1. ---ratchet is a wheel or bar that can move in only one direction.
(A) A
(B)
It is a
(C)
Although a
(D)
There is a
答案:A
测试点:冠词.
分析:ratchet (棘轮机构)是名词,名词前应加冠词,故选(A).
2.
Thomas Jefferson’s achievements as an architect rival his contributions ---a
politician.
(A)
such
(B)
more
(C)
as
(D)
than
答案:C
测试点:介词.
分析:”作为政治家“要说as a
politician,故选(C).前文as an architect可作为线索.动词rival (比得上,相比)在词意上也决定了前后两部分应相同结构.
3.
The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on ---best in its climate
and soil.
(A)
it grows
(B)
what grows
(C)
does it grow
(D)
what does it grow
答案:B
测试点:what引导的名词从句。
分析:depend on后接名词性的成份。答案中(B)是名词从句,做介词on的宾语.(A)是主谓结构但并非名词从句,不能作宾语,(C)是问句形式,(D)结构错误.
4.
Possibly the greatest advance in ---materials came with the invention of a
cheap way to make steel.
(A)
bridge-building
(B)
building of bridges
(C)
building a bridge
(D)
bridges are built
答案:A
测试点:定语.
分析:materials是名词,前面要用形容词性的词来修饰它.(A)是分词,可作定语.(B)是动名词短语;(C)是动宾结构;(D)是句子;均不可作定语.
5.
---, snakes frequently subdue their prey without injecting poison.
(A)
Contrary to general belief
(B)
General belief contrary to
(C)
Belief contrary to general
(D)
Contrary belief general to
答案:A
测试点:习语.
分析:contrary to+名词是.固定短语,表示“与……相反”,故选(A).
6.
Two years after she was chosen president of the Texas State Senate,
---successfully for a seat in the United States Congress.
(A)
Barbara Jordan’s campaign being
(B)
Barbara Jordan campaigned
(C)
Campaigning for Barbara Jordan
(D)
Barbara Jordan campaigning
答案:B
测试点:复合句。
分析:Two years after引导的是时间状语从句,故逗号之后应是主谓完整的主句,即(B)。其余三句均不是主谓结构.
7.
The values of a people, their customs, and their perceptions of the world
---their language.
(A)
are influenced
(B)
be influenced
(C) influencing
(D)
influence
答案:D
测试点:谓语.
分析:本句有主语但缺谓语,应在答案中选择能充当谓语的动词形式,即(D).(A)是被动语态,与句意不合;(B)(C)不能单独作谓语.
8.
Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event’s ---is equal
to the probability that it will not occur.
(A)
occurs
(B)
will occur
(C)
can occur
(D)
occurring
答案:D
测试点:动名词.
分析:’s是名词的所有格形式,后接名词性成份.答案(D)是动名词,可接在’s后,其余均不可。
9.
---fashioned from a wick floating in a bowl of oil functioned according to the
principle of capillary action.
(A)
All lamps early
(B)
Lamps all early
(C)
All early lamps
(D)
Early all lamps
答案:C
测试点:主语/词序.
分析:本句缺主语,应从答案中选择名词或名词组作主语.除(C)外,其余语序均错.
解题要点:指示性形容词all,many,some及any均应放在一般修饰性形容词前面.
10.
Annie Jump Cannon, ---discovered so many stars that she was called “the census
taker of the sky.”
(A) a
leading astronomer who
(B)
who, as a leading astronomer,
(C)
was a leading astronomer
(D) a
leading astronomer,
答案:D
测试点:同位语.
分析:主语后面用逗号隔开的部分,常常是主语的同位语.应在答案中选择说明主语身份的名词性成份,即(D).(A)(B)后接从句;(C)多了动词.
11.
The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a
runner, ---to the body.
(A)
the stress it is greater
(B)
greater is the stress
(C)
greater stress is
(D)
the greater the stress
答案:D
测试点:“the+比较级the+比较级”结构。
分析:看到the less…,应想到这是the+加比较级的句式。应在答案中选择相同的结构,即(D)the greater….
