本期重点: 平行结构
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+ S" N' W- h" W' L0 E. Y, b2 ]平行结构错误主要指在并列连接词and前后语法结构不对等、不平行。其它并列连词还有but, as well as, or, or else, both … and, neither … nor, either … or, not only … but (also)等可连接两个对等的词和对等的结构。 . x" T5 f) X% Y
# I" Q# C) v7 F考点例析 1 l8 r! v. y3 ^& J
1:Computeranalyzed marketing reports can help deciding ( A5 a8 _; I5 y- H
which products to emphasize now,which to develop for
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解析:本句中三个平行成份which products to emphasize now, which to develop和which to be dropped结构模式应该一致,均采用不定式主动语态,因而to be dropped应改为to drop。(注:在四六级考试中,短文改错只能修改、删除或添加一个单词,不能同时改动两个。本例题旨在反映平行结构的语法性质。)
: K0 q) z% C5 T! B: I8 H例2:At the heart of the NEA survey is the belief that our ! s9 Y; |! ]: I/ A
democratic System depends on leaders who can think 7 `4 B6 a) e R( t8 D( I7 W
critically, analyze texts and writing clearly. ___________ 5 _) T" m" U* W
解析:can后面有三个并列的谓语动词,因此writing应改成与think, analyze并列的动词原形write。 " K6 ]9 y2 ], k* L6 w1 r
7 y! B5 M7 G3 j1 B2 N& U6 i: |1 Y例3:Atrophy is a decrease in size of a cell, organ, tissues, or other part of the body. _______
3 t) S7 ^7 c# s7 v$ q解析;:并列连词or连接四项名词结构,其中cell 和organ皆为单数形式,故tissues应改为单数tissue。
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9 v9 u, M( j+ P7 h% [5 }+ A7 S巩固与拓展 , u, V! ^: ^! ^7 @9 `$ b! b
1.A majority of the reports received from people claiming
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proven to be mistakes, misconceptions, or tricked. ___________
' C% }. q& C% K5 L1 v; k2. Your semester grade is based not only on how well you ( P0 X4 M* z# @4 U! i+ z' }2 Y
do on each test, but also how you participate in class. ___________
+ m7 i+ F) h4 T3. Modern sience was born when Galileo began trying to explain
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experiment which now forms the basis of scientific investigation
0 V8 D% R; U7 [7 M1 h4. Restrict your self to one or two pages, and listing ___________
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5. The House proposal would have barred the federal
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book customer lists and other material in terrorism and 9 |/ X6 i: q% }1 `7 t
intelligence investigations.
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综合改错
) h; n9 _' a t7 t) l9 }" V$ u& p! ^The biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist : |7 h) {" G! F+ E) R
With a gun, than the man with the portable computer in business class. 1._____ $ k, Z; t2 ^( \+ F/ j6 n
In the last 15 years, pilots report well over 100 incidents tha could 2. _____ ' e# @7 [+ ]6 D. ?6 i& a9 V
have been caused by electromagnetic interference. The source of this
/ T- S+ x; c3 b( ]" \/ Rinterference remains confirmed, but increasingly, experts are pointing the 3._____ . B; C% `8 }3 h. G$ O4 v
blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and 4. _____
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RTCA, an organization advertises the aviation industry, has 5. ______
8 [2 h% [' B# X6 a5 g! krecommended that the airline bans such devices from 6.______
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Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights.
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during take-off and landing, most are willing to enforce a total ban, given 8. ______
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The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields may affect an
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which affect those wavelength which craft use for navigation and 9.______
2 R, x/ M3 U+ t! E1 [- \communication. But , because they have not been able to reproduce
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/ l6 L2 N2 M7 u# Zwhether the interference might be danger or not. 10.______ |