1. Duke Ellington was a composer, conductor, and pianist --- ranked as one of the greatest of all jazz figures.
(A)
him
(B)
although
(C)
or
(D)
who
答案：D
测试点：从句连接词／主语.
分析：空格前为主句．其后为定语从句．从句有谓语而缺主语．且缺连接词．应在答案中选择可引导定语从句且兼作其主语的(D).
2.
--- became a state in 1876.
(A)
When Colorado
(B)
Colorado
(C)
It was Colorado
(D)
Colorado, which
答案：B
测试点：主语.
分析：本句有谓语而缺主语，应在答案中选名词或名词词组作主语．只有（B)是(专有)名词，其余均是句子或从句形式.
3.
The fragrances of many natural substances come from oils, --- these oils may be
used in manufacturing perfumes.
(A)
of
(B)
from
(C)
whether
(D)
and
答案：D
测试点；连词／并列结构。
分析：空格两边都是完整的句子，应在答案中选连词将其衔接．即(D)and连接两个并列句．(C)whether应与or not构成连词短语.
4.
Because the saxophone is an excellent solo instrument, --- in some important
orchestral works.
(A)
it is featured
(B)
while featured
(C)
if featured
(D)
feature it
答案：A
测试点：主谓结构.
分析：空格前为Because引导的从句，后接主句，主句主、谓语均缺，应在答案中选择主语+动词的形式，即(A).
5.
Before Geraldine Ferraro was selected as the Democratic Party’s vice
presidential candidate in 1984, no woman --- run for national office in the
United States on a major party ticket.
(A)
ever has
(B)
never had
(C)
had ever
(D) having
never
答案：C
测试点：谓语.
分析：逗号前为从句，逗号后的主句有主语但谓语不完整，应在答案中选择可与run构成谓语的形式，即(A)、(B)或(C)，排除非谓语形式的(D)。从句显示时态应为过去，故排除现在时的(A)．主语含有否定词no，而(B)中never也是否定词，不可与否定词连用(不可用双重否定)，故选(C).
6.
--- reaches the cells of the body, it is oxidized, or slowly burned.
(A)
As digested food
(B)
Digested food that
(C)
Food is digested
(D)
Why does digested food
答案：A
测试点：从句连接词／主语.
分析：逗号后为主句，逗号前为状语从句．从句有谓语但缺主语、连接词．应在答案中选择词+主语的形式，即(A).
7.
The position of the larynx, or voice box, in the neck determines ---, swallows,
and vocalizes.
(A)
an animal, how does one breathe
(B)
how an animal breathes
(C)
an anima breathes, how one
(D)
how does an anima breathe
答案：B
测试点：宾语从句／并列结构.
分析：动词determines后接宾语从句，从句中已有两个并列的谓语动词，所缺为连接词、主语和另一谓语动词，应在答案中选择相应的成份，即(B)。
解题要点；看到and应想到它所连接的成份应同性质、同形式．swallows和vocalizes都是第三人称单数形式的动词，可先看每个答案的末尾，寻找同样形式的词，即(B)breathes.
8.
The slide rule uses sliding scales with marks --- numbers and their logarithms.
(A)
representing
(B)
represented
(C)
are represented
(D)
they are representing
答案：A
测试点：分词短语作后置定语.
分析：名词marks后应为其定语，可能是从句、形容词短语或分词短语．答案中无从句、形容词，故选分词(A)或(B)．空格后为分词的宾语，过去分词不可带宾语而现在分词可带，故去(B)而选(A)。
9.
--- executive and administrative authority in the United States government
rests with a President who is elected for a four-year term.
(A)
That the
(B)
The
(C)
It is the
(D) There
is the
答案：B
测试点；冠词.
分析：空格后句子成份完整，但作主语的名词authority前有形容词而缺冠词，故只在答案中选择冠词The.
解题要点：当4个答案中有一个是单独的冠词时，应首先考虑.
10.---
stereophonic phonograph records, two recordings are made of the same musical
performance.
(A)
Creates
(B)
Created
(C)
The creating of
(D) To
create
答案：D
测试点：不定式／状语.
分析：逗号后为完整句子，逗号前是其状语，说明目的．不定式可作目的状语，故选(D).
11.Genes
determine --- the shape of a leaf and the sex, height, and hair color of a
child.
