托福1996 08语法笔记

1996年08月语法题

1. A microscope can reveal vastly _____ detail than is visible to the naked eye.

(A) than

(B) than more

(C) more than

(D) more.

答案：D

分析：由信号词分析：由信号词than可知空各处应填more.

参考译文：一台显微镜能展示远超过肉眼看见的非常多的细节。

2. Narcissus bulbs _____ at least three inches apart and covered with about four inches of

well drained soil.

(A) should be planted

(B) to plant

(C) must planting

(D) should plant

答案：A

分析：空格前为主语，空格出缺谓语动词，故首先排除(B)。(C)中must后应该接动词原形，故也排除。Plant是及物动词，在没有宾语的情况下应该用被动语态形式，故选(A).

参考译文：种植水仙花球时应该至少保持3IN的间距，并且要用大约4IN的有良好透水性的土壤覆盖。

3. Industrialization has been responsible for _____ most radical of the environmental

changes caused by humans.

(A) a

(B) the

(C) some of which

(D) which are the

答案：B

分析：空格后为形容词最高级，空格处应填定冠词。

参考译文：由人类所造成的环境变化中，工业化导致了环境最根本的变化。

4. In many areas the slope and topography of the land _____ excess rainfall to run off into a

natural outlet.

(A) neither permit

(B) without permitting

(C) nor permitting

(D) do not permit.

答案：D

分析：句子缺少谓语动词。(A)项没有与neither对应的nor.（B）（C）不能做谓语，故选（D）. 参考译文：在许多地区，陆地的坡度和地形决定了过量的雨水是不能排到自然的出口的。

5. Color and light, taken together, _____ the aesthetic impact of the interior of a building.

(A) very powerfully influence

(B) very influence powerfully

(C) powerfully very influence

(D) influence powerfully very.

答案：A

分析：句子缺谓语动词。四个选项用词相同，语序不同。程度副词very修饰副词powerfully，必须放在powerfully之前。故选(A).

参考译文：颜色和光混合一起，将对一座建筑物内部的审美效果产生非常强烈的影响。

6. _____ that Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring was one of the chief sources of

inspiration for the development of nontoxic pesticides.

(A) There is likely

(B) Likely to be

(C) It is likely

(D) Likely

答案：C

分析：that后是从句，空格应填主句。(B)(D)没有谓语动词，

参考译文：Rachel Carson于1962年出版的《沉静的春天》一书可能是发展无毒杀虫这一灵感的主要源泉之一。

7. Total color blindness, _____, is the result of a defect in the retina.

(A) a rare condition that

(B) a rare condition

(C) that a rare condition

(D) is a rare condition.

答案：B

分析：逗号之外是完整的句子，空格在主语之后一般是同位语，定语，状语或非限定性定语从句。(A)(C)含从句引导词，但没有谓语动词，(D)有谓语动词，但没有从句引导词，均排除。(B)为名词短语做同位语，故选(B)。

参考译文：完全色盲，一种稀有的症状，是由视网膜缺陷所致。

8. _____ no conclusive evidence exists, many experts believe that the wheel was invented

only once and then diffused to the rest of the world.

(A) Even

(B) But

(C) Although

(D) So.

答案：C

分析：逗号前应是从句，(A)(B)(D)都不能引导从句，故选(C).

参考译文：尽管没有令人信服的证据，许多专家们依然坚信，车轮一旦被发明接着就传遍全世界。

9. Wherever there is plenty of rain during the growing season, life is _____ in various forms.

(A) abundant

(B) the abundance

(C) an abundant

(D) it abundant

答案：A

分析：逗号后面是主句，is是系动词，空格处应是表语。(C)缺名词做中心词，(D)多it,排除。根据题意应选(A)

参考译文：无论何处，在生长季节期间，只要由大量雨水，就会有各种各样的生命存在。

10. In her time, Isadora Duncan was _____ today a liberated woman.

(A) calling what we would

(B) who would be calling

(C) what we would call

(D) she would call it.

答案：C

分析：was是句子谓语，四个选项里都有动词，所以空格处应是从句的引导词和从句主谓语，排除(A)(D)。空格前没有指人的先行词，排除(B).

参考译文：按照今天的说法，在Isadora Duncan时代，她应该视为是一位获得解放的女性。

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 mo re…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：尽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

A B

period, took ten years write.

C D

答案：D

改正：years write years to write

分析：原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.

A B C D

答案：A

改正：none→no

分析：none是代词，修饰名词用形容词no.

参考译文：没有两只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

A B

privately organizations initiated a rescue program.

C D

答案：C

改正：privately→private

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划。

19. A coral reef, a intricate aquatic community of plants and animals, is found only in

A B C

warm, shallow, sunlit seas.

D

答案：A

改正：a→an

分析：发音以元音开头的词用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.

A B C D

答案：C

改正：special→specially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。

21. Since it lives in the desert, the collared lizard depends from insects for water

A B C

as well as for food.

D

答案：C

改正：depends from→depends on

分析：这种用法是固定搭配。

参考译文：由于它生活在沙漠，蜥蜴的水源和食物靠的是昆虫.

22. The Texas Panhandle region, in the northwestern part of the state, produces more

A B

wheat, cotton, and grain sorghum than any of other area of Texas.

C D

答案：D

改正：any of→any

分析：any在这里是副词，可以直接修饰other.

参考译文：德州西北部的狭长地区，比德州其他的地方生产更多的小麦，棉花和高梁谷物。

23. Light rays what enter the eye must be focused onto a point on the retina in order

A B

for a clear visual image to form.

C D

答案：A

改正：what→that

分析：what不能引导定语从句。

参考译文：进入眼睛的光线必须聚焦在视网膜的一个点上以便形成一个清晰的实像。

24. The orangutan's hands and feet are designed for holding and grasping branches,

A B

and its powerful immensely arms enable it to climb and swing in trees without difficulty.

