历年托福考试语法真题全面解析11

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11. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of __________reality.
" z7 z2 t$ \' d$ g$ \3 X0 K(A) what it is conceived
(B) that is conceived
(C) what is conceived to be
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# }7 ], z5 |+ n答案：C
/ Z/ p$ r, ~2 F) S( K测试点：名词从句。
分析：介词of后只能接名词宾语或名词性宾语从句。what引导的从句为名词从句，而that引导的从句则不可，接在介词后面，故在(A)(C)中选择。但(A)中what与it重复，故选(C)。且be conceived to be是固定结构。
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  o  a9 H5 u6 ~: c7 B* f) t12. All of the plants now raised on farms have been developed from plants __________wild.
7 c0 z- g( Z4 M3 j; I9 g8 ~2 c(A) once they grew
  }  ]9 j$ D, _( S6 {1 B- _(B) they grew once
(C) that once grew
(D) once grew
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6 v) h8 A& l6 c2 z! `5 }测试点：定语从句。
分析：plants后的成份应是其定语从句，应在答案中选择完整、适当的从句，即(C)。此从句中that作主语，不可省略，故(D)错。(A)与句意不合；(B)不通。
  
) R( P3 Z6 i# w: ?13. __________relatively costly, the diesel engine is highly efficient and needs servicing infrequently.
(A) Even
(B) It is
(C) Even though
) m" [5 d) e% @* k) J5 q2 @7 j6 v(D) There is
  
答案：C
测试点：连词。
' i: a) K# k9 Y. I" c# s4 W) s% ]$ ]分析：逗号前后两部分意思相反，需表转折关系的连词，即(C)。解题要点；连词even though如引导主系表结构的从句，则常常省去主语和系词be，此句即省掉了the diesel engine is．在结构题中的四个答案中如有even though，应当首考虑这个选择。
  
( ?% G% M6 K8 a" R/ N14. __________images out of clay, stone, and metal.
(A) The shaping of sculpture
, P( R; S& D+ e$ o% `% X# N(B) Sculpting the shapes
(C) To shape sculpture
(D) Sculptors shape
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答案：D
! }/ R3 X( C! C9 v: ~# n* p9 b测试点：主谓结构。
, T/ B& i" ^2 W! H+ v3 ^, H分析：本句主、谓语俱缺，应在答案中选择主谓结构的形式，即(D)。
  
8 e% A# x' r% @1 {6 C15. __________dates from the end of the eighteenth century.
# k' d  I+ P2 f/ X- N$ M, |(A) The modern circus
(B) That the modern circus
* V. i& W9 `1 Q: R, T3 u(C) While the modern circus
(D) The modern circus that
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. K' A4 Q& R" ?8 l- V答案：A
测试点：主语。
分析：dates是谓语动词，前面缺少主语。应在答案中选择名词或名词组作主语，即(A)。