31. In the United States, both the federal and state governments have laws designed to guard consumers against deceptive advertise.
答案:D
考点:词性。
分析:形容词deceptive後應接名词,而advertise是動词。此处應用advertisement.
32. Gore Vidal has steadily pursue a literary career remarkable for its productivity, versatility, and unpredictability.
答案:A
考点:词形。
分析:has或have後的動词應是過去分词形式,不能用原形。此处要用pursued。
解題要點: 特別要注意完成式has/have+ed與後接過去分词之間加入副词的情況。
33. When overall exports exceed imports, a country said to have a trade surplus.
答案:C
考点: 習語/被動語態。
分析:看到said to+動词,應想到用的是be said十不定式的結構,表示“被說成是……”。此处缺系動词is。
34. Instructors at the school of American Ballet first examine a young applicant’s instep to see whether it is pliant and shows promising of a good arch.
答案:D
考点:词性。
分析:動词shows後需要名词作賓語,而promising是形容词或分词。此处應當用名词promise。
35. Anthropologists agree that our primitive ancestors who inhabited the tropics probably have natural protection against the sun.
答案:C
考点:時態。
分析:that從句的主語是our primitive ancestors (我們遠古的祖先),其謂語動词只能用過去時態,不能用現在時。此处have应为had。
36. Behavior modification techniques work best with problems that manifest itself in overt actions.
答案:C
考点:代词数的一致。
分析:代词的人稱和数要與它所指代的名词一致。此处指代的是複数名词 problems,代词也要用複数的themselves。
解題要點: 代词的單、複数形式也是TOEFL常考的要點,一定要找到它所指代的名词以確定它們的数是否一致。
37. Because they are generally taken simply to obtain a recognizable and relatively clear image, most nonprofessional photographs demand few equipment.
答案:D
考点:little和few的用法。
分析:這兩個词常見相互錯用。equipment是個集合名词,不可数,只能用little修飾,不能用few(few修飾可数名词)。
38. At birth, an infant exhibits a remarkable number of motor response.
答案:D
考点:数的一致。
分析:A number of後加複数名词。此处response应为responses。
39. Common to North America, those cinnamon fern is found in wet places.
答案:B
考点:数的一致。
分析:修飾词,限定词的数要與其中心词一致。fern是单数,前面不能用複数代词those.应为the。
40. The origins of the Democratic party is often traced to the coalition formed behind Thomas Jefferson in the 1790’s to resist the policies of George Washington’s administration.