有关并列连词的命题在TOEEL考试中占有极重要的地位。并列连接词不仅自身是命题的焦点,它还涉及到一些其它的题型,如平行结构,词类、及一致等TOEEL考试要点。一般说来,有关并列连词的题目并不深涩,因为连接词无论在语意上还是结构功能上都并非孤立使用。而且,细察并列连词的题目,还可寻见其中的命题规律并列连词常考题型及解题要点: L1 G7 t% d. l$ l. Y, O7 `
1. 并列连词 and but or混淆, ^$ Q6 _$ B+ |9 H+ f& B6 w; p
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。) v8 J5 U9 S/ T4 w' d
全真例题要分析
g/ q; L: w! E; U/ v- @! ? (1) Harvesting of grains is affected by annual changes in temperature or in the amount of moisture, but both. (90.1)
2 A. ~% W5 e" y: H! t9 b- {: d [答案] D 根据句意,这里并无转折关系。因此but 应改为or。
) a% e# H9 ~- P9 v* K4 f (2) Porcelain is not a single clay, and a compound of kaolin. Ball clay, feldspar. And silica. (91.1)
+ ]. A2 S- ?. S3 q5 s [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。: H$ }0 [# g1 T4 |8 s" G! l( x
3. The structure or behavior of many protozoans are amazingly comples for single-celled artimals.) h& T5 R( A) J2 ~
[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。; ]: a! `3 G, N1 g0 R) b
(4) Cayenne popper comes from the seedpot of the pepper plant which is dried or then ground.
$ X2 d2 {8 W0 J9 s [答案] D 根据提示词then,我们可以判断dried 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。
+ h, A7 v& g5 x6 I3 d 2. 并列连接词词组
( g. ?" ~5 |0 y7 j& p- U& N7 F both…and as…as
! O; |' }4 Q0 m4 M( ?1 @: E1 r; ? not only …but also not so…as; a" U, P4 S$ i. O$ V
either…or the same…as
6 C, i4 F; w6 X( |9 N9 O neither…nor 比较级(more-re) …than- L7 n4 E7 F- v2 Q
so…that to…to常与so…that. j% ~; K9 e: x
whether…or 混淆搭配0 c9 y& ~& } N! _) S
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。3 K# f0 \# C" w' N
全真例题分析7 M; T- M) V! U- L
(1) In meteorology. Either formation of clouds and the oreciporddidon of dew rain and snow are known as condensation (93.1)1 N5 [2 O0 x4 p2 i
[答案] A either改为both,组成both…and词组
+ U& p p) J2 v3 I9 g (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.; |8 N7 B, S6 Z. M- ^5 z: }# u! c9 `
[答案] C and改为but,组成not only…but also 词组5 f, o1 g; J3 p
(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)
2 \( O( z' d# A* z+ A' X- L* ` [答案] A too改为so,组成so…that结构。
, L2 `8 u6 b7 h' X0 }' [( m (4) The gorilla, not as curious than the chimpanzee, shows more persistence and memory retention in solving a problem. (90.5)
5 b4 \6 @+ G4 e [答案] B than改为as, 组成not as…as 结构。
- y: |$ }9 n9 L (5) Some linguious believe that the earliest languages were no less complex as modern languages (94.5)2 z; e E# s( ~$ @5 d4 s8 \. u
[答案] D as 改为than,组成“比较级…than”的句型。
3 I: q- { K# G( t4 G (6) Whether as statesman, scientist, and philosopher, Benjamin Franklin was destined to gain lasting honor throughout much of the world. (92.5); x: q6 ~7 J' E+ L
[答案] A and改为or,组成whether…or的结构。6 Y1 P$ }9 }! }7 w2 o
(7) Meadowlarks are about the same size than robins, they have heavier bodies, shorter tails, and longer bills. (89.5)
8 L/ l2 T. {; l5 P# N9 {6 |, P( X [答案] B than改为as,组成the same…as的结构。6 N# \+ u6 Q% o" p# Q0 ]
(8) Nature not only gave the Middle Atlantic fine harbors, however endowed it with a first-class system of inland waterways. (91.1)
% {9 R6 n: P3 H" [; E: q [答案] C however 改为but also,组成not only…but also结构。 |