1992年05月TOEFL语法讲解

1992年05月语法题1. --- principal types of acceleration: linear and angular.(A) There are tow(B) Two of them(C) The two(D) Two答案：A测试点：there be句型．分析：空格后只剩下名词性的成份，应在答案中选择主谓结构或there+be结构，即(A)．2. East Liverpool, Ohio, ---the pottery capital of the United States.(A) and called(B) is called(C) calling(D) to call答案：B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(B)。

(A)多了连词and；(C)(D)均是非谓语形式，不可作谓语．3. True hibernation takes place only among ---animals.(A) whose blood is warm(B) blood warm(C) warm-blooded(D) they have warm blood答案：C测试点：定语．分析：本句主谓宾俱全，animals前缺定语，应在答案中选择形容词性的成份，4个答案中只有(C)是形容词．解题要点：分词的作用相当于形容词．4. Like other women ---in the field of medicine, Sara Mayo found the beginning yearsdifficult.(A) who they pioneered(B) they pioneered(C) who pioneered(D) pioneered答案：C测试点：定语从句／主谓结构．分析：women后接定语从句，从句连接词，主、谓语均缺，应在答案中选择连接词兼主语牛动词的形式．即(C)。

(A)重复主语：(B)不是从句形式；(D)无主语。

5. In his writing, John Crowe Ransom describes what ---the spiritual barrenness of societybrought about by science and technology.(A) he considers(B) does he consider(C) considers(D) considers it答案：A测试点：主谓结构／词序．分析：动词describes后接what引导的宾语从句，从句主、谓语均缺，应在答案中选择主语+动词的形式，即(A)．(B)是问句语序，而宾语从句应用正常语序；(C)(D)均无主语．6. Green ---have the power to make food from substances found in the air and soil.(A) only plants(B) plants alone(C) the only plants(D) plants are alone答案：B测试点：词序．分析：注意副词only与alone的区别．alone应位于名词之后，如green plants alone而only 则应放在前面，即only green plants故选(B)．7. Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined---high levels of self-confidence.(A) possess(B) have possessed(C) to possess(D) possessing答案：C测试点；习语。

分析：Be inclined to do…是固定短语。

8. Writing pens are made in ---of shapes, sizes, and colors.(A) endless variety an almost(B) variety an almost endless(C) an almost endless variety(D) almost variety an endless答案：C测试点；习语/词序．分析：a(…)variety of是固定短语，词序不可颠倒．另外应注意，一个名词前面可以有数个形容词修饰，但冠词a／an或the须置于最前面．9. Under the guidance of choreographers, Martha Graham and Jerome Robbins, Americandance ---new levels of artistic achievement.(A) reaching(B) has reached(C) reach(D) have reached答案：B测试点：谓语／主谓数的一致．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．主语是第三人称单数的dance，故选(B)．(A)是非谓语形式，不可单独作谓语；(C)(D)不可与第三人称单数的主语搭配。

10. Angiosperms inhabit relatively diverse environments and may be found --- higher plantscan survive.(A) there(B) wherever(C) somewhere(D) then答案：B测试点；从句连接词．分析：found后为表示地点的从句，从句主、谓俱全，所缺为连接词．答案中只有(B)可作状语从句的连接词．(A)、(C)及(D)均为副词．11. Magnesium has a specific gravity of 1.74, which means that --- 1.74 times as much as anequal volume of water.(A) it is weighed(B) weighing it(C) its weight(D) it weighs答案：D测试点：主谓结构.分析：动词means后为that引导的宾语从句，从句主、谓语均缺，应在答案中选择主语+动词的形式，即(A)或(D)．weigh表示“重多少”时，为不及物动词，不用被动语态，故排除(A)，选(D)。

12. Perhaps the primary --- of adult education was industrialization, which accelerated thepace of socioeconomic change.(A) causes growth(B) cause of the growth(C) cause was growing(D) caused the growing答案：B测试点；主语．分析：本句所缺为主语，应在答案中选择名词性的形式，即(B)．(A)(C)(D)均含有动词．解题要点：看到空格两边是the／a…of的结构，应在答案中选择名词或名词词组．13. --- as "the census taker of the sky Annie Jump Cannon contributed considerably to thefield of astronomy.(A) Known(B) Knowing(C) To know(D) Knowledge答案：A测试点：分词/短语．分析：Known as…．是固定短语，不用其他形式．14. During adolescence many young people begin to question --- held by their families.(A) values(B) of the values(C) the values are(D) are the values答案：A测试点：宾语．分析：及物动词question后应接宾语，故应在答案中选择名词作其宾语，即(A)．(B)多介词；(C)(D)多动词are；(C)如改为the values that／which are，成为接定语从句的形式，亦可。

15. Coral reefs are --- that teem with an abundance of exotic sea life.(A) when underwater landscapes(B) landscapes being underwater(C) underwater the landscapes(D) underwater landscapes答案：D测试点；表语．分析：系动词are后接表语，应在答案中选择形容词或名词性的成份作表语．答案中无形容词，只有(D)为名词词组，故选(D)．16. Abraham Lincoln delivery his most famous address at the dedication of the soldiersA B Ccemetery in Gettysburg.D答案：A测试点：词性．分析：delivery是名词，但此处需一动词作谓语．应为delivered．17. Stalagmites are produced when water to drop directly to the floor of a cave.A B C D答案：C测试点：词形．分析：to drop为不定式，不能作从句的谓语．应为drops．18. Regulation of public utilities in the United States is carried out by locally, state, andA B C Dfederal governments.答案：D测试点；并列结构／词性。

分析：and要求所连接的部分同词性、同形式。

由and连接的state和federal均为形容词，故(D)locally应为local．解题要点；看到划线的以-1y结尾的副词，应注意其是否错用，是否应为形容词．19. The poet Marianne Moore was initially associated with the imagist movement, but laterAdevelops her own rhyme patterns and verse forms.B C D答案：B测试点：时态一致／并列结构．分析：并列连词but相联的前后两个句子通常要求动词时态一致．故(B)应为一股过去时developed．20. The most worst economic reversal of the twentieth century, the Great Depression of theA B1930's, began in the United states and spread abroad.C D答案：A测试点；最高级。