本期重点: 平行结构 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。4 @. M* x O' @9 d7 n( s. x* a6 E
考点例析
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which products to emphasize now,which to develop for7 Z" d. S5 z3 _9 r2 ^
the future, and which to be dropped. ____________
8 i8 `' @' H" Y0 m6 v 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。), B7 a q1 y- u. `3 {9 o& P, Z4 \
例2:At the heart of the NEA survey is the belief that our
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critically, analyze texts and writing clearly. ___________% \7 @6 c. Q* a; e8 S2 p8 {
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。9 Q0 C% r2 p5 n
例3:Atrophy is a decrease in size of a cell, organ, tissues, or other part of the body. _______
) w7 ?" v. r- V 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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