历年托福考试语法真题全面解析47

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31. During the 1600’s skilled shoemakers scarce were in what is now the United States.  
  
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测试点：词序.
分析：形容词scarce应置于系词were的后面，作表语.
  
32. If a atom loses any of its electrons, it becomes positively charged and can combine chemically with other atoms.  
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  s9 }  K# ~9 U- J3 m5 x5 Q6 U$ C答案：A
测试点：冠词.
分析：a和an的用法atom是以元音开头的名词，前面冠词要用an而不用a.
% J% C8 d3 l$ @) o' D9 {解题要点：注意划线的冠词a或an是否用错.
  
6 O# I! q$ r& ^33. The National Education Association conduct extensive research on a great many aspects of education.
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答案：A
$ t: x9 S5 v. R5 ?1 V( u测试点：主谓数的一致。
/ q$ e$ G6 F5 O0 ~. l分析：主语Association为单数，谓语动词也要用单数形式。应为conducts。
  
34. The pain-killing agent most commonly administered in dentistry is the local anesthetic, who produces loss of feeling only in a specific area.
  
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- k  T+ h$ x6 p7 ?8 m测试点：从句连接词who和which的用法.
; Q8 k  S) Y/ W' n( k分析：定语从句修饰说明anesthetic(麻醉剂)，作主语的关系代词，指代的是物不是人，不能用who．应为which.
7 }2 p6 L$ H. f7 Z) ~解题要点：who/which混淆用错的题型在TOEFL考题中很常见．遇到这两个关系代词划线时，应务必认清它所限定的先行词是人还是物.
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35. Certain types of computers work properly only in environments with controlled precisely temperatures.  
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答案：D
测试点：词序.
) r$ n9 K  E# k分析：分词作定语时，与其所修饰的名词之间不要加入副词．应为precisely controlled(temperature)。