2018年托福語法練習題(13)
1. As sweeteners, there is very small difference between honey and sucrose, although the former does contain minimal quantities of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.
答案:B
分析及考點:形容詞誤用。修飾不可數(shù)名詞表示小的形容詞,應該用little.
參考譯文:作為甜料,蜂蜜和蔗糖之間的差別很細微。盡管前者確實包含有少量的維他命、礦物質和氨基酸。
2. Cultivated for salad since ancient times, lettuce is harvesting before its flower stem shoots up to bear its small yellow flowers.
答案:B
分析及考點:動詞形式的誤用。應該用被動形式,harvested
參考譯文:從古代就種植用于色拉食用,生菜在它花莖生出去支持它的小黃花之前就被收割了。
3. Phonological structure encodes speak sounds as a sequence of vocal tract configurations —— successive positions of the larynx, jaw, lips, tongue, and velum.
答案:A
分析及考點:單詞形式的誤用。修飾名詞要用形容詞,所以改成它的形容詞形式spoken
參考譯文:聲音體系的結構,是把發(fā)聲聲音作為一系列聲道的構造來編碼,這些構造取自于喉、下顎、唇、舌頭和小舌頭的連續(xù)的位置。
4. The steamship contributed of the development of fast news-gathering during the nineteenth century.
答案:B
分析及考點:介詞誤用。Contribute to固定搭配。
參考譯文:在19世紀,汽船對快速的信息收集過程的發(fā)展做出了貢獻。
5. The 1880's saw not only the creation of the curtain wall and wind-braced iron frame also the architectural mastery of these structural devices.
答案:B
分析及考點:連詞的固定搭配,not only….but also.
參考譯文:1880年的人,不僅僅看到了窗簾幕墻和抗風支撐的鐵架結構窗的發(fā)明創(chuàng)造,而且也看到了這些結構設計在建筑上的運用。
6. A century ago, women made quilts only not to keep their families warm but also to express their artistic abilities.
答案:C
分析及考點:連詞固定搭配,not only…but also…
參考譯文:一個世紀以前,女性縫制被子不僅是為了家人保暖,也是想表現(xiàn)她們的藝術能力。
7. The building knew as the Capitol is situated on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and it houses the legislative branch of the United States government.
答案:A
分析及考點:詞性誤用。定語從句省略結構修飾the building,所以改成known as.
參考譯文:眾所周知的國會大廈座落在華盛頓的國會山,它包含了美國政府的立法機構。
8. A person or business with more debts than assets for meeting debt payment may to declare legal bankruptcy.
答案:D,
分析及考點:情態(tài)動詞使用,直接跟動詞原形,所以把to去掉,may declare.
參考譯文:個人或企業(yè)在債務支付過程中,如果資產(chǎn)不抵債務的時候,可以宣布合法破產(chǎn)。
9. The first stethoscope——the kind of instrument what has come to symbolize medicine around the world ——was constructed in 1816.
答案:B
分析及考點:定語從句連接詞誤用。改成which.
參考譯文:聽診器,成為全球醫(yī)學的象征的儀器,最早是在1816年建造的。
pumpkin補充: 改成that可能好些??
10. It is said that no potential frontier has such fired the imagination or challenged the ingenuity of humankind as has space.
答案:B
分析及考點:難?嫉氖莝o……as結構,such是形容詞不能修飾動詞,而so是副詞可以。
參考譯文:據(jù)說沒有其他潛在的新領域能夠像太空這樣激發(fā)人類的想象力,對人類的聰明才智提出挑戰(zhàn)。
11. The Congress of the United States can initiate legislation and significantly amend or rejection Presidential legislative proposals.
答案:C
分析及考點:or連接的平行對稱結構中,amend是動詞,所以這里應該改成reject
參考譯文:美國國會能夠頒布法令,并最大程度的修正或否決總統(tǒng)的立法提案。
12. Through his paintings, Edward Hopper depicted the isolation, lonely, and lack of variety of the daily life of small-town America.
答案:B
分析及考點:詞性的變換。and連接的平行對稱結構中,都是名詞,所以這里應改成loneliness
參考譯文:Edward Hopper通過他的畫,描述了小鎮(zhèn)化美國的孤立,孤獨和平淡。
13. The chief editorial concern in magazine publishing is presenting a mix of news, information, and entertain, all targeted at the audience the magazine seeks to reach.
答案:C
分析及考點:and連接的平行對稱結構中,都是名詞,或不可數(shù)單數(shù),或可數(shù)復數(shù),所以改成entertainment
參考譯文:雜志發(fā)行中主要的編輯問題是把所有面向雜志所要吸引的觀眾的新聞、信息和娛樂混合在一起表現(xiàn)出來。