本期重点:词性4 E; ?$ E# V; M, F& ~# b& {5 t/ E
词性重点考查的就是词性的混淆,主要是名词与动词的误用、名词与形容词的误用以及形容词与副词的误用。做这类改错题,首先要判断词性及词在句中的位置,然后根据它们在句中所处的位置来确定词性是否正确。一般说来,形容词修饰名词,副词修饰动词,副词修饰形容词。例如说到某个问题的严重性,会用increasingly serious(越来越严重),用副词修饰形容词,不能说increasing serious。. l' u5 T, O/ U5 P( g
考点例析:
4 t/ \% q" _. y& E6 }* W6 ^1 [ 例1:Most experts believe this can continue even if the population3 e% C9 u b$ H* P6 b3 M/ I8 \! F
doubles by the mid-21st century,although feeding I0 billion people7 g( L2 K0 B0 N$ k$ Q- q$ f
will not be easy for politics, economic and environmental reasons S6.___1 T9 E7 t) Y: J* ~; @
解析:reasons有三个修饰词politics, economic, environmental , 后两个是形容词,第一个也应该是一致的,所以把politics改称political。( k6 U# I2 Q. O! k; T1 k' V" U
例2:Culture is essentially to our humanness. It provides a kind of S8.______
$ K' n( E" R; T. I/ I map for relating to others.. E& Y4 ^% D' T" ~1 V# I N
解析:做表语时,应该使用形容词而不是副词,故将essentially -> essential。
. l& k+ i, K: g 例3:Their experiments have shown that reading disorders are most! W. q$ x$ V2 s3 |( \
likely the result of what is, in effect, faulty wiring in the brain—
% o% j, r% h# n4 ~' Z! o& ~ not lazy, stupidity or a poor home environment S4._____
% w, S3 d- _$ R, m* H! T# A 解析:lazy, stupidity ,a poor home environment 是三个并列的词,在词性上应该保持一致,所以将lazy改成laziness。( z H3 u) a' \0 @
巩固与拓展
6 H9 H2 p4 C+ E4 W" @ 1. Except for relative isolated trouble spots like present-day Somalia, _______
* h# ~ I% g0 b and occasional years of bad harvests, the world’s food crisis has
" Q3 m# A- ]# m) c. q8 G) B remained just around the corner.
8 ]) i3 @" S# U( [ ` 2. A good CV is your passport to an interview and ,ultimate , to ________/ M4 D0 j! l% d. W5 V0 Z8 q, t
the job you want
" W2 q& x. z3 `6 j( M7 [ 3. Now what started in schools across the country is playing itself out5 s) y ]- @# x0 J; [/ N0 F
on a nation stage and is possibly having an impact on the reading _______! @+ C. M7 d. @) d
habits of the American public.5 L: V W$ Y2 U/ U
4. Understanding the original of the negative attitude _______ .
5 M! B3 z5 d8 F& V, `. ? towards science may help us to modify them.8 P, }( D. r! ~& d+ Y! r
5. The WHO has given multi-drug therapy to patients freely for _______7 S9 O; m: ?& p% v( b' e+ p* _8 o
the last five years.8 F5 V: d& S9 U- S1 W# p
综合训练
' {) {0 z5 _' L Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary
$ h A0 O; s( @; V' _ greatly in the amount of listening they do after they start speaking, 1.________
. w6 }3 y9 I* z$ O+ u and the late starters are often long listeners. Most children will "obey"
4 j# } a! N I2 H0 E# ~. s y spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the
6 ?( L% G* T' q3 ^8 J1 t$ p4 j word obey is hardly accurate like a discrption of the eager and 2._____
8 t4 S! f7 h. }1 @7 a delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can
7 U; C8 c$ u- e speak, many children will ask questions in gesture and by making 3._____2 }6 y! b/ Y3 z( e' g* b; f7 h' P# h
questioning noises. Any attempt to trace the development from the
, r! P) I2 a1 C$ J' Y' L noises babies make to their first spokeb words lead to considerable 4._____
$ \2 l& T+ j' P- C3 I difficulties. It is agree that they enjoy making noises, and that during
' F9 b) v$ L4 ?& @ the first few months one or two noise sort themselves out as 5.____% A3 J; i2 N1 P+ F2 }1 f* ~
particular indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since 6.___
8 A2 y2 L; [1 l/ V% R these can be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate, they can 7._____: b% j5 S; t7 n0 |' p
hardly be regarded as early forms of language. Is is agreed, too, from 8.______, e8 H: }7 @0 o% T3 _ l7 C
about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six
* N: S5 c: ^0 B k% W" \) d5 g- c6 O months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire. This self-imitation
$ j, g& I, W# f6 I( u7 l3 b4 c1 b leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds making or words spoken to 9.______1 ^! l- X3 A* n! d7 i
them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point which one 10._____1 K* L5 d9 E7 Q' R
can say that these imitation can be considered as speech. |