1. Quasars __________ emitting extremely intense radio waves and visible radiation.

(A) Star-like objects are

(B) Star-like, they are objects

(C) are star-like objects

(D) are they star-like objects

答案：C

測試點：主謂結構．

分析：Quasar是主語，后面缺少動詞及動詞后所帶成份，應在答案中選擇動詞十賓語或系動詞斗表語的結構．(C)是系表結構．

解題要點：在4個答案中首先尋找以動詞開頭的形式．

 

2. Mary Cassatt specialized __________ mothers with their children.

(A) painted

(B) who painted

(C) paintings

(D) in painting

答案：D

測試點：習語。

分析：specialize是不及物動詞，后面不能直接加賓語，而要用介詞。答案中只有(D)有介詞，故選(D)．specialize in+名詞／動名詞是固定短語．

 

3. Gorillas are quiet animals, __________ they are able to make about twenty different sounds.

(A) how

(B) in spite of

(C) because of

(D) even though

答案：D

測試點：連詞．

分析：逗號前后為兩個主謂完整的句子，且是轉折的關系，要用表示轉折的連詞連接．答案中只有(D)even though是表示轉折的連詞。(A)可以是連詞，但無轉折的意思；(B)(C)都是介詞，不能連接句子．

解題要點：TOEFL結構題中的even though常常是首先要考慮的選擇．

 

4. From 1946 to 1949, __________ William Henry Hastie served as governor of the Virgin Islands.

(A) the lawyer

(B) he was the lawyer

(C) the lawyer who

(D) was the lawyer

答案：A

測試點：同位語。

分析：空格后是一完整的句子，主語前所缺的是主語的同位語。應在答案中選擇說明主語身份的名詞，即(A)．(B)是句子(C)后加從句(D)是系表結構，都不能作同位語．

 

5. __________ struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone, retaining its pitch over a long period of time.

(A) When is it

(B) One is

(C) When it is

(D) Is one

答案：C

測試點：狀語從句．

分析：本句逗號后是一完整的句子，逗號前的部分為狀語從句．應在答案中選擇帶有連接詞的從句形式，即(C)．其實(C)省去it is，只保留when struck亦是正確的．

 

6. __________ one time, Manchester, New Hampshire, was the home of the most productive cotton mills in the world.

(A) On

(B) At

(C) By

(D) To

答案：B

測試點：介詞/習語．

分析：at…time是固定搭配，one time前的介詞應當用at．

 

7. The edible tube mushroom __________ a cushion-like, moist cap that is light brown or darkish red.

(A) which has

(B) to have

(C) having

(D) has

答案：D

測試點：謂語。

分析：空格兩邊都是名詞成份，所缺為謂語，應在答案中選擇能作謂語的動詞，即(D)。(A)多了主語 (B)(C)都是非謂語動詞．

 

8. In 1961 the entertainer Chubby Checker introduced a __________ to New York’s rock’n ‘ roll fans.

(A) new dance, the twist

(B) twist, was the new dance

(C) twist, the new dance that

(D) new dance is the twist

答案：A

測試點：賓語侗位語．

分析：冠詞a后面應是名詞性成份，作introduce的賓語，故選擇(A)．答案(D) (C)中有動詞出現(xiàn)；(B)中有連接詞，均錯．

 

9. In sculpture __________”modeling” denotes a way of shaping clay, wax, or other pliable materials.

(A) to the term

(B) is termed

(C) the term

(D) to term

答案：C

測試點：主語/同位語．

分析：denotes是謂語動詞，它前面是主語部分．所缺為主語，則應在答案中選擇名詞，即(C)the term。modeling為主語的同位語。

 

10. The capacity for flight __________insects from the other invertebrates.

(A) to distinguish

(B) distinguishes

(C) which distinguishes

(D) distinguishing

答案：B

測試點：謂語．

分析：本題與第7題屬同一題型．空格前后都是名詞性結構．所缺為謂語．應在答案中選擇能作謂語的動詞，即(B)．(A)(D)都是非謂語動詞不能單獨作謂語；(C)多了主語．

 

11. Although pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the United States, they are found __________ Ohio and Illinois.

(A) far north

(B) north as far

(C) farthest north

(D) as far north as

答案：D

測試點：as…as的用法．

分析：此結構表示程度．答案(A)如改為far north in亦可．(B)(C)結構錯誤．此句意為“朝北方一直遠至Ohio和nlinois”．

解題要點：表示程度的as…as”結構出現(xiàn)在答案中，應首先考慮。

 

12. __________ of caffeine can result in restlessness, insomnia, and even delirium.

(A) Consuming in excess

(B) Excessive consumption

(C) To consume excessively

(D) The consumption excessive

答案：B

測試點：主語／詞序．

分析：介詞of前面應當是名詞或名詞詞組．作本句的主語．答案中，(B)是正確的名詞詞組．(A)、(C)錯，因consume作“消費、吃喝”講時應是及物動詞，不能后接介詞of；(D)詞序錯誤。

 

13. Considered one of the leading poets in America today,__________.

(A) a number of books and plays have also been written by Sonia Sanchez

(B) Sonia Sanchez has also written a number of books and plays

(C) A number of Sonia Sanchez books and plays have been written

(D) There have been a number of books and plays written by Sonia Sanchez

答案：B

測試點：主語一致．

分析：分詞短語作狀語置于句首時，其邏輯上的主語應當與句子的主語一致．本句considered…的邏輯主語是人，句子主語也應是人。應在答案中選擇以人名等作主語的形式，即(B)。(A) (C)主語均為books，(D)用了表“存在”的there be句型，均與前面部分主語不一致．

 

14. Variables such as individual and corporate behavior __________ nearly impossible for economists to forecast economic trends with precision.

(A) make

(B) make it

(C) it makes

(D) makes it

答案：B

測試點：習語動詞make及其相關習語為TOEFL�？迹�

分析：本句用的是短語“make it…for sb．to do sth．*．不定式to及其后成分為實際賓形，代詞it為形式賓語．

 

15. __________ by transferring the blame to others is often called scapegoating.

(A) Eliminate problems

(B) The eliminated problems

(C) Eliminating problems

(D) Problems are eliminated