1997年08月TOEFL语法笔记.docVIP

1. Associated with the Denishawn company from 1916 until 1923, Martha Grahaimdeveloped a powerful, _____ that was integral to the foundations of modern dance.(A) expressively stylish(B) a style expressive(C) stylishly expressive(D) expressive style.答案：D分析:看整个句子可知空格处缺少被形容词修饰的单数名词。A C缺少名词，排除。B 中的a与空格前的a重复，排除。D 为形容词修饰名词，复合题意。参考译文：从1916年到1923年,与Denishawn公司和作， Martha Grahaim创造了一种有力的，富有表现力的与现代舞基本功融为一体的风格。2. Some snakes lay eggs, but others _____ birth to live offspring.(A) give(B) giving(C) they give(D) to have given答案：A分析:由but可知，逗号前后为完整的两个句子。所以空格处应添谓语动词，只有选项A符合。参考译文：一些蛇下蛋，而另一些蛇则可以生出小蛇。3. Because it was so closely related to communication, _____ art form to develop.(A) drawing was probably the earliest(B) to draw early was probably(C) early drawing probably(D) the earliest draw.答案：A分析:逗号前是一个原因状语从句，因此空格处应该添主句主谓部分。A 构成完整主句，符合题意。B中was probably art显然语义不通，故排除。C、D不是主谓结构，也可以排除。参考译文：由于图画与交流的关系十分密切，所以它可能是最早发展起来的艺术形式。4. Halley’s Comet had its first documented sighting in 240 B.C. in China and _____it has been seen from the Earth 29 times.(A) after(B) because of(C) since then(D) that is答案：C分析:句中含有and，所以前后为完整的两个句子，空格处缺少状语成分。A B 均缺少介词的宾语。C 构成完整的时间状语。D that is明显是乱编出来的，应该可以排除掉吧J参考译文：公元前240年，在中国，哈雷彗星被发现并且记载下来，从那时候到现在，在地球上已经观察到它29次了。5. _____ that managers commit in problem solving is jumping to a conclusion about the cause of a given problem.(A) Major errors.(B) Since the major error(C) The major error(D) Of the major errors.答案：C分析:从that从句和后面的is jumping可以断定空格处却少单数名词主语。A D 为复数，排除。B 是整个句子成为从句从而缺少主语，排除。参考译文：经理们在解决问题时犯的主要错误就是直接得出了关于导致给定问题原因的这个结论。6. Algonkian-speaking Native Americans greeted the Pilgrims _____ settled on theeastern shores of what is now New England.(A) to whom(B) of which(C) who(D) which答案：C分析:空格前后都有谓语动词，空格处缺少从句引导词。A 选项使从句缺少主语。B D中的which只能指代物，与题意不符。C为指人的关系代词。参考译文：讲Algonkian语的土生美洲人对定居在东海岸也就是今天新英格兰的朝圣者表示敬意。7. The best known books of Ross Macdonald, _____ writer of detective novels, featurethe char