公共英語(PETS)三級語法與詞匯例題解析(十五)

26. The secretary telephoned Mrs. Philip and found she had some available rooms.
     A B C D
    答案： D
    解析： available rooms改為rooms available；available這個形容詞放在所修飾的詞的后面。
    27. I called at his office yesterday afternoon, but was told that he had gone half
     A B C
    an hour ago.
     D
    答案： Ｄ
    解析：　ago改為before；這句話的意思是：我昨天下午往他辦公室打電話，但是被告知他一個小時以前就已經(jīng)走了。
    28. Jim spent his vacation going to Mexico, flying to London， and then visited China.
     A B C D
    答案： D
    解析： visited改為visiting，注意與前面兩個分詞短語關(guān)系，并列關(guān)系，時態(tài)保持一致。另外，Ａ項中省略了一個介詞in，spent sth (in) doing sth…，固定搭配用法，in可帶可不帶.
     29. Despite the fact that the South Pole is as snow-covered as the North Pole,
     A B C
     is colder than the North Pole.
     D
    答案： D
    解析： is colder 應(yīng)改為 “it is colder”；主句缺少主語，形式主語it代指South Pole；注意：不能省略it。
    30. High school students must complete course in history and sciences by the time
     A B C
    they will graduate.
     D
    答案：　D
    解析：　will graduate 改為graduated，用完成時表示將來時的一種用法.