历年托福考试语法真题全面解析32

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36. If laid out in straight line, the human digestive tract would measure approximately thirty foot in length.  
  
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6 D* n5 r1 K; r4 H! ~5 S8 J测试点：数的一致／名词的数。
. E4 A" [, D4 \7 a$ v  b4 T' W2 \分析：题中遇有foot或feet出现时，应注意其单、复数是否用错。因前文有thirty，故此处应用复数feet.
- E/ F3 k+ n: s/ I  B0 t* w$ G. H解题要点；改错题中划线的foot或feet应予以首先考虑.
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7 }* L3 T: d+ L% Z/ E. m2 s37. The relationship of Latin American music to Black music in the United States is clearly evident in the unaccented beats that are common to either.  
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答案：D
测试点：either和both的用法.
分析：“两者的共同特点”应是common to both，不用either．(B)clearly evident正确并非同意重复.
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38. Today it is generally recognized as the primary function of the Federal Reserve System is to foster the flow of credit and money that will eventually facilitate a balance in
international payments.
  
答案：B
- T& ~& x' x; e' v测试点：形式主语.
分析：看到it is…的句式，应立即注意其是否用了“形式主语+that从句(或十不定式)”结构。这样，才不会被recognized as所迷惑。as应为that，引导真正的主语。
  
% E( W0 w/ C# |3 T9 \1 g% ^# z39. Pure flint is too hard and even-grained that it chips in smooth curved flakes.  
  
答案：B
- |+ x: I6 _, w. @9 q测试点：so that和too…to的用法
  W& m' ]$ R- q' v2 g' N; f分析：TOEFL考试中常见把这两个结构错误搭配的题型．后文有that,说明(B)应当用so.
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40. The typical Georgian-style house is rectangular in shape, at less two stories high, and designed around a central stairway.
  
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* _% k7 m( p: i) d测试点：习语.
- I1 _0 v( c0 e5 H" y/ x  e* _分析：At least是固定短语，表示”至少”，不用less.