几道语法题

susan7375

2001.01 -13. In geometry, an ellipse may be defined as
   the locus of all points -------distances from
   two fixed points is constant.
(A) which as the sum of
   (B) of the sum which
   (C) whose sum of whose
   (D) whose sum that the
which is the answer. 有些版本是A,  有些为C.
我排除法得出A。但也未曾见过A这种句法“. as the sum of” 为介词短语修饰which吗，有人见过这种用法吗？

 The hardness of mineral often gives a clue to its identity.
        
A- the hardness      B-of mineral       C- gives         D-to
Why C is the right answer?应该是B 吧？ Mineral 可数。


26．26．Among the symptoms of measles, which takes about twelve days to incubate, are a high fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light.
        A  Among the     B  to      C  are   D.sensitive

The answer is C.But I think it should be D.  “sensitive" is a adj.， should be changed to a N.sensitiveness.

susan7375

.第二集
An activist for women's rights, Leonora O'Reilly promoted women's vocational training (besides) fought for (increased )wages for garment workers.
这道题的答案究竟该是besides还是increased？

(Each year) millions (of tons) of fertile topsoil (that could ) produce good crops (washed) away by rains.
what's the answer.有的版本说是C,有的为D.

97.5-9
In bas-relief sculpture, a design projects very slightly from its background, (    ) some coins.
A. as on
B.because
C. the way that
D. similarly
The answer is A. 这是什么结构？

96.12 NA-10
(           ) , dolphins have no sense of smell.
A. As known as far
B. Known thus far as
C. It is known as far
D. As far as is known
The answer is D.  Why? 应该是as far as we know 才对吧？

The black leopard (is very ) dark that its spots (are )  (difficult ) ( to see).
the answer is A very-------so, but I think it should be D. to see--------to be seen.

（The astronomy) is the oldest （science）, but  it （ continues) to be (at ) the forefront of scientific thought.
which is the answer :A or D?
应该是in the forefront.金山词霸上有。但astronomy是学科，前面应该不加the，所以也应该不对呀？

susan7375

第三集

97.1-35
（After） the Boston Tea Party in 1773, coffeehouses in the North American colonies (became ) centers for gossip, (gamble), and (political) criticism.
The answer is C吗？gamble本身也是名词呀？


37．Hair grows more quickly in summer than in winter and more slowly at the night than
       A             B                                            C
during the day.
The answer is C. at the night 应改成at night.
at night    during the day.
字典里也只有during day， 没有during the day.的，虽然这里the day不在线上。

The first inhabitants of the territories（）
Canada came across the Bering
Strait and along the edge of the Arctic ice.
(A)    make up that now
(B)           make up now that
    (C) that make up now
(D) that now make up
The answer is D.not C 为什么？  我觉得应该选C.因为D 中now 修饰make up，显然含义不对，而C中now 修饰Canada，这样语意才对。

AlphaBeta

我来回答一下,希望能抛砖引玉

一) .

2001.01 -13. In geometry, an ellipse may be defined as
    the locus of all points -------distances from
    two fixed points is constant.
  (A) which as the sum of
    (B) of the sum which
    (C) whose sum of whose
    (D) whose sum that the

--> 这题答案我认为是C.  分析如下:

第一个whose是修饰points的,即" ... points whose sum ... is constant". 我们再来看第二个whose,这个是修饰sum的, 即" ... sum of whose distance ..."   这句难在从句中又套了一个看上去相同重复的从句.

二).

The hardness of mineral often gives a clue to its identity.
        
A- the hardness      B-of mineral       C- gives         D-to
Why C is the right answer?应该是B 吧？ Mineral 可数。

--> 我觉得答案应该是B,但应改为 the mineral


三).

26．Among the symptoms of measles, which takes about twelve days to incubate, are a high fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light.
        A  Among the     B  to      C  are   D.sensitive
The answer is C.But I think it should be D.  “sensitive" is a adj.， should be changed to a N.sensitiveness.
--> 同意楼主,应该选C


四).

An activist for women's rights, Leonora O'Reilly promoted women's vocational training (besides) fought for (increased )wages for garment workers.
这道题的答案究竟该是besides还是increased？

--> 我认为应该是increased. 因为

1) besides 后面的内容是和 promoted 相对应的 (即fought 和前面的 promoted 相对应), fought for后面应该跟 ing 形式, 即 fought for increasing wages …

2). 如果用increased, 则后半句的意思变为”为garment workers 已经增加的工资而奋斗”, 从意思上看不合理.  而如果用 increasing, 意思变为”为garment workers增加工资而奋斗”, 这样读起来就合理了.

