1. Most doctors of the Colonial period believed _______ was caused by an imbalance of humors in the body. A. in disease B. that disease C. of disease D. about disease
2. In 1976 Sarah Caldwell became _________ at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. A. she was the first woman to conduct B. the first woman conductor来源:考试大 C. the woman was first conducting D. the woman conducts first
答案:B 分析:缺宾语,答案中只有B,D可以作宾语,但D的语序不对。 参考译文:1976,Sarah Caldwell成为在第一个在纽约Metropolitan Opera House演出的演奏家。 补充: 常考 the first/second/… one to do sth
3. On January 7, 1955, Marian Anderson became _________ to sing a major role at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House. A. the first African American B. the first African American was来源:考试大 C. she was the first African American D. when the first African American
答案:A 分析:缺宾语,C, D都不能作宾语。一句话中只能有一个谓语,而B中有was,句中出现两个谓语,一定错。 参考译文:1955年1月7号,Marian Anderson成为在第一个在纽约Metropolitan Opera House担任主唱的美籍黑人。
4. Perhaps the most significant postwar trend was the decentralization of cities throughout the United States, _________ when massive highway-building programs permitted greater suburban growth. A. and accelerated a phenomenon来源:考试大 B. a phenomenon that accelerated C. accelerating a phenomenon which, D. the acceleration of which phenomenon
答案:B 分析:考的是同位语结构,a phenomenon是 the decentralization of cities throughout the United States 的同位语。A中and为conj.,后面应该连接一个完整的句子,但缺主语,错;C中语序混乱,错; D中of which作为介词宾语,后面应该接一个完整句,但只有一个phenomenon主语,句子不完整,错。 参考译文:可能战后最重大的趋势就是美国城市的分散化,当大规模高速公路建设项目容许了更大程度的发展郊区,这个现象更被促进了。 补充: accelerate/ accomplish/ achieve/ evolve都可以是vi.不接宾语
5. Ronald Reagan had served two terms as governor of California before _________ President. A. he became B. when becoming C. became来源:考试大 D. did he become
6. _________, domesticated grapes grow in clusters, range in color from pale green to black, and contain sugar in varying quantities. A. Their botanical classification as berries B. Although their botanical classification as berries C. Because berries being their botanical classification D. Classified botanically as berries
答案:D 分析:句子的主语是grapes , 后面是平行结构grow…, range…, and contain…。空格后的句子已完整,那么空格处就应该是同位语,状语从句,分词等修饰成分。A中Their指代不明,而且classification和berries也不相符,错;B中Although为conj.,后面应该是完整句,错;C中Because为conj.,后面应该是完整句,错。 参考译文:培植的葡萄的植物分类跟浆果是一样的,它们成串的长在树上,颜色从灰白色到黑色,并且包含由不同数量的糖份。
7. The cymbal is ________ in the military band and is also frequently used in modern orchestral music. A. a basic instrument来源:考试大 B. basic instrument C. how basic an instrument it is D. as an instrument is basic
8. In instrumentalist philosophy, ideas and knowledge are exclusively functional processes: they are of significance only _________ instrumental in the development of experience. A. as they are B. are they C. there are来源:考试大 D. are
9. _________ either by cooling or by depriving the fire of oxygen, and most do both. A. Working fire extinguishers B. Fire extinguishers that work C. Fire extinguishers work D. The work of fire extinguishers
10. The introduction of mass-production methods enabled many people _________ and gave them an unprecedented amount of mobility. A. to purchase their own automobiles B. their own to purchase automobiles C. to their own purchase automobiles来源:考试大 D. own their automobiles to purchase
答案:A 分析:为固定结构enable sb to do sth. 参考译文:规模生产方法的产生,使得人们能够买自己的车,并获得了空前的灵活性。