1. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ____the atmosphere.
A. as it is B. so is C. the same as D. and so is
2. While driving along the treacherous road, ____.
A. my right rear tire blew out
B. my right rear tire had a blowout
C. I had a blowout on my right rear tire
D. I had my right rear tire blowout
3. Jean Wagner's most enduring contribution to the study of Afro?American poetry is his insistence that it ____ in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.
A. is to be analyzed B. has been analyzed
C. be analyzed D. should have been analyzed
4. ____ there is little we can do to modify the wheather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.
A. Since B. When C. While D. Unless
5. This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of an impact on the art community ____any of them could individually and to promote Western art by women.
A. rather than B. rather C. than D. other than
答案:
1. B) 【句意】 正像土壤是地球的一部分,大氣層也是。
【難點】Just as...,so...為一固定結構,意為“正如…,…也…”。
2. C) 【句意】 當我在險峻的山路上駕車急馳時,車的右后胎爆了。
【難點】 此句為一個帶有時間狀語從句的主從復合句。在英語中,由while, when等引導的時間狀語從句,如果其主語與主句中的主語相同,從句中的主語可以省略,而只剩下分詞短語。駕車的應該是人,所以只能從C)和D)選,而D)的意義不符,所以選C)。
3. C) 【句意】 杰恩?瓦格那對亞非詩歌最永恒的貢獻是他堅持認為,這類詩歌除用凡俗的參考框架,還應用宗教的參考框架進行研究。
【難點】insistence是個從insist派生來的名詞,二者后面分別接同位語從句和賓語從句,句中皆應使用虛擬形式,即should+動詞原形或動詞原形。
4. C) 【句意】 盡管我們在改變天氣方面無能為力,但我們至少知道天氣未來的變化。
【難點】while除表示時間外,還可表示轉折、讓步,意為“盡管,雖然”。該句中其它選項不具備此意。
5. C) 【句意】 該組織把西部藝術家聚集在一起,希望他們比任何個人都能更多地影響藝術界,并由婦女來促進西部藝術。
【難點】 選項C)的than與句中的more形成正確搭配,意為“比…都…”,故為答案。