分享prep08语法错题的自我分析

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写在前面。。。。听说prep08的题目很值得一做，上周从CD里找来的资源做了一份，发现自己错了不少，根据manhattan和**上的解释对每一道错题进行了订正，并且用电脑搞了个错题集。

因为自己平时做错了题不知道如何解就会把题干输进搜索框进行搜索，所以觉得如果上传自己的错题，大家在搜题时没准能够搜到我的解释，也算是和大家一起分享我对题目的分析。其实不少题目我觉得自己还是没有百分百弄明白，所以如果大家觉得我分析的正确可以顶一下增加一下楼主的信心，如果觉得我分析的含糊不清也欢迎大家指正。

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174.Often major economic shifts are so gradual as to be indistinguishable atfirst from ordinary fluctuations in the financial markets.

A.so gradual as to be indistinguishable


B.so gradual so that they can be indistinguishable


C.so gradual that they are unable to be distinguished

D.gradual enough not to be distinguishable


E.gradual enough so that one cannot distinguish them

答案：A

只有so …as to/that 能表示如此…以至于，…enough不能表示，排除D\E，且排除B因为结构不对，剩下A/C

C: be unable to be done 是很awkward 一般都是主动形式的 be unable to do 不能够做某事 完全可以改成 sogradual that people are unable to distinguish xxxx

176.Forat least two decades or more previous to when the Venetian artist GiovanniBattista Tiepolo died in 1770, he was the most admired painter in Italy.

A.For at least two decades or more previous to when the Venetian artist GiovanniBattista Tiepolo died in 1770, he was

At least or more 多余

B.For at least two decades before the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolodied in 1770, he had been

C.For at least two decades or more before the Venetian artist Giovanni BattistaTiepolo's dying in 1770, he had been

At least or more 多余

D.When the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, for at leasttwo decades previously he was

表示某个时间点之前应该用before引导的时间状语从句，而不是previously.For + 一段时间应该用完成时

E .When the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo died in 1770, having beenfor at least two decades before that

没有主句

答案：B

177.In her 26 years in the forests of Gombe, Jane Goodall collected data thatproved that chimpanzees exhibit the kind of curiosity so that new patternsof behavior and expression can be passed on from each one to others byimitating and practicing

A.exhibit the kind of curiosity so that new patterns of behavior and expressioncan be passed on from each one to others by imitating and practicing

Imitate 及物动词，不能单独ing;from one to others 不够Idiomatic

B.will exhibit the kind of curiosity so that new patterns of behavior andexpression can be passed on from one to another by imitating and practicing

Imitate及物动词，不能单独ing；没有必要用will，没有将来时的标志

C.will exhibit the kind of curiosity so that new patterns of behavior andexpression can be passed on from one to another by imitation and practice

没有必要用will，没有将来时的标志

D.exhibit the kind of curiosity by which new patterns of behavior and expressioncan be passed on from one to another by imitation and practice

E .exhibit the kind of curiosity where new patterns of behavior and expression arepassed on to others by imitation and practice

Where只能指代具象的地点;

答案：D

181.The number of people flying first class on domestic flights rose sharply in1990, doubling the increase of the previous year.

A.doubling the increase of 正确。Comma+V-ing

B.doubling that of the increase in 错误，that of 无指代

C.double as much as the increase of 错误，没有连词的情况下不能有V

D.twice as many as the increase in 错误，increase应该用Much

E .twice as many as the increase of 错误，increase应该用Much

答案：A

182.Theorganic food industry has organized a successful grassroots campaign—usingWeb sites, public meetings, and also mass mailings—that have convinced theDepartment of Agriculture to change the proposed federal regulations fororganically grown food.

A.using Web sites, public meetings, and also mass mailings—that have convinced

convince的发出者是acampaign用单数

B.using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—that has convinced

C.by using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing

In doing sth 是通过xxx的方式 句意明显不通

D.by the use of Web sites, public meetings, as well as mass mailings—thatconvinced

as well as 平行结构错误

E .which used Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing

In doing sth 是通过xxx的方式 句意明显不通

答案：B

190.The thirteen original British colonies in North America, some formed ascommercial ventures, others as religious havens, each had a written charterthat set forth its form of government and the rights of the colonists.