(A)
such as features
(B)
such features as
(C)
as such features
(D)
features as such
答案：B
测试点：词序／such…as的用法。
分析：such…as是表示例举概念的短语。它有两种形式；(1)such十名词+as，即(B)；(2)such as…今如(D)改为features such as．亦可.
12.California’s
agricultural supremacy dates from 1947, when its farm output first --- any
other state.
(A)
that exceeded
(B)
exceeded that
(C)
exceeded that of
(D)
that exceeded of
答案：C
测试点：动宾结构.
分析：when引导的从句有主语而缺谓语、宾语，应在答案中选择动词+宾语的形式，即(B)或(C)．that指output，空格后名词为其定语，二者间应有介词，故排除(B)而选(C).
解题要点；见到答案中出现of或those of的形式，先考虑它.
13.The
use of well-chosen nonsense words makes --- the testing of many basic
hypotheses in the field of language learning.
(A)
it is possibly
(B)
its possibility
(C)
them possible
(D)
possible
答案：D
测试点；短语.
分析：make sth. possible是固定短语，当make的宾语过长时，可将possible提前而宾语后置，故选(D).
解题要点；应区别两个易混淆而截然不同的句型；
(1)make it possible (for sb.)to do sth.(形式宾语) ；
(2)make sth．possible(宾语可后置).
14.
Not until 1931 --- the official anthem of the United States.
(A)
“The Star-spangled Banner”did become
(B)
when “The Star-spangled Banner”became
(C)
did “The Star-spangled Banner”become
(D)
became “The Star-spangled Banner”
答案：C
测试点：倒装句.
分析：以Not until开头的句子为倒装句，它后面主、谓语位置颠倒，即助动词位于主语前．应在答案中选择助动词+主语+…的形式，即(C).
解题要点：遇到Not until倒装句，先看以助动词或系动词开头的那个答案。
15.In
general, the simpler plants appeared on the Earth before those ---.
(A)
are structurally complicated
(B)
more complicated structure
(C)
have a complicated structure
(D)
their structure is complicated
答案：B
测试点；比较句式.
分析：句中simpler为比较级，后文应出现与之相比较的内容，即另一个比较级的形式，故选(B).
16. Rebecca Latimer, a political commentator
and the author of several book, was the first woman to
become a United States senator.
答案：C
测试点：数的一致.
分析：several后应接复数可数名词，而book为单数．应为books.
17. Surrealist artists painted in such
a manner that their pictures seem if as they came from the
realm of dreams.
答案：C
测试点：习语／词序.
分析：as if是固定短语．此处词序颠倒。
18. Manure can be converted into methane
gas by means the activated-sludge process of sewage disposal.
答案：B
测试点；习语。
分析：By means of是固定短语。此处缺of，应为by means of the…。
解题要点；这是TOEFL常考习语之一.
19. Navajo National Monument in northern
Arizona incorporates three of the most large of all known
cliff dwellings.
答案：B
测试点：最高级.
分析：1arge为单音节的形容词，其最高级由词尾+(e)st构成，不用most．应为largest.
20. By studying geometry,
students can learn what to develop logical arguments through
dedective reasoning.
答案：C
测试点：副词/代词.
分析：根据句意，此处应为(1earn) how to(develop logical arguments)向中develop后已有宾语，不可再用what作其宾语.
21. The word “saga” is often application
to any narration of events of the past, whether mythical or
historical in character.
答案：A
测试点；词性。
分析：application是名词，而此处需要动词与is构成被动语态。应为applied。
解题要点；当划线的词为-tion或-sion结尾的名词时，应注意其是否错用，是否应为动词.
22. The success of a naval
ship is determined by its seaworthiness, speedy, and
maneuverability.
答案：D
测试点：词性／并列结构.
分析：and要求它所连接的成份同词性、同形式．此处and所连接的seaworthiness和maneuverability都是名词，而speedy却是形容词．应为speed.
23. Administrative assistants are
often expected to make decisions, supervision staff, delegate
responsibility, and work harmoniously with managers and fellow employees.
答案：B
测试点：词性／并列结构.
分析：and两边应同结构、同性质．此处and连接几个动宾语结构的词组，make、delegate和work都是动词，而supervision却是名词。应为动词supervise。
24. Few theories are originality
enough to be called unique.
答案：C
测试点；词性.
分析：originality 是名词，而此处作表语需形容词．应为original.
25. Many critics believe that Amy
Lowell’s most important work is not her poetry, but his biography,
John Keats, published the year of her death.
