once grew
(D) once grew
答案:C
考点:定語從句。
分析:plants後的成份應是其定語從句,應在答案中選擇完整、適當的從句,即(C)。此從句中that作主語,不可省略,故(D)錯。(A)與句意不合;(B)不通。
13. __________relatively costly, the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing infrequently.
(A) Even
(B) It is
(C) Even though
(D) There is
答案:C
考点:連词。
分析:逗號前後兩部分意思相反,需表轉折關係的連词,即(C)。解題要點;連词even though如引導主系表結構的從句,則常常省去主語和係词be,此句即省掉了the diesel engine is.在結構題中的四個答案中如有even though,應當首考慮這個選擇。
14. __________images out of clay, stone, and metal.
(A) The shaping of sculpture
(B) Sculpting the shapes
(C) To shape sculpture
(D) Sculptors shape
答案:D
考点:主謂結構。
分析:本句主、謂語俱缺,應在答案中選擇主謂結構的形式,即(D)。
15. __________dates from the end of the eighteenth century.
(A) The modern circus
(B) That the modern circus
(C) While the modern circus
(D) The modern circus that
答案:A
考点:主語。
分析:dates是謂語動词,前面缺少主語。應在答案中選擇名词或名片語作主語,即(A)。
16. The boiled point of any liquid is determined by the pressure of the surrounding gases.
答案:A
考点:词形。
分析:“沸點”的固定說法是boiling point,不用boiled。現在分词和過去分词有時會被故意用錯,應記住現在分词有“正在進行”的意義,而過去分词則給人“已經完成”的感覺。試比較boiled water(煮開過的水)。
17. The Ranger spacecraft it provided more than 17,000 pictures of the moon.
答案:A
考点:多词。
分析:名词space craft做主語,it多餘。
18. Many people who live in New York City thinks that life in a large city offers special advantages.
答案:B
考点:主謂数的一致。
分析:主語是複数的Many people,因此謂語動词也要用複数形式think.
19. The scientific revolution of the early 1900’s affected education by change the nature of technology.
答案:C
考点:词形。
分析:介词by後面不能加動词原形,應改用其動名词形式changing。
20. Meadowlarks are about the same size than robins, but they have heavier bodies, shorter tails, and longer bills.
答案:B
考点:習語。
分析:看到the same…應注意其後是否有as。same…as…結構是TOEFL考題中常出現的一種同級比較結構。