历年托福考试语法真题全面解析17
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
测试点：不定式。
分析：how后加从句或不定式，而4个答案中无相应从句，故选不定式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
测试点：主谓结构。
分析：本句主、谓语俱缺，应在答案中选择完整的主谓或主系表结构，即(C)。(A)主语、动词均缺；(B)缺主语；(D)多了that，是从句。
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
测试点：同位语。
分析：接在主语后面、两边由逗号隔开的成份，可能是主语的同位语，即一说明身份的名词性结构。答案中只有(B)是名词性的。(A)、(D)都有系动词；(C)以that开头，是从句的一部分。
解题要点：同位语结构是中国学生不甚熟悉而TOEFL考题中常出现的结构。见到主语和谓语动词／系动词之间的，两边用逗号隔开的形式，应首先考虑同位语的可能性，选择名词性结构。
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
测试点：主语。
分析：communicate是谓语动词，前面缺主语。应在答案中选择名词或代词作主语。(B)代词they可作主语。(A)、(C)既非代词也非名词，不能作主语；(D)用在疑问句或从句中。
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
测试点：介词短语/被动语态。
分析：看到被动语态的is arranged，应想到后面可能接by…的结构。在4个答案中选择以by开头的介词短语，即(D)。
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