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1992年01月语法题 1. In the textile industry, the term gunny refers to ---burlap that is not of the best quality. (A) not expensive a (B) expensive, not (C) not an expensive (D) an inexpensive 答案：D测试点：定语间序． 分析：短语refer to后面应接名词宾语(burlap，麻布)，此名词前缺冠词及形容词． (A)及(C)否定词序是错误的。(B)expensive为形容词，不能作宾语。 ? 2. The skyscraper, --- ,is an architectural form that originated in the United States. (A) is a tall commercial structure (B) a tall commercial structure (C) a tall commercial structure which (D) of which a tall commercial structure 答案：B测试点：同位语． 分析：位于主语和系动词之间，两边用逗号隔开的成份，一般是后置定语或同位语．答案中(B)是名词性结构，可作同位语，故选(B)．(A)多了动词；(C)(D)含从句成份． 解题要点：这是典型的同位语考题．当主语与谓语之间有空格，且有逗号分隔，应首先考虑名词同位语结构． ? 3. --- were stones piled at intervals. (A) The earliest road markers (B) The earliest road markers, which (C) Road markers were the earliest (D) Until the earliest road markers 答案：A测试点：主语． 分析：本句有系动词而缺主语，应在答案中选名词性的词组，即(A)． ? 4. Some procedures used for laboratory analysis of archaeological specimens are --- procedures conducted in crime laboratories. (A) resemble (B) similar to (C) same as (D) alike 答案：B测试点；习语／表语。 分析：空格前为系动词are，所缺为表语。应在答案中选择形容词或名词性的成份。 (B)similar to是形容词短语，可作表语；其后可带procedures作介词宾语，故选(B)．(A)是动词；(C)前缺冠词the；(D)alike是形容词，只能作表语，不能带宾语． ? 5. The windmill, which has been used for hundreds of years to pump water and grind grains, --- redesigned to produce electricity. (A) it is now being (B) it now can (C) is now being (D) now being 答案：C测试点：谓语／被动语态． 分析：本句有主语但谓语不完全，应选择能与redesigned组成完整谓语的答案．(C)可与redesigned构成被动语态，故选(C)．(A)重复主语；(B)重复主语且can后应接动词原形；(D)不是谓语形式。 解题要点；此句含有一冗长的非限定性定语从句，可忽略不读。 ? 6. In 1938, when Benny Goodmans orchestra presented a concert at the prestigious Carnegie Hall, --- was clear that jazz had at last been fully accepted. (A) There (B) Which (C) And (D) It 答案：D测试点：形式主语． 分析：句子所缺为主语，空格后为系动词+形容词+that从句，说明that从句不是宾语或定语从句，而是句子真正的主语，所缺为形式主语．故选(D)it． ? 7. --- a continuous mass of water on the Earths surface, all continents are islands in the strictest sense of the word. (A) The form of the o