历年托福考试语法真题全面解析32

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36. If laid out in straight line, the human digestive tract would measure approximately thirty foot in length.  
  
答案：D
测试点：数的一致／名词的数。
& |4 f# L- r4 Y) t分析：题中遇有foot或feet出现时，应注意其单、复数是否用错。因前文有thirty，故此处应用复数feet.
解题要点；改错题中划线的foot或feet应予以首先考虑.
  
37. The relationship of Latin American music to Black music in the United States is clearly evident in the unaccented beats that are common to either.  
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答案：D
- H+ v+ l: t* i9 X测试点：either和both的用法.
分析：“两者的共同特点”应是common to both，不用either．(B)clearly evident正确并非同意重复.
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, s2 v+ D- [1 j5 z38. Today it is generally recognized as the primary function of the Federal Reserve System is to foster the flow of credit and money that will eventually facilitate a balance in
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# D/ K: a7 N# [; d4 \答案：B
: M4 V6 m$ j4 @6 z% p3 k) T测试点：形式主语.
分析：看到it is…的句式，应立即注意其是否用了“形式主语+that从句(或十不定式)”结构。这样，才不会被recognized as所迷惑。as应为that，引导真正的主语。
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39. Pure flint is too hard and even-grained that it chips in smooth curved flakes.  
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答案：B
  `, ]& f3 g# @0 p, d测试点：so that和too…to的用法
1 H5 w% H" H( c5 E% c- _, ]分析：TOEFL考试中常见把这两个结构错误搭配的题型．后文有that,说明(B)应当用so.
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; w; b: L% z1 b4 V40. The typical Georgian-style house is rectangular in shape, at less two stories high, and designed around a central stairway.
  
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测试点：习语.
分析：At least是固定短语，表示”至少”，不用less.