1. The Cubists were concerned with how__________a given subject from different points of view simultaneously.

(A) represented

(B) do the represent

(C) to represent

(D) representing

答案：C

測試點(diǎn)：不定式。

分析：how后加從句或不定式，而4個(gè)答案中無相應(yīng)從句，故選不定式to represent。

 

2. Sometimes__________to place physics and chemistry into separate categories.

(A) difficult

(B) is difficult

(C) it is difficult

(D) that it is difficult

答案：C

測試點(diǎn)：主謂結(jié)構(gòu)。

分析：本句主、謂語俱缺，應(yīng)在答案中選擇完整的主謂或主系表結(jié)構(gòu)，即(C)。(A)主語、動(dòng)詞均缺；(B)缺主語；(D)多了that，是從句。

 

3. Martha Graham, __________, has run her own dance company for half a century.

(A) is the great modern choreographer

(B) one of the great modern choreographers

(C) that the great modern choreographers

(D) the modern choreographers were great

答案：B

測試點(diǎn)：同位語。

分析：接在主語后面、兩邊由逗號隔開的成份，可能是主語的同位語，即一說明身份的名詞性結(jié)構(gòu)。答案中只有(B)是名詞性的。(A)、(D)都有系動(dòng)詞；(C)以that開頭，是從句的一部分。

解題要點(diǎn)：同位語結(jié)構(gòu)是中國學(xué)生不甚熟悉而TOEFL考題中常出現(xiàn)的結(jié)構(gòu)。見到主語和謂語動(dòng)詞／系動(dòng)詞之間的，兩邊用逗號隔開的形式，應(yīng)首先考慮同位語的可能性，選擇名詞性結(jié)構(gòu)。

 

4. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, __________communicate through facial expressions and by making noises.

(A) however

(B) they

(C) furthermore

(D) who

答案：B

測試點(diǎn)：主語。

分析：communicate是謂語動(dòng)詞，前面缺主語。應(yīng)在答案中選擇名詞或代詞作主語。(B)代詞they可作主語。(A)、(C)既非代詞也非名詞，不能作主語；(D)用在疑問句或從句中。

 

5. The seating of musicians in an orchestra is arranged __________to produce the desired blend of sounds from the various musical sections .

(A) the conductor of

(B) from the conductor

(C) the conductor and

(D) by the conductor

答案：D

測試點(diǎn)：介詞短語/被動(dòng)語態(tài)。

分析：看到被動(dòng)語態(tài)的is arranged，應(yīng)想到后面可能接by…的結(jié)構(gòu)。在4個(gè)答案中選擇以by開頭的介詞短語，即(D)。

 

6. The worldwide race to develop an affordable synthetic fuel has so far consumed billions of dollars and __________ few results.

(A) yielded

(B) yielding

(C) yield ha

(D) has a yield of

答案：A

測試點(diǎn)：并列結(jié)構(gòu)。

分析：and前后兩部分，應(yīng)同形式、同性質(zhì)。此處and連接兩個(gè)謂語部分，前面是consumed…，后面應(yīng)也是一過去式的動(dòng)詞，即(A)yielded。

 

7. Experiments in the photography of moving objects __________ in both the United States and Europe well before 1900.

(A) have been conducting

(B) were conducting

(C) had been conducted

(D) being conducted

答案：C

測試點(diǎn)：時(shí)態(tài)。

分析：本句有主語而缺謂語動(dòng)詞，應(yīng)選擇時(shí)態(tài)正確的動(dòng)詞作謂語。句中well before l900說明時(shí)間是“過去的過去”，時(shí)態(tài)應(yīng)用過去完成時(shí)，故選(C)。(A)是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)；(B)是過去進(jìn)行時(shí)；(D)不能作謂語動(dòng)詞。

 

8. The University of Georgia, __________ in 1785, was the first state supported university in the United States.

(A) chartered

(B) was chartered

(C) it was chartered

(D) to be chartered

答案：A

測試點(diǎn)：分詞短語作后置定語。

分析：此句是TOEFL常考句式。分詞短語作定語放在它所修飾的名詞后面(A)，相當(dāng)于被動(dòng)式的定語從句省掉關(guān)系代詞which/that及系動(dòng)詞be。(B)若改為which was chartered，(C)用which代替it，(D)去掉to be，亦可。

 

9. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once __________ cacti and sagebrush could live.

