历年托福考试语法真题全面解析59

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11.A majority of people in the United States can get all the calcium their bodies --- from the food they eat.
4 D( [) Z5 @- E: J(A) require
(B) requires
(C) requiring
1 [) r; N; N  v4 c% ^, z" H1 F5 w(D) to require
  
+ d2 _. [: v9 z% N% C答案：A
测试点：谓语／主谓数的一致.
! |3 K* Z; r" }: p' A4 d+ D分析：calcium后面是省略了关系代词that的定语从句，从句缺谓语动词。答案中(A)(B)均可能作谓语，但从句主语为复数的bodies，故选复数形式的(A)。(C)(D)均为动词的非谓语形式.
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12. --- map dates back to about 3,000 B.C.
1 N* T6 z9 x, P7 [(A) Known to be the oldest
, ^/ I/ Q) t( Q3 ^! b- _(B) It was the oldest known
  J/ I- N/ F- ~, b) p+ E(C) Known as the oldest
& ^; c; I+ ]% [6 c* p8 s(D) The oldest known
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答案：D
/ S6 n$ t0 q: E/ L4 {  J测试点：习语.
分析：the+形容词最高级+known是固定说法，表示“己知的最……的”，通常作定语．空格后为完整的句子，主语前只需定语，故选(D)．(B)用了形式主语it,但句中并无真正主语that从句或不定式.
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9 C; g$ z7 j; T13. The best way to control rats is by seeing that they have as --- .
(A) possibly little nourishment
(B) nourishment possibly little
(C) little as possible nourishment
% f8 V( c7 S' Q3 V(D) little nourishment as possible
  
- d- z# b1 p+ \答案：D
* U: ^  @0 u" |( H$ r; f测试点；as…as…结构。
分析：以空格前的as为线索，在答案中寻找含有另外那个as的结构，即(C)、(D)．(C)形容词和它所修饰的名词之间不应插入其他成份；(D)正确.
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; k2 x/ V8 o/ q14. The small greenish flowers of the American elm tree appear in the spring, --- .
(A) is grown long before the leaves
(B) long before the leaves grow
(C) the leaves before growing long
. R3 r+ T7 ?& M& |$ l1 e/ S+ Y2 Y(D) the growth of leaves before long is
  
答案：B
测试点：状语从句/习语.
分析：所缺为说明时间的状语，应以before开头；而短语long before语法作用与before相同，但语意更强，故选(B).
  
15. In the years between 1937 and 1952, author Margaret Wise Brown ---more than a hundred books but also wrote the lyrics for 21 children’s records.
(A) not only produced
(B) only not produced
* @; f+ `* O+ s! B+ }* A. i0 ~(C) produced only
& V/ |5 b* x1 ~7 C! U(D) only have produced
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7 Y5 s4 W- B3 O' {答案：A
测试点：not only…but also…
分析：后文的but also是关键词，应在答案中选择含有not only的形式，即(A)。