A.some formed as commercial ventures, others as religious havens, each had awritten charter

B.some being formed as a commercial venture, others as religious havens, all ofwhich had written charters

未划线句子中有its，说明all错，只能用each

C.some that formed as commercial ventures, others as religious havens, all hadwritten charters

未划线句子中有its，说明all错，只能用each

D.with some being formed as a commercial venture, others as religious havens, allhad a written charter

with表示伴随，这里讲的是colonial本身，没有伴随的意思

未划线句子中有its，说明all错，只能用each

E .with some formed as commercial ventures, while others as religious havens, eachhad a written charter

with表示伴随，这里讲的是colonial本身，没有伴随的意思

答案：A

192.In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for aBetter World, with the simple thesis of consumers having the power tochange companies by the simple expedient of refusing to buy.

A.with the simple thesis of consumers having

修饰宾语用comma+with容易有歧义，因为comma+with既可以修饰主语也可以修饰宾语

B.which had the simple thesis of consumers having

Of sb doing错，因为语法上of修饰的是consumer，但是逻辑上of修饰的是整件事

C.where the thesis was simple: consumers having

没有出现地点，不能用where

D.with a thesis that is a simple one: consumers have

修饰宾语用comma+with容易有歧义，因为comma+with既可以修饰主语也可以修饰宾语

E .whose thesis was simple: consumers have

答案：E

197.Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States createfarmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relativelyinexpensive houses and furniture, but it also caused erosion and very quicklydeforested whole regions.

A.Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States createfarmland (especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relativelyinexpensive houses and furniture, but it also

句中没有不仅而且的意思

B.Not only did the systematic clearing of forests in the United States createfarmland (especially in the Northeast), which gave consumers relativelyinexpensive houses and furniture, but also

句中没有不仅而且的意思

C.The systematic clearing of forests in the United States, creating farmland(especially in the Northeast) and giving consumers relatively inexpensivehouses and furniture, but also

句子没有谓语

D.The systematic clearing of forests in the United States created farmland(especially in the Northeast) and gave consumers relatively inexpensive housesand furniture, but it also

E.The systematic clearing of forests in the United States not only createdfarmland (especially in the Northeast), giving consumers relatively inexpensivehouses and furniture, but it

句中没有不仅而且的意思

答案：D

200.Ascrub jay can remember when it cached a particular piece of food in aparticular place, researchers have discovered, and tend not to bother torecover a perishable treat if stored long enough to have rotted.

A.tend not to bother to recover a perishable treat if

B.they tend not to bother recovering a perishable treat

C.tending not to bother to recover a perishable treat it

D.tends not to bother recovering a perishable treat

E .tends not bothering to recover a perishable treat it

结构：a jaycan remember… and tends not to do

botherdoing sth.

答案：D

202.Providinginitial evidence that airports are a larger source of pollution than they wereonce believed to be, environmentalists in Chicago report that the total amountof pollutant emitted annually by vehicles at O’Hare International Airport istwice as much as that which is being emitted annually by all motorvehicles in the Chicago metropolitan area.

A.as much as that which is being emitted annually by all

B.as much annually as is emitted by the

C.as much compared to what is annually emitted by all

D.that emitted annually by all

E .that emitted annually compared to the

比较对象是 thetotal amount of pollutant emitted annually by vehicles at different place

D的 thetotal amount of pollutant 被that 替代

倍数的比较：A is twiceas much as B 或者 A is twice B

答案：D

212.According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Associationof American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times morelikely than are other graduates in planning to practice insocioeconomically deprived areas.

A.minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduatesin planning to practice

B.minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates whoplan on practicing

C.minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to planon practicing

D.it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than othergraduates will plan to practice

E .it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduatesto plan to practice

Likely的用法： sthis likely to do 或者 it is likely that xxx 根据这点排除A/B

D:more likely rather than 结构错误

E：as likely than 结构错误

答案：C

218.Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, theman-eater of the movies—less than those killed by bee stings.