解题要点;此平列比较级句型是TOEFL常考题型,应注意两个比较的部分要结构相同.
12.
And ideal is a standard ---people judge real phenomena.
(A)
how
(B)
of
(C)
by which
(D)
for it
答案:C
测试点:介词+which结构.
分析:空格前后均为主谓完整的句子,说明这是复合句.主、从句中间应填入接两句的连词.(C) by which意为by the standard.(A)虽为连词,但意思不通.(B)为介词,(D)多主语it。
13.
Maine has ---weather than most of the other states in the continental United
States.
(A)
coolest
(B)
the coolest
(C)
cooler
(D)
the cooler
答案:C
测试点:比较级.
分析:以than为线索,推知句中用了比较级,句词weather前所缺为比较级形式的形容词.答案(C)是形容词比较级的正确形式.(A)(B)为最高级;(D)多了the.
14.
Amoebas are ---small to be seen without a microscope.
(A)
far too
(B)
far and
(C)
so far
(D)
as far as
答案:A
测试点:too…to…结构.
分析:这一结构也是TOEFL常考的题型.注意副词too前面可以用表示程度的词来修饰,如:far,much等.
15.
Graphite conducts electricity ---does not burn.
(A)
because
(B)
if
(C)
when
(D)
and
答案:D
测试点:连词。
分析:句中conducts…和burns…是并列的谓语,应在答案中选择表示并列关系的连词。即(D)(A)表示原因,(B)表示假设关系,(C)表示时间,句意均不通,而且这些连词引导的状语从句都缺了主语.
解题要点:在连词and连接的并列句中,如果主语为同一人或事物,第二句可省去此主语,直接连谓语动词.
16. The methods of spectrum
analysis vary according to the wavelength region were studied.
答案:D
测试点:多词.
分析:过去分词studied作后置定语修饰region,其作用相当于定语从句省去which/that及系词be。这里的were应删掉。
17. Hurricanes are severe cyclones with
winds over seventy-five miles an hour who originate over
tropical ocean waters.
答案:C
测试点:从句连接词.
分析:who和which的用法.句中,定语从句修饰的是物而不是人,连接词不能用who,应用that或which.
解题要点:定语从句连接词who(人)和which(物)的错用也是TOEFL常考题型之一.
18. A great proportion of the
seeds of desert flora they possess germination-inhibiting substances.
答案:C
测试点:多词.
分析:possess为谓语动词,主语为前面的A great porportion,此处无需重复主语,they多余。
19. Window treatment, furniture arrangement
and color combine all contribute to the overall impression of a
room.
答案:B
测试点:词性/并列结构.
分析:看到and,要注意其两边成份是否同词性,同性质.and前是名词词组,而此处combine为动词,应为名词combination,与treatment和arrangement并列.
解题要点:当连接词and连接两项或更多项目时,应特别注意相连各成分的结构,词性相同.
20. Harvesting of grains is
affected by annual changes in temperature or in the amount of
moisture, but both.
答案:D
测试点:连词.
分析:此处不是转折的关系,而是选择,不能用but,应当用or.or both是固定说法.
21. Due to its excellent tensile
strength, acetate rayon is an important material for products so
as balloons, parachutes, fire hoses, and webbing.
答案:C
测试点:习语。
分析:看到紧接其后的耶,应想到这里要用such。Such as是固定短语。
解题要点;such as是TOEFL考题中常见的短语.
22.
It has not been determined how years sea turtles can live in their
natural environment, but they will reach a very old age if left
undisturbed by humans.
答案:A
测试点:缺词.
分析:how是副词,后面不能直接加名词.应为how many years.
23. A footnote is characteristically
employed to give information that is too long or too detailed
be included in the body of a text.
答案:D
测试点:too…to…的用法.
分析:看到前文的两个too,应立即注意后面是否有to…的部分.此处动词be前缺to.
