历年托福考试语法真题全面解析60
16. Lizards lack the built – in body temperature control many another creatures possess答案：C 测试点：other和another的用法.
分析：这两个词常被故意混淆．aothcr后接单一概念的名词，而other后可接复数名词．句中creatures为复数，定语应用other．从词意上分，another指与前者不同的“另一种”，other则泛指“其余的”．(B)control(调节功能)为名词.
17. Doctor are discovering that there is a strong psychological component to chronic pain.
答案：A
测试点：主谓数的一致.
分析：动词是复数的are discovering，主语应也是复数的．应为Doctors.
18. With her talent for business promotion, Kate Gleason expansion her family’s small machine-tool company into a major manufacturer of gear – cutting machinery.
答案：B
测试点；词性。
分析：此处需要动词作谓语，而expansion是名词。应为expanded。
解题要点；与-tion相同，名词后缀-sion划线的部分以-sion结尾的划线名词出现时，应首先检查此词词性是否用错.
19. Using their bills as needles, tailorbirds sew large leaves together with plant fiber to forming their nests.
答案：D
测试点；词形.
分析：此处需用不定式短语作状语表示目的，如后接动词原形．应为to form.
20. Columns may be circular or polygonal in cross section, and are generally at least four times more taller than they are wide.
答案：D
测试点；比较级形式重复.
分析：遇有划线的比较级形式，应注意其more和-er是否被重复使用．此处应去掉more.
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