托福辅导：托福语法题笔记2（五）

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111. By 1920 the area of the United States under cultivation had more than doubled in just 50 years, and the national population that surpassed 100 million.
/ T" j. O0 N& W' |8 H答福：B
分析及考点：不构成定语从句，却误用定语从句连接词，把that去掉就好了。
- {% s6 A! A! ^4 _2 ^% `参考译文：到1920年美国已开垦的在50年里已经翻了两倍，全国人口也超过了100个百万。
112. Some areas of the deep sea are vulnerable frequent natural disturbances taking the form of intense currents, mud slumps, low oxygen, and upwellings.
答案：A
, P3 Z  K/ E$ Q* O4 T分析及考点：词序错误，改成frequently vulnerable natural disturbances
参考译文：深海的一些地方，常常受到自然干扰，这些干扰以急流、泥浆、低氧和上升流的形式存在。
$ x1 B$ a) X- R# q/ Ipumpkin补充: 大概是改成vulnerable to frequent natural disturbances
3 x/ h+ e+ W9 V& G" q' \2 ?113. In the United States, the first roads were paved in colonial times, first with logs, latest with cobblestones or brick, depending on the region.
答案：B
. V6 r: {: Q( {# O8 I! l9 b分析及考点：词性混用。表示先后的状态时，用later
参考译文：在美国，最早的路是在殖民地时候铺的。一开始用木材，后来根据地区不同用鹅卵石或砖块。
114. In physics, sound is considered to be the waves of vibratory motion, nether or not they are heard by the human ear.
% ~! `1 a: \0 X2 W  T% U答案：C
分析及考点：连词使用表达错误。改成whether or not
9 O9 n9 F- ]" n参考译文：在物理上，声音被认为是振动性运动发出的波，不管人耳能不能听见。
115. Over one thousand mineral are known, most of which are characterized by definite chemical composition, crystalline structure, and physical properties.
答案：B
分析及考点：可数名词单复数误用，改成minerals
参考译文：有超过1千种矿物质为人所知。它们中很多都通过明确的化学组成，结晶结构和物理特性表现出来了。
( p" O1 A7 K" Z9 e/ i- X/ x: M116. The layers of an elephant's tusk are deposited from the pulp, yet that the innermost layer is the newest.
1 `: z$ P6 f& A& _答案：C
$ _9 S: d! H$ c分析及考点：连词的误用，改成so，so that一起表因此
& A2 }0 G8 H: [  ^7 W参考译文：大象的长牙的分层是从髓质开始沉积的，因此最里面那一层是最新的。
  q# ]/ S. Q# e6 o& F- Q117. Butane is found into both oil and natural gas.
, V6 X. j$ X# |" w0 |2 y答案：B
分析及考点：介词误用。改成in
/ p7 z7 H# J8 l- m参考译文：丁烷气体是从石油和天然气中找到的。
118. When expelled from the nucleus of an atom, a neutron is unstable and decay to form a proton and an electron.
答案：C
分析及考点：谓语时态误用，改成decays
& A0 q) x5 T" K参考译文：当中子从原子核中发射出来的时候，是不稳定的，并衰退从而形成一个质子和一个电子。
Pumpkin补充: 修改为decaying可能更合适, 更和unstable并列, 由一个动词is来引导
; W6 P' a8 T& M0 ~5 s$ kdecay:常用进行时态
The monument is decaying after years of neglect
119. Muscles who are given proper exercise react to stimuli quickly and powerfully and are said to be “in tone.”
1 j6 d- t4 ^7 B0 Y答案：A
分析及考点：定语从句连词误用。改成which
参考译文：那些受了适当锻炼的肌肉对刺激反应快而强，并被称为协调。
+ p% Y' y4 p, }. X- o. a8 B" O5 ?2 h$ a120. Automobile insurance compensates only not for fire and theft but also for damage caused by a collision and for injury to victims of an accident.
" m: r- f7 {2 _- q+ L, p  h$ W. a答案：B
分析及考点：词序颠倒。Not only…but also…固定对称结构。
参考译文：汽车保险不仅对失火和被窃进行赔偿，而且对撞车事故造成的损坏和事故中受伤的受害人也进行赔偿。