(A) nor

(B) not the

(C) none other

(D) nothing but

答案：D

測試點(diǎn)：短語。

分析：Nothing but是固定的短語。(A)nor通常不單獨(dú)使用，應(yīng)與neither連用；(B)not用于否定動(dòng)詞或形容詞；(C)是錯(cuò)誤說法。

 

10. __________, in the late 1800’s, some libraries had to keep as many as twenty to thirty copies of each of Mary Jane Holmes’s books on hand.

(A) Inventories showing

(B) That show inventories

(C) Inventories show that

(D) Showing the inventories

答案：C

測試點(diǎn)：復(fù)合句。

分析：本句中some后的部分為從句，前面缺少主句，及連接詞。應(yīng)在答案中選擇完整的主謂結(jié)構(gòu)，即(C)。

 

11. The scholarly interest in perception stems largely from questions about the sources and validity of what __________.

(A) it is known as human knowledge

(B) is known as human knowledge

(C) known human knowledge

(D) is human knowledge known

答案：B

測試點(diǎn)：what引導(dǎo)的名詞從句。

分析：介詞of應(yīng)后接名詞性成份作介詞賓語。What…結(jié)構(gòu)的作用相當(dāng)于一個(gè)名詞，它要么是what+不定式，要么是what從句，即名詞性從句。答案中無不定式形式，只有(B)能與what組成完整的從句，故選 (B)。(A)it與what重復(fù)。

 

12. Because of the Aleuts’ constant exposure to cold weather, they have long recognized __________ .

(A) and body needs to be fat

(B) body needs the fat

(C) how fat the body needs

(D) the body’s need for fat

答案：D

測試點(diǎn)：賓語。

分析：recognize是及物動(dòng)詞，其后應(yīng)接名詞性的成份作賓語。(D)是名詞詞組，故選(D)。(B)看似省掉that的賓語從句，但fat前的定冠詞the是錯(cuò)誤的。(C)如改為how much fat則在句子結(jié)構(gòu)上亦是正確的。

 

13. Almost all economists agree __________ by trading with one another.

(A) nations that are gained

(B) nations they gain

(C) gaining nations

(D) that nations gain

答案：D

測試點(diǎn)：賓語從句。

分析：請注意動(dòng)詞agree的幾種句型結(jié)構(gòu)：(1)agree十賓語從句； (2)agree with／to十名詞結(jié)構(gòu)。

 

14. The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for __________ with which to regulate them.

(A) more accurate than sundials

(B) more accurate sundials

(C) sundials more accurately

(D) more accurately than sundials

答案：B

測試點(diǎn)：介詞賓語。

分析：介詞for后面應(yīng)接名詞性的成份作其賓語。4個(gè)答案中只有(B)是以名詞sundials作中心詞的詞組，可作介詞賓語。

 

15. Anthropology is a science __________anthropologists use a rigorous set of methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by others.

(A) in that

(B) that in

(C) that

(D) in

答案：A

測試點(diǎn)：習(xí)語。

分析：空格后面的部分說明Anthropology is a science的原因，而并非修飾它。答案中只有(A)in that表示“因?yàn)椤�，故選(A)。(C)that是錯(cuò)誤的。從句子結(jié)構(gòu)上分析這個(gè)that無法引導(dǎo)出定語從句，因句中既有主語(anthropologists)又有賓語(asetof…)； 從句意上分析，that后面的部分并不是前面Science的同位語從句。

解題要點(diǎn)：當(dāng)4個(gè)答案中有in that這個(gè)短語時(shí)，首先要考慮選擇它。