1. ______________(很少有人不抱怨工作单调乏味),but they will feel more bored if they do not work. 9 S4 ^$ x# {: z 2. Henry has prepared a party for his girlfriend,______________(结果却被告之她到时候不能来了).5 F! ^( E8 M9 K
3. The chief reason for the population growth is ______________(与其说是出生率的上升,还不如说是死亡率的下降). 9 @& p b$ f9 ]; U7 Z( O! b 4. True friendship foresees the needs of others ______________(而不是声明自己的需求).3 X# N1 T1 e4 G! j$ p3 m
5. Although I liked the appearance of the house,_____________(真正让我决定买下它的)was the beautiful view through the window.* k b8 s$ x% o6 j' i2 O' C* H6 [
1. Few people do not complain about the tedium of their jobs / o8 u' u$ E; {7 [6 F 解析:本题考查对形容词few和动词短语complain about的掌握。few作形容词时意为"很少的,少数的",用来修饰可数名词复数,表示少得几乎没有。complain (to sb.) about sth.意为"(向某人)抱怨某事"。tedium"沉闷,单调乏味",为不可数名词。' j# F9 z/ {: s9 L% _ }& W
2. only to be told that she couldn‘t come by then ' r0 L" `0 [* f7 s/ U# n$ [& S' ? 解析:本题考查对"only+不定式"结构的掌握。"only+不定式"结构相当于一个结果状语,意为"结果却...",表示事情的发展令人不快或与预料相反。"被告之..."表明不定式要用被动式(to be told)。that宾语从句作动词told的宾语,从句的时态应与主句一致(couldn‘t)。by then在此处指"到将来的某个时候"。! J: z4 `. C+ K1 i
3. not so much a rise in birth rates as a fall in death rates或more a fall in death rates than a rise in birth rates + m) ]+ d( @# `8 `- Z 解析:本题考查对能够表达"与其说是......,不如说是......"的结构及含义的掌握。"not so much...as..."和"more...than..."都可以表示"与其说是......,不如说是......"。 $ o7 U. _: g! _% E6 C0 Y% g2 m 4. rather than proclaims one‘s own( q7 u0 |- ]' X3 v @' \
解析:本题考查对rather than的用法。rather than可以用来连接并列成分,表示"而不是"的含义。 6 Y2 U1 A, r, M 5. what really made me decide to buy it 8 f+ _- L3 k) Q0 O8 T 解析:本题考查对what引导的主语从句的掌握。根据句子结构,前半句是Although引导的让步状语从句,而主句中只有系表结构,缺少主语,故需要翻译的部分应该是一个主语从句。what和that都可以引导主语从句,但that只起引导作用,不在从句中充当成分,而what可以在从句中充当主语、宾语或表语,故本句只能使用what。