答案：C
测试点：代词.
分析：代词的性应与其所代一致．句中再个her是关键词，由此推知AmyLowell是女性，代词不能用his．应为her.
26. Research on pain has been neglected,
although the mainly reason people take medicine is to relieve pain.
答案：B
测试点：词性.
分析：mainly是副词，而修饰名词reason，应当用形容．应为main.
解题要点：见到划线的以-ly结尾的副词，应注意它是否用错．是否应为形容词.
27. Sidney Poitier, he is famous
for his character portrayals, won an Oscar for his 1963 performance
in Lilies of the Field.
答案：A
测试点：多词／从句连接词。
分析：本句主语为Sidney Poitier，谓语为won，主谓之间两边用逗号隔开的部分为后置定语。此处后置定语由形容词famous所带短语构成，he is多余。或改为he为who，成为从句形式亦可。
28. The Carlsbad caverns, located
in New Mexico, rank between the largest underground labyrinths in
the world.
答案：B
测试点：between和among的用法。
分析：考题中常见这两个词被相互错用。
解题要点：见到划线的between，特别是它接在rank后时，应考虑它是否错用，是否应为among。此处应为among。
29. Commercial rock wool is made by
blowing steam through molten rock such as limestone to create
fine, flexibility, glasslike fibers.
答案：D
测试点；并列结构。
分析：及物动词to create后接宾语名词fibers，前面带有三个形容词定语。(D)flexibility应为形容词flexible，与fine和glasslike并列。
30. William Taft begins his
many years of service for the United States when President Benjamin
Harrison appointed him solicitor general in 1890.
答案：A
测试点；时态一致。
分析：主句与从句的时态应一致。从句的谓语动词appointed为过去时，主句不能用现在时的begins。应为began。
解题要点；当句中出现阿拉伯数字表示的时间状语，如in 1890，应留意句中谓语动词的时态是否为一般过去时。
31. A time zone is a slightly irregular
north-south belts that extends from pole to pole.
答案：C
测试点：数的一致。
分析：冠词a后应是单数名词，不能接复数的belts。应为belt。
解题要点：当冠词a/an其中心名词之间有冗长的定语修饰成分时，应特别留意此名词的单复数。
32. Harriet Monroe’s verse survive
today as evidence of her undiscouraged zeal for the advancement
of modern poetry.
答案：A
测试点；主谓数的一致。
分析：谓语动词的数应与主语一致。主语verse为第三人称单数，谓语动词不能用survive，而要用第三人称单数形式survives。
33. “How does the human brain
work?” remains one of the most profound questions confront modern science.
答案：D
测试点；词形／后置定语。
分析：questions后为定语，这种后置定语由形容词短语或分词短语构成。confront是动词原形，应为confronting。
34. Cadence may be considered
the rise and fall in intensified of sounds.
答案：D
测试点；缺词。
分析：of前应是名词，而intensified为动词的形式，应为the intension。
35. One out of every ten persons
in the 1978 United States labor force was a teenager, compared
by one out of fifteen in 1960.
答案：D
测试点：习语/介词。
分析：“与……相比较”的固定短语是compare with，不用by。
36. Gypsum is too soft that it
is easy to scratch it with a fingernail.
答案：A
测试点：so…that和too…to的用法。
分析：考题中常见这两个结构被要互错误搭配。后文有that，说明此处too错误，应为so。解题要点：见到划线的too，应立即注意后文是to还是that。
37. A goose’s neck is a tiny
longer than that of a duck and not so gracefully curved as
a swan’s.
答案：A
测试点：习语/近义词。
分析：a little longer (1ittle十比较级)是固定短语，不用tiny。
38. Like squirrels, tree shrews are
bearing well-developed claws on their digits and are generally
active during daylight hours.
答案：B
测试点：并列结构／时态一致。
分析：and所连接的成分应同形式、同性质。句中and连接两个谓语部分，这两个动词时态应一致。and后为一般过去时的are，and前不能用现在进行式的are bearing。应为bear。另外，此句讲述一事实，无需使用进行时。
39. Even many early leaders of
the United States have provided names for towns, only George
Washington is remembered in the name of a state.
答案：A
测试点；近义词。
分析：两个分句应当用连词连接，而Even是副词或形容词，不能用来连接句子。应为Even though.
40. Numerous insects, special the
butterfly, have weak powers of flight.
答案：B
测试点；近义词。
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