A.movies—less than those

B.movies—fewer than have been

C.movies, which is less than those

D.movies, a number lower than the people

E .movies, fewer than the ones

People可数，排除A

Which语法上修饰宾语，与逻辑不一致，排除C

Number和people不可比，排除D

前后保持一致用完成时态havebeen 选B

答案：B

220.The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, whichincreased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fellover the last two years.

A.which increased five percent during the first three months of this year afterit fell

B.which had increased five percent during the first three months of this yearafter it had fallen

C.which have increased five percent during the first three months of this yearafter falling

D.with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year afterfalling

E .with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year afterhaving fallen

修饰宾语用comma+with容易有歧义，因为comma+with既可以修饰主语也可以修饰宾语 排除D/E

修饰profits复数，所以排除A/B

答案：C

222.Although people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to theUnited States, their death rates from heart disease are far lower inFrance.

A.people in France consume fatty foods at a rate comparable to the United States,their

B.people in France and the United States consume fatty foods at about the samerate, the

C.fatty foods are consumed by people in France at a comparable rate to the UnitedStates's, their

D.the rate of fatty foods consumed in France and the United States is about thesame, the

E .the rate of people consuming fatty foods is about the same in France and theUnited States, the

主句不能用their作主语，A中peoplein France 和their。。。。 in France很怪

同理，C中their不可用修饰fattyfood

D/E 是of sbdoing 的问题，没有the rate of food/ the rate of people的说法

答案：B

230.Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasantlife and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was thenovelist who became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer towin the Nobel Prize for Literature.

A.Turning away from literary realism to write romantic stories about the peasantlife and landscape of northern Sweden, in 1909 Selma Lagerlöf was the novelistwho became the first woman and was also the first Swedish writer to win

用ing分词做独立主格，不应该把in1909放在主句的句首

B.She turned away from literary realism and wrote romantic stories about thepeasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, and novelist Selma Lagerlöf in1909 became the first woman as well as the first Swedish writer that won

前半句是she 后半句and后面是novelistSelma 感觉两个不是一个人，不符合句意

that不能指代人，只能指代物

C.Selma Lagerlöf was a novelist who turned away from literary realism to writeromantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, andin 1909 she became the first woman in addition to the first Swedish writerwinning

Idiom:the first people to do 做…事的第一人，固定用法 排除C

D.A novelist who turned away from literary realism to write romantic storiesabout the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, Selma Lagerlöf becamein 1909 the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win

E.As a novelist, Selma Lagerlöf turned away from literary realism and wroteromantic stories about the peasant life and landscape of northern Sweden, in1909 becoming the first woman and also the first Swedish writer that won

In 1909 应该放在comma doing的后面，that不能指代人，只能指代物

答案：D

232.The Acoma and Hopi are probably the two oldest surviving Pueblo communities, bothdating back at least a thousand years.

A.both dating

B.both of which have dated

用完成时错，dateback一般用现在时 只能been dated at/beendated to用完成时

C.and each has dated

逗号前后不存在并列关系，用and 错

用完成时错，dateback一般用现在时 只能been dated at/beendated to用完成时

D.and each one dating

逗号前后不存在并列关系，用and 错

and后面跟句子，这里用了v-ing错

E .each one of which date

主谓不一致

答案：A

238.A new hair-growth drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, asthe drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.

A.as

B.than

C.that

D.of what

E.at which

句子结构：adrug is sold for three times the price ____ the maker charges

定语从句 用that

答案：C

244.InJapan, a government advisory committee called for the breakup of NipponTelephone and Telegraph Company, the largest telephone company in the world, soit would be two local phone companies and one long-distance provider.