五).
(Each year) millions (of tons) of fertile topsoil (that could ) produce good crops (washed) away by rains.
what's the answer.有的版本说是C,有的为D.
--> 我认为是是D,应该改为were washed,主语是tons,被动语态应加be动词

六)
97.5-9
In bas-relief sculpture, a design projects very slightly from its background, (    ) some coins.
A. as on
B.because
C. the way that
D. similarly
The answer is A. 这是什么结构？
-->介词短语作状语, 即 as (it is) on some coins.  It is 在这里指代 “a design projects very slightly from its background”这种情况. 这句话的大概意思是 “在浅浮雕作品里,一个图案很细微的从其背景中突出. 这种情况在一些硬币上也是如此”

七)
96.12 NA-10
(           ) , dolphins have no sense of smell.
A. As known as far
B. Known thus far as
C. It is known as far
D. As far as is known
The answer is D.  Why? 应该是as far as we know 才对吧？
--> 答案是D. 其实前半部分省略了it,即 “As far as it is known,… ” 在这里, it指代” dolphins have no sense of smell”这个事实

八)
The black leopard (is very ) dark that its spots (are )  (difficult ) ( to see).
the answer is A very-------so, but I think it should be D. to see--------to be seen.
--> 看起来可以选D. 但相比之下, 似乎A的错误更大, 即 so … that …  这题请高手解释一下!!!

九)
（The astronomy） is the oldest （science）, but  it （ continues） to be (at ) the forefront of scientific thought.
which is the answer :A or D?
应该是in the forefront.金山词霸上有。但astronomy是学科，前面应该不加the，所以也应该不对呀？
--> 我认为选A

十)
97.1-35
（After） the Boston Tea Party in 1773, coffeehouses in the North American colonies (became ) centers for gossip, (gamble), and (political) criticism.
The answer is C吗？gamble本身也是名词呀？
-->用排除法,其他选项都对,只好选这个最有可能错的选项了

十一)

37．Hair grows more quickly in summer than in winter and more slowly at the night than
       A             B                                            C
during the day.
The answer is C. at the night 应改成at night.
at night    during the day.
字典里也只有during day， 没有during the day.的，虽然这里the day不在线上。
--> 我想这是英语的习惯表达问题, at night中间是不加the的, 而确实有during the day的表达. 我倒是觉得during day的表达不是太顺. J

十二)
The first inhabitants of the territories（）Canada came across the Bering
Strait and along the edge of the Arctic ice.
(A)    make up that now
(B)   make up now that
(C) that make up now
(D) that now make up
The answer is D.not C 为什么？  我觉得应该选C.因为D 中now 修饰make up，显然含义不对，而C中now 修饰Canada，这样语意才对。
--> 我开始也选C.

第一. now在金山词霸里也有形容词的用法, 但如果要这样用的话,应该加定冠词a或the, 在这里就应该是 … the territories that make up the now Canada … 而且我认为这种用法不太严谨, 应该用current更恰切些.

第二, 两个选项意思不一样:

The first inhabitants of the territories that make up now Canada --> 那些居住在组成现在的加拿大的地区的第一批居住者

The first inhabitants of the territories that now make up Canada --> 那些居住在现在组成加拿大的地区的第一批居住者

大家体会一下吧. 我脑袋有些晕了 …..

pepsi

26. 答案应该是C, 因为Among...是介词短语，所以主句是个倒装，真正的主语应该是a high fever, 应该把 are 改成 is.

kathy72

26。D
a high fever, 和后面的 swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitivity to light.并列作为主语，因此应用复数

AlphaBeta

就26题再说几句:

26．Among the symptoms of measles, which takes about twelve days to incubate, are a high fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light.
        A  Among the     B  to      C  are   D.sensitive


应该选D.  主句确实是个倒装,但主语应该是" a high fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light", 是复数. 故C用are是正确的.

而D是和fever, swelling, a cough等名词相平行的(有and连接), 所以应该用名词 sensitiveness

pepsi

26。 确实应该是D，多谢楼上的帮我纠正，也提醒我在考试中必须要读全句子，不能凭感觉去做。
谢谢

jeff2003

八)
the black leopard (is very ) dark that its spots (are )  (difficult ) ( to see).
the answer is a very-------so, but i think it should be d. to see--------to be seen.
这个题是A错，very是口语用法。而且，在difficult后面，用不定式表被动。

jeff2003

以下是引用AlphaBeta在2003-10-14 12:51:00的发言：
就26题再说几句:

26．Among the symptoms of measles, which takes about twelve days to incubate, are a high fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light.
         A  Among the     B  to      C  are   D.sensitive


应该选D.  主句确实是个倒装,但主语应该是" a high fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light", 是复数. 故C用are是正确的.

而D是和fever, swelling, a cough等名词相平行的(有and连接), 所以应该用名词 sensitiveness

这个题由于标得不清楚，我没有找到出处。我感觉”symptoms“可能多了－s，因为从后面的从句可以看出应该是单数。
我倾向于选C。这里D并不错，这里是is sensitive to的省略（并列谓语省略be动词），如果改成名词，而名词是不能单独做表语的；再说，is sensitiveness to light也不对呀。