C D

答案：C

改正：powerful immensely→immensely powerful

分析：副词修饰形容词时要放在形容词前面。

参考译文：猩猩的手脚被设计用来抓住树枝，并且它大而有力的胳膊使它能够轻松的在树上攀爬和摇摆。

25. The extraordinary beautiful of orchids makes them the basis of a multimillion-

A B C

dollar floral industry.

D

答案：B

改正：beautiful→beauty

分析：of前后始终应用名词成分，而且beautiful不能被形容词extraordinary修饰。参考译文：异常美丽的兰花使他们成为有数百万美金的花卉工业的基础。

26. The Vermont Elememary Science Project, according to its founders, are designed

A B

to challenge some of the most widely held beliefs about teaching.

C D

答案：B

改正：are designed→is designed

分析：主谓单复数应一致。

参考译文：根据它的创始人，Vermont基础科学工程被设计用来挑战一些教学方面的广

泛信仰

27. The number 8.5 is an example of a "mixed number" because it is composing of an

A B C

integer and a fraction.

D

答案：B

改正：composing→composed

分析：be composed of 是习惯用法。牢记即可。

参考译文：数字8.5是带分数的一个例子因为它是由一个整数和一个分数组成的。

28. If it is kept dry, a seed can still sprout up to forty years after their formation.

A B C D

答案：D

改正：their→its

分析：代词应与前面主语a seed一致，故改为its.

参考译文：如果它保持干燥，一粒种子仍可以在其成型40年后发芽.

29. In The Sociology of Science, now considered a classic, Robert Merton discusses

A

cultural, economy and social forces that contributed to the development of modern science.

B C D

答案：B

改正：economy and social→economic and social

分析：平行结构问题。Cultural, social是形容词，故将economy改为形容词形式。

参考译文：社会学，现在看成一门经典，Robert Merton论述了文化，经济和社会力量

对现代科学发展的贡献.

30.Bacteria lived in the soil play a vital role in recycling the carbon and nitrogen

A B C

needed by plants.

D

答案：A

改正：lived→living

分析：living in the soil是后置定语，play是句子的谓语动词。因为bacteria是动作的发出者，故使用现在分词living。

参考译文：生活在土壤中的细菌在职务所需的碳氮循环扮演了一个重要的角色.

31.Some snakes have hollow teeth are called fangs that they use to poison their

A B C D

victims.

答案：B

改正：are called→called或that are called

分析：have是句子的谓语动词，原句不符和谓语单一性原则，所以改为后置定语或从句。参考译文：某些蛇被称为毒牙的是中空的牙齿，因为他们用其来向他们的猎物下毒。

32.Stars derive their energy from thermonuclear reactions that take place in their heat

A B C D

interiors.

答案：D

改正：heat→hot

分析：heat是名词，在这里不能修饰interiors。

参考译文：星星的能量来源于发生在他们热核的高热原子核反应.

33.Carrie Chapman Call organized the League of Women Votes after successfully

A B

campaign for the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote.

C D

答案：C

改正：campaign→campaigning

分析：campaign是动词，不能做介词宾语，应改为非谓语动词形式。Campaign for是“为争取……”的意思。

参考译文：Carrie Chapman Call在成功的争取到了赋予妇女选举权的宪法修正案之

后组织了女权联盟.

34.Any group that conducting its meeting using parliamentary rules will encounter

A B

situations where prescribed procedures cannot be applied.

C D

答案：B

改正：conducting→conducts

分析：that引导的定语从句缺少谓语动词，所以将conducting还原为谓语动词。

参考译文：任何用议会制规则管理会议的团体将遭遇规定过程不能被应用的情形.

35.The strongly patriotic character of Charles Sangster's poetry is credited about

A B C

greatly furthering the cause of confederation in Canada.

D

答案：C

改正：about→with

分析：be credited with表示“认为……有（某种优点）”。固定搭配。

参考译文：在Charles Sangste诗中所表现出来的他的强烈的爱国主义热情对极大的促进加拿大的联盟事业.

36.Jessamyn West's first and most famous novel, The friendly Persuasion describes

A B

the life of a Quaker farmed family in the mid-1800's.

C D

答案：D

改正：farmed family→farmer family

分析：farmer family表示“农民家庭”。

参考译文：Jessamyn West的第一本也是最著名的一部小说，The friendly Persuasion，描述了在十八世纪中叶的一户Quaker农家的生活.

37. One inventor that Thomas Edison can take credit for is the light bulb.

A B C D

答案：A

改正：inventor→invention

分析：inventor指人，与题意不符。

参考译文：能归于爱迪生的一项发明是电灯泡.

38.Electric motors range in size from the tiny mechanisms that operate sewing machine

A B C

to the great engines in heavy locomotives.

D

答案：C

改正：sewing machine→sewing machines

分析：单数可数名词不能单独存在。由于后面的engines，所以改为复数形式。

参考译文：电动马达的尺寸归类从操作缝纫机的微小的机械结构到用于重型机车的大

引擎。

39.The nitrogen makes up over 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, the gaseous

A B C

mass surrounding the planet.

D

答案：A

改正：the nitrogen→nitrogen

分析：nitrogen是不可数名词，在句中不是特指，所以不要定冠词。

参考译文：氮气在大气层占超过78％的环绕行星的气态质量.

40.The Mississippi, the longest river in the United States, begins as small clear

A B C

stream in northwestern Minnesota.

D

答案：B

改正：as small→as a small

分析：单数可数名词不能单独存在，应是a small clear stream.

参考译文：密西西比，美国最长的河流，发源于明尼苏达西北部的一条小而清澈的溪流.