无论是父亲,还是他的孩子们都不在车里。
B.例题讲解
1)Both the kids and their parents ______ English, I think. I know it from their accent.(《大学英语》(B)Test 1, 38) A. is B. been C. are D. was 解析:答案C。both?and?表示“两者都??”,连接的是两个不同的主语,因此谓语动词要用复数形式,所以正确答案为C选项。
2)Two thousand dollars ______ enough for the car. (《大学英语》(B)Test 2, 36)
A. being B. were C. are D. is 解析:答案D。此题是用钱来做主语,而货币单位做主语时看作单数,因为它在概念上属于一个整体,因此正确答案为D选项。此外,距离、重量、时间等单位充当主语时也看作单数。 3)The young _______ interested in pop music. (《大学英语》(B)Test 5, 41)
A. is B. have C. has D. are
解析:答案D。此题的主语是the+形容词表示一类人,意思是“年轻人”,表示的是复数意义,因此谓语动词也要用复数形式,并且表示“对??感兴趣”是用的be interested in sth,正
确答案为D选项。
(十二)倒装句
A. 知识要点
倒装是指将句子的谓语动词或其助动词放在主语之前。 e.g. Then began a war between the two countries. 于是两国之间开始了战争。(全部倒装)
Seldom have we felt as comfortable as here. 我们很少感觉像在这里这么舒服。(部分倒装) 常用倒装的两种情况 1.出于句子结构的需要
(1)在as, though引导的让步状语从句中,从句往往放在主句的前面,而且从句须以形容词、副词、名词或动词(原形)等开头。
e.g. Hard as she studied, she failed in this examination. (2)代词so, neither, nor等副词置于句首时, 表示“??也(不/没有)??”全句要倒装
e.g. Tom can speak English. So can Jack. 汤姆会讲英语,杰克也会。 2.出于强调
never, seldom, little, nor, hardly?(when?), scarcely?
(when?), no sooner?(than?), not only, not until等表示否定的副词或连词位于句首时;
e.g. Never in my life have I seen such a thing. 我一生中从未见过这样的事情。
e.g. Not only did he hear, but also he saw it.他不但听见了,而且也看见了。
B.例题讲解
1)Never before ______ see such a terrible car accident on the road! (《大学英语》(B)Test 1, 39)
A. I have B. have I C. I did D. did I
解析:表示否定意义的词never放在句首,要倒装,因此排除A和C选项;考查B选项,助动词用的have,与后面的动词原形see不一致,因此正确答案为D选项。
2)I was satisfied with her explanation, ______. (《大学英语》(B)Test 3, 42)
A. so my classmates were B. classmates
C. so my classmates did C. classmates
解析:用so, neither / nor引导句子表示与上文已经提到的肯
so
did
my
so
were
my
定或否定意思一致时,so, neither / nor引导的句子要倒装,并且所用的谓语动词及其时态要与前面一句话的谓语动词及其时态保持一致,因此正确答案为B选项。
3)Hardly _______ on stage _______ the audience started cheering. (《大学英语》(B)Test 4, 40)
A. he had come / than B. he had come / when
C. had he come / when D. had he come / than 解析:hardly?when是固定搭配,表示“一??就??”;并且hardly意思是“几乎不”,表示否定意义,放在句首要倒装,因此正确答案为C选项。
4)Important _______ his discovery might be, it was regarded as a matter of no account in his time. (《大学英语》(B)Test 5, 42)
A. when B. until C. as D. although
解析:该句的意思是“______他的发明也许重要,在他那个时代,它被视为一件不重要的事情。”,根据句子的含义,可以看出前后两句话是转折的关系,因此选项部分应为让步状语从句,而在让步状语从句中,如果形容词或名词位于句首,则要用as或though,因此正确答案为C选项。
(十三)强调结构
A. 知识要点
强调句的结构是:“It is / was + 被强调部分(主语、宾语、表语或状语) + that(who)?”。当被强调的部分指的是事物、时间、地点、原因、方式??时,一律用that;当被强调的部分指的是人物时,用that或who皆可。
e.g. Mrs. Brown came to visit our college on Wednesday. → It was on Wednesday that Mrs. Brown came to visit our college. 布郎太太是在星期三来参观我们学院的. 注意以下几点:
① 被强调的部分为句子中除谓语动词以外的所有成分,但无论强调句子的什么成分,如时间状语、地点状语等,都用that引出句子的其他部分,而不用when, where;
② 在强调人时,如果被强调的部分在原句中作主语,用that或who皆可;如果被强调的部分在原句中作宾语,用that、who或whom皆可;
③ 在此结构中be动词只有时态的变化,没有数的变化,即不管被强调的部分是单数还是复数,一律用is / was;
④ 被强调的部分是从原正常句子中为强调而提取出来的那一部分,因而要保持原来句子的时态,主语、宾语是代词都仍用代词 ⑤ It is / was not until ? that ?是强调句型中常见的强
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