涉及not…until…两类命题热点.doc

涉及not…until…两类命题热点not…until…是近年来高考英语的一个高频考点,它的基本意思是“直到……才”。如: He didn’t come until yesterday.直到昨天他才来。 He didn’t go to bed until his wife came back.直到他妻子回来他才睡觉。 I didn’t manage to do it until you had explained how.直到你给我解释了理由,我才会做。 综观近几年的高考英语考题,我们发现针对该考点的命题角度主要有以下两个方面: 热点一:考查其倒装句式 【典型考例】 Not until I came home last night___to bed.(2009年四川卷) A.Mum did go B.did Mum go C.went Mum D.Mum went 此题答案为B。根据英语语法习惯,当一个表示否定意义的状语置于句首时,其后句子应用部分倒装的形式。对于not…until…来说,当not until…这一否定状语置于句首时,其后也要用倒装语序。 【句式归纳】 not…until…句式的倒装形式为: Not until….+ 部分倒装 + …… 【实用例句】 Not until the rain stopped did he leave the room.雨停了之后他才离开这房间。 Not until a few months later did he know the story.直到几个月后,他才知道这故事。 Not until his friend offered to help could he do it.直到他的朋友帮助他,他才有办法做那事。 Not until I began to work did I realize how much time I had wasted.直到参加工作,我才意识到我曾浪费了多少时间。 热点二:考查其强调句式 【典型考例】 It was___he came back from Africa that year___he met the girl he would like to marry.(2009年江西卷) A.when; then B.not; until C.not until; that D.only; when 此题答案为C。考查not…until…句式在强调句中的运用。注意该句式有其特殊的句型结构,不可简单地套用It was…that…格式。 【句式归纳】 not…until…句式的强调句形式为: It was not until…that…(句子时态需根据语境来确定) 【实用例句】 It was not until yesterday that I noticed it.直到昨天我才注意到此事。 It was not until I met you that I knew real happiness.直到遇到你以后,我才真正体会到幸福。 It was not until the 1940s that such machines could be built.直到20世纪40年代,这种机器才能制造。 It was not until I saw him laughing that I realized what a fool I had been.直到看见他笑了,我才意识到自己是多么笨。 It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I realized she was a famous film star.直到她取下墨镜,我才意识到她是一位著名影星。 (编辑 陈根花) 1