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.
(A) require
(B) requires
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(D) to require
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答案：A
测试点：谓语／主谓数的一致.
0 s6 ], s. k# c& q0 y; e' m' C" G$ {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.
(A) Known to be the oldest
(B) It was the oldest known
4 `: f3 Y( j( _5 c& e(C) Known as the oldest
(D) The oldest known
  
答案：D
7 C) n: x" j- G, o0 |. O  N, Y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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13. 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
: L+ r' K0 [. w9 D4 u% u(D) little nourishment as possible
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答案：D
测试点；as…as…结构。
+ J- p6 d* u7 i7 k- E  H; A- y3 t' }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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14. 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
3 Y# Z  s4 ~; n5 O7 {3 K; K/ w; Y(C) the leaves before growing long
(D) the growth of leaves before long is
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答案：B
测试点：状语从句/习语.
# I) t9 `8 R0 d+ b; s0 ~6 f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).
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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.
8 A7 N; _0 S1 Z  ^4 }; T. S(A) not only produced
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(C) produced only
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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)。