托福考試語法題筆記一(7)

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61. at the time of columbus’ voyages, native americans used an astounding diversity of languages, ________ the diversity used by europeans.
    a. the greatest by far
    b. by far than greater
    c. by far the greatest
    d. greater by far than
    答案:d
    分析:有than就要找到比較級,a,c語義不通;b語序混亂。
    參考譯文:哥倫布航海時代,美洲土著居民使用著令人驚異的各種語言,遠遠超過了歐洲人使用的種類。
    62. during the harlem renaissance of the 1920’s, much african american writers, artists, and musicians came to harlem in new york city, creating a cultural center there.
    答案:a muchàmany
    分析:.可數(shù)不可數(shù)名詞修飾詞的誤用。
    參考譯文:1920的harlem黑人社區(qū)復(fù)興活動中,很多美國黑人作家、藝術(shù)家和音樂家來到了紐約市harlem,把那里建設(shè)成了一個文化中心。
    63. in concord, massachusetts, there is a museum commemorating the life of louisa may alcott, the author the nineteenth-century novel little women.
    答案:c author the à author of the
    分析:缺定冠詞。
    參考譯文:馬薩諸賽州的concord有一個紀念19世紀小說《小女人》的作者louisa may alcott生平的博物館。
    64. lactose, a sugar present in milk, is one of simple sugars used in food preparations for infants.
    答案:c of simpleàof the simple.
    分析: 從后面的sugars可以看出,sugar代表“某一類糖”的時候是可數(shù)名詞;present這里做形容詞“存在的”,前面省略了which is;one of…..結(jié)構(gòu)后面應(yīng)該接特指的范圍,必須加the,所以c錯。
    參考譯文:乳糖,是在牛奶中出現(xiàn)的一種糖,在給嬰兒準備的食物中用的一種簡單糖類。
    65. jackson, michigan, a city who was settled in 1829, was named for andrew jackson, the seventh president of the united states.
    答案:b。whoàwhich
    分析:定語從句連詞的誤用。
    參考譯文:密西根首府jackson,于1829年定址,是以美國第七屆總統(tǒng)andrew jackson的名字命名的。
    66. boulder, colorado, is only city in the united states that derives its water supply from a glacier.
    答案:a。is onlyà is the only
    分析:定冠詞使用。
    參考譯文:科羅拉多州的boulder是美國的從一處冰川獲得供水的城市。
    67. construction of first skyscraper began in chicago in 1883 with the ten-story home insurance building.
    答案:b。of firstàof the first
    分析:定冠詞的使用。級前加the
    參考譯文:最早的高樓建筑1883年出現(xiàn)在芝加哥,是一幢10層的家庭保險大樓。
    68. the mississippi riverboat, which evolved from simpler steamship of the early 1800’s, became the dominant form of passenger transport on the mississippi river.
    答案: steamshipàsteamships
    分析:單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞不能單獨出現(xiàn)。需要注意的是,transport這里作名詞,有“運輸工具”的意思
    參考譯文:密西西比河船,在1800從簡單的汽船演變過來,成為密西西比河上重要的旅客交通形式。
    69. modern stringed instruments comprise both instruments of ancient origin, such as the harp, and the developed recently family of bowed instruments that includes the violin.
    答案:d。developed recentlyàrecently developed
    分析:詞序顛倒。
    參考譯文:現(xiàn)代弦樂樂器不僅包含有源于古代的樂器,如豎琴,也有最近發(fā)展的包括小提琴的弓形樂器。
    70. stars provided early astronomer with a reference system for measuring the motions of planets, the moon, and the sun.
    答案:aàastronomers
    分析及考點:可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)單獨出現(xiàn),一般都錯。
    參考譯文:天上的星星給早期天文學(xué)家提供了一個參照系統(tǒng)來測量行星、月亮和太陽的移動。