24. Watercolors dry more
faster than other paints.
答案:C
测试点:比较级形式重复。
分析:遇到形容词或副词的比较级,应注意其比较形式是否重复。此处应去掉more.
25.
In mathematical terms, modern algebra is set of objects with
rules for connecting or relating those objects.
答案:B
测试点:冠词.
分析:set是可数名词,它前面一定要有冠词.应为…a set(of)….
解题要点:TOEFL同类考题还有a group of,a series of, a blend of.
26. Alike most fruit trees,
the quince is normally propagated from shoots or cuttings.
答案:A
测试点:like和alike的用法.
分析:alike是副词或形容词,like才是介词,这里要用like.
解题要点:alike和like的用法是TOEFL常考题型。见到划线的alike,应立即注意是否用错。
27. A patent gives inventors
exclusive rights to their inventions for a fix period of time.
答案:C
测试点:词性.
分析:fix是动词,这里要用形容词fixed修饰名词period.
28. In 1981 the fossil jaw of a previously
unknown small mammal was found onto a Navaho reservation in
Arizona.
答案:D
测试点:介词.
分析:onto表示动作,而表示地点要用on.on the reservation是固定搭配.
29. The wild carrot, knew
as Queen Anne’s lace, gave rise to the cultivated carrot in its
domesticated form.
答案:B
测试点:习语/分词.
分析:固定说法, known as是分词短语在句中作后置定语.
30. A statue, a monumental, a
building, or a park may be dedicated to commemorate a distinguished
individual.
答案:A
测试点:词性.
分析:冠词a后接名词,而monumental是形容词,应为monument.
解题要点:这里是由or连接的4个并列结构。or和and一样,要求所连接的部分同词性、同性质。
31. The Earth’s magnetic poles are
not stationary, but slowly shift its position.
答案:D 测试点:代词数的一致.
分析:此处代词指的是复数的poles,不能用单数的its,应为their,portion亦应相应改为复数.
32. A emotion is not
necessarily aroused by something in the outside world.
答案:A
测试点:冠词.
分析:a和an的用法以元音开头的名词前要用冠词an,不用a.
解题要点:注意划线的冠词a或an是否用错.
33. The elbows are joints
that connected people’s up arms with their forearms.
答案:D
测试点:词性.
分析:up是副词,此处应用形容词upper.
34. Ants have an elaborate structure
social, and enjoy a longevity far greater than that of most
insects.
答案:B
测试点:词序。
分析:单个的形容词修饰名词时,应放在名词前。此处应为social structure。
解题要点;形容词定语及其修饰的名词前后词序颠倒是TOEFL常考题型.应注意划线的名词+形容词的错误形式.
35. Municipal planners deal chiefly
for the physical layout of communities.
答案:B
测试点:习语.
分析:Deal with是固定短语.
36. A musician with multiply talents,
Aretha Franklin is able to write songs that are unusually consistent
in style and content.
答案:A
测试点:词性.
分析:multiply是动词,此处需用形容词修饰名词talents.应为multiple.
37. Whether a healthy adult tends
to feel hungry two, three, or four times a daily is a question of
physiology and of culture.
答案:D
测试点:词性.
分析:冠词a后应接名词,而daily为形容词或副词.应为day.
38. One of the most distinction dialects
of North American English, Gullah is spoken by many people in the South
Carolina area.
答案:A
测试点:词性。
分析:distinction是名词,此处应用形容词distinctive。
解题要点;看到most,应想到其后可能是形容词或副词.
39. The novels of John Cheever belongs
to a literary tradition that is concerned primarily
with manners.
答案:A
测试点:主谓数的一致.
分析:主语是复数的novels,谓语动词不能用第三人称单数形式.应为belong.
40. Pennsylvania has the most institutions
of higher learning than any other state has.
答案:A 测试点:比较级.
分析:后文有关键词than,可知此处应是比较级而非最高级.应为more.
解题要点:形容词或副词的比较级和最高级错用是TOEFL常考题型.
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