11. _____ around stones that are sun-warmed, even the smallest of stones creates tiny currents of warm air.
(A) The cool air
(B) If the air is cool
(C) That the air cools
(D) The cooler the air.
答案:B
分析:逗号后是主句,前面是状语,或状语从句。(A)是名词短语,(C)是主语从句,(D)是the more…the more句型,后面没有与之对应的比较成分,故排除。(B)为状语从句,符合题意。
参考译文:如果被太阳照热的石头周围空气是凉的,那么即使是最小的石头也会产生微小的暖气流。
12. Despite its wide range of styles and instrumentation, country music has certain common features _____ its own special character.
(A) give it that
(B) that give it
(C) give that
(D) that gives it to
答案:B
分析:空格前为完整的句子,空格处应为名词features的修饰语。(A)(C)从句引导词的位置不对,(D)多介词to,应为give有双宾语,故选(B)
参考译文:儘管乡村音乐在风格和乐器上各不相同,但是依然具有某种共同的特性,这就形成了其音乐上自身特有的特点。
13. Most of _____ archaeologists know about prehistoric cultures is based on studies of material remains.
(A) these
(B) what
(C) which
(D) their
答案:B
分析:句子有两个非并列的谓语,则判定前一个是从句的谓语动词。空格处应该填入可以作of宾语,又可以作从句引导词的词,只有what可以。
参考译文:考古学家所知道关于史前文化的绝大部分认识,都是基于对文物遗迹的研究。
14. According to some critics, the novels of William Burroughs demonstrate the major hazard of absurd literature, _____ tendency toward over-embellishment and incoherence.
(A) notwithstanding
(B) besides
(C) is a
(D) its
答案:D
分析:逗号后的名词成分与the major hazard of absurd literature是并列部分,所以只有its符合要求。
参考译文: 根据一些评论家的观点,William Burroughs的小说论证了荒谬文学的主要危害,即是会导致矫揉造作和不连贯性。
15. Coinciding with the development of jazz in New Orleans in the 1920’s _____ in blues music.
(A) was one of the greatest periods.
(B) one of the greatest periods
(C) was of the greatest periods
(D) the greatest periods.
答案:A
分析:空格处缺少谓语动词,(B)(D)不含谓语动词,可先排除。(C)结构错误,故排除。
句子可以理解成为“One of the greatest periods in blues music was coinciding with the development of jazz in New Orleans in the 1920’s.”为了加强语气,做表语的介词短语,形容词,副词,分词,可放在句首,引起倒装,构成“表语+be+主语”。
参考译文:20世纪20年代在新奥尔良州,与爵士音乐协调发展的这一时期,达到了蓝调音乐发展的高峰。
16.Gone With the Wind, the epic novel about life in South during the Civil War period, took ten years write.
答案:D
改正:years writeàyears to write
分析:塬句出现两个谓语动词,根据take+时间+to do,将write改为非谓语动词。
参考译文:《飘》这部划时代反映内战时期南方生活的小说,耗时十年创作而成。
17. None two butterflies have exactly the same design on their wings.
答案:A
改正:noneàno
分析:none是代词,修饰名词用形容词no.
参考译文:没有两隻蝴蝶的翅膀上的斑纹恰好相同。
18. To save the California condor from extinction, a group of federal, local, and privately organizations initiated a rescue program.
答案:C
改正:privatelyàprivate
分析:平行结构考点。Privately不能与前面的federal, local平行,故改为形容词。
参考译文:为了挽救加利福尼亚秃鹰避免灭绝,一支由联邦、地方和私人团体组成的团队发起了一个营救计画。
19. A coral reef, a intricate aquatic community of plants and animals, is found only in warm, shallow, sunlit seas.
答案:A
改正:aàan
分析:发音以母音开头的词用an修饰。
参考译文:一种珊瑚礁,类属于一种复杂水生动植物群体,发现仅存于温暖、有光照和浅的海域。
20. Carnegie hall was the first building in New York designed special for orchestral music.
答案:C
改正:specialàspecially或especially
分析:special是形容词,不能修饰动词,故改为副词。
参考译文:卡内基大厅是纽约市第一座专门设计用于管弦音乐演奏的建筑物。