托福语法考试题型解析: and but or混淆
6 C+ C6 E+ c( Z- D, T解题要点 这类题型主要分面布在written Expression (16-40题中) 当A、B、C、D四项选择中出现单独的and或but 或or 时,它通常就是此题的焦点,应根据句意判断此连词是否用错。 : U: {0 H/ | l4 ?% {+ [
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全真例题要分析
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, [, p: A! o9 n* j2 A* m3 R, o (1) Harvesting of grains is affected by annual changes in temperature or in the amount of moisture, but both. (90.1)
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[答案] D 根据句意,这里并无转折关系。因此but 应改为or。
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4 n3 C( J, U% r, S( i; Y (2) Porcelain is not a single clay, and a compound of kaolin. Ball clay, feldspar. And silica. (91.1)
+ y5 k: i. `7 l! `/ u[答案] C 此句表达的是一个取舍关系,and应改为but. “not…but”是表达转折,到舍含义的固定并列连词搭配。 www.examw.com1 ~2 S Y+ U0 z6 C
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3. The structure or behavior of many protozoans are amazingly comples for single-celled artimals.
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, c$ R# J! f$ ?9 W3 D/ b5 J [答案] A 根据句中复数谓语动词are 来判断,连词or是错误,它表述的概含是两项之一,应用单数第三人称动词。固而or应改为and。 7 M$ e& R2 C. W0 t( S' ]
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(4) Cayenne popper comes from the seedpot of the pepper plant which is dried or then ground. 5 v2 p0 r- _- [' S& G% n6 V
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[答案] D 根据提示词then,我们可以判断和ground (grind 的过去分词,碾碎)是顺序先后的两个动作,并非取舍选择关系。固此or应改为and。
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2. 并列连接词词组
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either…or the same…as 7 E4 }' q1 P/ H; [( X
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neither…nor 比较级(more-re) …than
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whether…or 混淆搭配 : t9 H; u) u/ k1 C; b1 D
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解题要点;上述并列连词词组和短语必须搭配使用,不能承意更换或省略。考题中如出现上述词组的任何一部分,则注意另一部分是否正确。 4 e R+ H1 W% E
6 u9 X: I5 z) O 全真例题分析
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(1) In meteorology. Either formation of clouds and the oreciporddidon of dew rain and snow are known as condensation (93.1) 8 t, C8 o2 ?2 \3 O1 `0 D
. [4 B# e. O. m, Z; Z9 |( u [答案] A either改为both,组成both…and词组 4 Z, h" B9 A3 `
* D7 O9 v6 o; U/ j (2) The survival of a forest depends not only on amount of annual rainfall it receives. And also on the seasonal distribution of the rain.
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; |7 |( J/ I# g0 e# Z [答案] C and改为but,组成not only…but also 词组 2 f+ x5 Y: u% o3 d' I
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(3) Lucretia Mott*s influence was too significant that she has been credited by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United State. (91.1) 7 r( v! o! N& z& ^2 @ d
, z) M c3 B5 y1 Z- ]- r [答案] A too改为so,组成so…that结构。 0 W% \- L* G) h& a6 @ i9 q
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(4) The gorilla, not as curious than the chimpanzee, shows more persistence and memory retention in solving a problem. (90.5) |