Unit 8 A person of great determination
例1 单项选择:
It was a surprise to no one ______ her.
A.besides B.and C.or D.but
分析:本题中正确答案是D(but),but是介词,作“除去”、“除开”解,多跟nothing,not
anything,nobody,who,all等连用,相当于except。选项A中besides意为“除了”,“包含”之义,选项B中and是连词,选项C中or也是连词,因此都不正确。如:
No one but myself knows what really
happened.除了我之外,谁也不知道发生了什么。
例2 单项选择:
----I'm sorry to have been so rude to
you.
---- ______ .
A.That's all right B.All right C.You're
welcome D.No matter
分析:此题的正确答案是A(That's all right)。对抱歉或遗憾的应答可以是That's
all right或That's OK;Never mind;That's
nothing;It doesn't matter;It's not important等。选项B中All
right意为好,行,在问句或应答中表示赞成;选项C中You're welcome.
用于表示对感谢的应答,意为“不用谢”;选项D中No matter后接疑问词who,what,how,when,where等引出让步状语从句,但可以用It
doesn't matter表示对遗憾、抱歉的应答。如:
----I apologize for quarrelling with
you. (或:I'm sorry to have quarrelled
with you. )那次跟你争吵,我向你道歉。
----It doesn't matter. /That's nothing.
没有关系。
例3 单项选择:
Will it ______ if we let you have an
answer by Saturday?
A.do up B.do C.do without D.do with
分析:此题的正确答案是B(do),do有时作“适合”,“可用”,“行”,“可以”解,相当于be
fit or able to be used for a purpose。选项A中do
up意为收拾,整理,包,系,打扮等;选项C中do without意为不用,不吃(也行);选项D中do
with意为处理,安排,后面要接名词或代词作宾语,因此都不正确。如:
There's likely to be a rush for seats,
so it won't do to be late. 可能有大量的人涌来占座位,因此迟到是不行的。
例4单句改错:
But the great determination, the boy
would not have got the new geography book.
分析:此题中应在But后加介词for,短语介词but for相当于without或in
the absence of,意为如果不是……。but for…短语相当于一个虚拟条件句,句子谓语动词用虚拟语气。此题相当于:If
the boy hadn't had great determination,
he wouldn't have got the new geography
book. 如:
But for my lifebelt I should have been
drowned.(=If I hadn't had my lifebelt
I should have been drowned.)要不是有我的安全带我会被淹死的。
例5 单句改错:
We had a pleasant time on board of the
aeroplane.
分析:此题中应去掉介词of,on board of the aeroplane意为在飞机上,固定词组on
board意为在船上;上船(车、飞机)。在board前不加冠词,on board可单独使用或直接接车、船、飞机等名称的名词,不可用介词of。如:
As soon as I'm on board, I always feel
sick. 我一上船,就感到恶心。
Go/Get on board the train. 请上火车。
例6:单句改错:
Neither John nor I is wholly right.
分析:此题中应将谓语is改为am,并列连词词组neither…nor用来把两个否定的概念结合在一起,意为既不……,又不。在连接两个主语时,一般情况下动词和靠近它的主语在人称和数上保持一致。非正式文体中,两个并列单数主语后可以跟一个复数动词。如:
Neither my wife nor I myself am able
to persuade my daughter to change her
mind.我妻子和我本人都不能说服女儿改变主意。
Neither James nor Virginia were/was at
home. 詹姆士和弗吉尼亚都没有在家。