1. ---a bicameral, or two-chamber parliament.
(A) Canada has
(B) Having Canada
(C) Because Canada has
(D) That Canada is having
答案:A
测试点:主谓结构.
分析:本句主谓俱缺,应在答案中选择主语+动词的结构,即(A).(B)不是主谓结构;(C)(D)均为从句形式。
2. ---time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only three fingers and a thumb.
(A) Saved
(B) Saves
(C) To save
(D) The saving
答案:C
测试点;不定式.
分析:逗号前的部分为表示目的的状语,可由不定式短语或从句承担.答案中无从句,故选不定式(C).
3. The recent discovery of a novel by Harriet Wilson, published in 1859, ---a landmark in Black American literature.
(A) has brought to light
(B) light to brought has
(C) brought to light has
(D) has light to brought
答案:A
测试点:词序/习语.
分析:本句有主语而缺谓语,bring sth to light是固定短语,如宾语较长可放在to light之后,即bring to light+宾语.故选(A).
4. ---telescopes of the 1600’s magnified objects thirty-three times their original size.
(A) That the
(B) The
(C) This is the
(D) Being where the
答案:B
测试点;冠词。
分析:空格后句子完整,句首的名词前缺限定词,故选冠词(B)。
5. Thyme, ---, yields a medicinal oil containing thymol.
(A) a fragrant garden herb
(B) garden herb which is fragrant
(C) fragrant garden herb
(D) is an herb in a fragrant garden
答案:A
测试点;同位语.
分析:本句主谓语俱全,主谓之间两边逗号隔开的成份要么是分词短语作后置定语,要么是名词性同位语.答案中只有(A)是名词词组,作Thyme的同位语.
解题要点:记住此句型:主语___谓语…….空格部分为标准的同位语结构.
6. Until the ninth century, written words were not actually separated, ---in some literary writing, dots or points were used to indicate divisions.
(A) in spite of
(B) contrary
(C) contrast to
(D) but
答案:D
测试点:连词.
分析:空格两边都是完整的句子,中间应有连词将其连接.答案(D)为表示转折的连词.(A),(C)为介词性质,(B)为形容词,均不可连接句子。
7. Nutritionists ---goat milk to be rich, nourishing, and readily digested.
(A) consider
(B) is considered
(C) are considered
(D) considering
答案:A
测试点:谓语.
分析:本句有主语而缺谓语,应在答案中选择可作谓语的动词,即(A).(B)(C)为被动态,与句意不符.(D)为非谓语形式.
8. ---conventional black ink costs newspapers about thirty cents a pound, most rub-resistant inks add at least ten cents more per pound to the bill.
(A) Furthermore
(B) Meanwhile
(C) Moreover
(D) While
答案:D
测试点:连词.
分析:本题为两个完整的句子,其意义相互对比,应用连词while连接.(A)、(B)、(C)均是副词.
解题要点:4个答案中如有while,应首先考虑它。
9. John Lone’s physical grace and ---age, sex, and culture make him an extraordinary performer.
(A) his ability to transcend
(B) is able to transcend the
(C) the transcending ability
(D) with his ability transcending
答案:A
测试点;并列结构。
分析:and要求它所连接的成份性质相同。and前是名词grace,故应在答案中选择名词性的结构.排除系动词开头的(B)和介词开头的(D).空格后另有三个名词age,sex and culture,它们与前面的词的关系要么是并列,要么是其宾语.(C)无动词,不能带宾语.只有(A)既是名词词组,又可后带宾语.
10. Before ---of synthetic dyes, yarns were often colored by dyes obtained from natural vegetable and mineral matter.
(A) introducing
(B) introduction
(C) the introduction
(D) introducing that
答案:C
测试点:名词/冠词。
分析:of前应为名词,而名词前应有冠词,故选(C).
11. Ducks have been domesticated for many centuries ---commercially for their meat and eggs.
(A) raised
(B) and are raised
(C) raised as
(D) are raised
答案:B
测试点;并列结构/连词。
分析:本句只有一个主语,但却有两个谓语部分。这两个谓语应用连词and连接,故选(B).
12. Maggie Lena Walker, an insurance and banking executive, ---and spent her entire life in Richmond, Virginia.
(A) and was brought up
(B) brought up with
(C) who was brought up
(D) was brought up
答案:D
测试点:谓语/并列结构.
分析:连词and要求它所连接的两边同词性、同性质.and后为动词,and前应是另一动词,故选(D).(A)重复and; (B)多了介词;(C)为从句.
13. The activities of the international marketing researcher are frequently much broader than ---.
(A) the domestic marketer has
(B) the domestic marketer does
(C) those of the domestic marketer
(D) that which has the domestic marketer
答案:C
测试点:比较级.
分析:than后应加被比较的对象.本句被比较的是主语activities,可用those指代“以免重复,故选(C)。(A)(B)被比较的部分与原句不一致;(D)句子结构错误。
解题要点;答案中如有that of/those of出现,应首先考虑.
14. Mercury differs from other industrial metals ---it is a liquid.
(A) whereas
(B) in that
(C) because of
(D) consequently
答案:B
测试点:短语.
分析:空格后为表示原因的状语从句,故选(B).(A)(D)不能表示原因;(C)为介词,不能连接句子.
解题要点:当4个答案中有in that时,应首先考虑它.In that引导状语从句,表示原因.
15. In black verse ---of ten syllables, five of which are accented.
(A) line consists of each
(B) consists of each line
(C) each line consists
(D) it consists of each line