A.In Japan, a government advisory committee called for the breakup of NipponTelephone and Telegraph Company, the largest telephone company in the world, soit would be

B.The breakup of the world's largest telephone company, Nippon Telephone andTelegraph Company, was called for by a government advisory committee in Japan,so it would be

C.A government advisory committee in Japan called for the breakup of NipponTelephone and Telegraph Company, the world's largest telephone company, into

D.The breakup of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Company, the world's largesttelephone company, was called for by a government advisory committee in Japan,so it would be

E.Called for by a government advisory committee, the breakup of Nippon Telephoneand Telegraph Company in Japan, the world's largest telephone company, was tobe into

It 指代不清，排除A/B/D

E中 was to be into awkward

答案：C

247.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sportutility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers toget in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.

A.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sportutility vehicles, cost less,

B.Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sportutility vehicles, they cost less,

出现两个主语minivan 和 they

C.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sportutility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they

逗号前后两句句子，但没有连词衔接

D.Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sportutility vehicles, cost less,

E .Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sportutility vehicles the cost is lower, and they

出现两个主语minivan 和 they

A和D比，A比较好，因为D主语和谓语之间夹了两个修饰成分，非常怪异

答案：A

250.Researchers agreed that the study of new treatments for heart attack patientswas extremely important but more research was needed to determine thatballoon angioplasty preceded with ultrasound was or was not any better forheart attack patients than the balloon procedure by itself.

A.more research was needed to determine that balloon angioplasty preceded withultrasound was or was not any better for heart attack patients than

B.more research was needed for determining whether or not balloon angioplastypreceded by ultrasound is any better for heart attack patients than is

C.that more research was needed to determine whether balloon angioplasty precededby ultrasound is any better for heart attack patients than

D.that more research was needed to determine that balloon angioplasty precededwith ultrasound was any better for heart attack patients than

E.that more research was needed for determining that balloon angioplasty precededby ultrasound is or is not any better for h eart attack patients than is

是否用whetheror not 排除A/D/E

beneeded to do排除B

答案：C

254.Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act enables theUnited States Trade Representative to single out a country as an unfair trader,begin trade negotiations with that country, and, if the negotiations do notconclude by the United States government's being satisfied, to imposesanctions.

A.by the United States government's being satisfied, to impose

B.by the United States government's satisfaction, impose

C.with the United States government's being satisfied, imposing

D.to the United States government's satisfaction, impose

E .to the United States government's satisfaction, imposing

三个V平行，A, Band C 排除A/C/E

concludeto one’s satisfaction

答案：D

255.Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it hasworked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble ormisinterpret them when they do appear.     

A.Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it hasworked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble ormisinterpret them when they do appear.

B.An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially onethat worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble ormisinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.

C.An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to missor misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially ifit has worked well in the past.

D.Executives’ being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it hasworked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient troubleor misinterpreting them when they do appear.

E.Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has workedwell in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient troubleor misinterpret them when they do appear.

Likely的用法：sb is likely to do 或者 it is likely that …

没有 makeit likely to do 的用法

答案：E

256.Scientistshave dated sharp-edged flakes of stone found in the fine-grained sediments of adry riverbed in the Afar region of Ethiopia to between 2.52 and 2.60 millionyears ago, pushing back by more than 150,000 years the earliest date when itis known that humans made stone tools.

A.when it is known that humans made

B.at which it is known that humans had made

C.at which humans are known to have made

D.that humans are known to be making

E .of humans who were known to make

最后纠结A、C

排除A的原因是： whenit is known that humans made。。。 的意思变成了 人类知道xxxfact的时候

而句子想要表达的意思是 fact发生的时候

答案：C

257.Thoughsubject to the same wild-animal control efforts that killed off almost all thewolves in North America over the past century, the coyote's amazing abilityof adapting to the presence of humans has enabled it to expand its rangeinto Alaska and Central America.

A.coyote's amazing ability of adapting to the presence of humans has enabled itto expand its

B.coyote, because of its amazing ability of adapting to the presence of humans,have been able to expand their

C.coyote, because of its amazing ability to adapt to the presence of humans, hasbeen able to expand its

D.amazing ability of the coyote to adapt to the presence of humans have enabledit to expand the

E .amazing ability of the coyote to adapt to the presence of humans has enabled itto expand the

状语subject to xxx 主句主语应该是人或者物，而非一种能力，排除A/D/E

ability to do 排除B

答案：C

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