老托福1999-01语法笔记.doc

1999年01月语法题 1. Among the first plants to grow on the land regions of the Earth _____, which in prehistoric times grew to immense size(A) were horsetail rushes? (B) horsetail rushes(C) horsetail rushes were? (D) and horsetail rushes 答案：A 分析：浏览全句，后面是一从句，那么，逗号前面一定是主句。主句中介词短语among…在句首，所以用倒装句。B, D无谓语，且D中也无与and 并列的成分; C, were后无表语。 翻译参考：马尾鞭草是最早生长在地球陆地上的植物之一，它们在史前时代能长得非常巨大。 2. Unlike fossil fuels, which can be used only once, wind and solar power _____of energy.(A) for renewable sources(B) the sources are renewable(C) are renewable sources(D) renewable sources 答案：C 分析：浏览全句，得知句中缺谓语，排除A, D。B, wind and solar power与the sources无法连接，故选C。 翻译参考：与只可利用一次的石油不同，风能和太阳能是可更新的能源 3. _____ that the first cheese was probably made more than 4,000 years ago by nomadic tribes in Asia.(A) The belief(B) Although they believe(C) It is believed(D) Believing答案：C 分析：空格后面是完整的从句，所以选C, 主谓成份都齐全，后跟that引导的宾语从句。 A, C都没有主谓语；而B形成一个从句，无主句。 翻译参考：大家都认为第一块奶酪大概是在4000多年以前，由亚洲游牧部落做出来的。 ? 4. Today _____ of the Earth live on a very small percentage of the Earths land surface.(A) about two-thirds populated(B) the population is about two-thirds(C) about two-thirds of the population(D) of about two-thirds the population is?答案：C分析：浏览全句，发现缺主语。而of前面应该是名词或名词词组，只有C符合。 翻译参考：当今地球上的大约2/3人口住在占总面积很小的一部分地表陆地上。 5. It was in the year 1792 _____(A) that the New York Stock Exchange was founded(B) founding the New York Stock Exchange(C) which year the New York Stock Exchange was founded(D) the New York Stock Exchange founded答案：A 分析：强调句，只能选A。大家注意，在强调句It is (was)…that(who,whom)…中，只有这三个引导词，并且that可以代替其他两个。 翻译参考：纽约股票交易所成立于1792年。 6. Many small birds use new sites for each nesting, _____ large birds often reuse the same nest.(A) by(B) how(C) within(D) whereas答案：D 分析：空格前后都是完整的句子，首先排除A, C。再根据句义，是small birds 与large birds再作比较，所以选D, 是连词，意思是然而，反之。 翻译参考：很多的小鸟在每次做窝的时候都使用新的地点，而大鸟类则经常重复使用一个巢穴。 7. Plateaus are often referred to as tablelands _____ essentially flat-topped and stand conspicuously above an adjacent land