Few football grounds boast a more prestigious address than the Bernabeu, lies as it does on the 1.____Castellana,the threelining highway that runs through 2.____the heart of Madrid.
As Real date back to 1902, when the Sociedad 3.____ Madrid Football Club was formed, it was not until1920 when the club was granted permission to use the 4. ____Real (royal) prefix. Work began on the currentstadium in October 1944. The land had been purchasedon three million pesetas. construction costs totalled a 5.____further 38 million, a staggered sum for the time. The 6.____cost of the new stadium led to claims, never proving, 7._____that Real had received financial aid from GeneralFranco’s government. Under Bernabeu’s patronage,Real Madrid became the greatest club side ever, won 8.____the European Champions Cup a record five times in arow between 1956 and 1960, a remarkable feat thatis unlikely to be challenged. Madrid lies, quite literally, at the heart ofSpain.This is no small coincidence that the capital’s 9.____leading football club is seen like a symbol of all 10.____things Spanish, just as FC Barcelona is a beacon forthe independent Catalan spirit. 参考答案 1.【参考答案】将lies改为lying。 【参考译文】没有别的体育场位置能与伯纳贝乌体育场位置相媲美了,它位于卡斯特拉纳,位于穿越马德里市中心这条高速公路的三叉路口。 【试题分析】本题辨析主句与分词状语关系的误用。 【详细解答】lies as it does on the Castellana,虽然主语应该是Bernabeu,但由于前面Few football grounds boast a more prestigious address than the Bernabeu是比较级的句子,而且比较对象很明确:是Few football grounds与the Bernabeu,而lies的误用,导致了句子结构的混乱。鉴于lies as it does…是对the Bernabeu的补充说明,故将lies改为lying,使之与后面的句子变成状语,就解决了问题。 2.【参考答案】将threelining改为threelined。 【参考译文】译文同上句。 【试题分析】本题辨析分词作定语时的误用。 【详细解答】threelining与其修饰词highway的逻辑关系是被动的。而现在分词往往是与其修饰词的关系是主动的。因此,将threelining改为threelined。3.【参考答案】将as改为Though。 【参考译文】尽管皇家马德里队的历史可追溯到1902年索西达德马里足球俱乐部队成立之时,但是直到1920年,俱乐部才被允许在其名字之前冠以“皇家”二字。 【试题分析】本题辨析连接词的误用。 【详细解答】Real date back to 1920与it was not until 1920 that the club was granted permission to use the Realprefix之间的逻辑关系应是转折关系,而as的误用导致了关系的混乱。改为表示转折的Though/Although。 4.【参考答案】将when改为that。 【参考译文】译文同上句。 【试题分析】本题辨析连接词的误用。 【详细解答】强调句与定语从句的区别主要有两点:引导词与引导词前后的句子的结构。强调句的连词除了强调人可以是who以外,都用that。另外一点,强调句前半部分是“It is…”,句意不完整,that后面的部分也不完整,只有将It is…that中间的成分移到后面才完整。本句是强调句,而不是定语从句,故when属误用,须将when改为that。 5.【参考答案】将on改为for。 6.【参考答案】将staggered改为staggering。 7.【参考答案】将proving改为proven。 8.【参考答案】将won改为winning。 9.【参考答案】将This改为It。 10.【参考答案】将like改为as。