名词(词组)作同位语
# Q" j" h* v: _, L; E 同位语主要由名词词组充当, 对其前面的名词或代词作补充说明, / g. g# D) @" W! ]# A
I came from Jiangying, a very beautiful and peaceful town.* X9 T" E* j& |
例题:
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In the nineteenth century, Samuel Gridley Howe founded the Perkins School for the Blind, ----for children in Boston, Massachusetts.; z6 M$ |$ D" h* t4 S) [/ V
(A) that institutes , F$ z/ U9 ]7 w
(B) while instituted ( ^- m3 c$ K! b1 R' ? n* q
(C) was an institution " ~0 C b, W+ x( Y9 G2 e7 m; b
(D) an institute
; V$ `4 w; ?* ^9 J- E1 D 答案: (D)
' `/ F. i$ ^$ J( M( g8 n+ M/ C 解释: 空白前的句子结构完整, 空格后的结构和宾语的很相似, (D)为名词词组, 构成宾语的同位语, D- ~/ A9 K' t7 H/ J- Y
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(A) is the great modern choreographer ; K1 q4 C$ O/ P8 j% s% _
(B) one of the great modern choreographers ' P$ N* {% u0 b1 c& M" I! L8 }
(C) that the great modern choreographers
5 q5 k9 c5 P* r+ ^) k4 j (D) the modern choreographers were great 4 ]2 N7 p3 ~: d! j! v) [" i
答案：B & d2 J/ O ~6 q. Q6 O0 {7 J m
解释：此句主谓俱全, 空格设在主语和谓语之间, 且两端都有逗号, 推知缺少的是主语的同位语, B是名词词组, 可以胜任；A D中的动词与原句谓语冲突; C 不是完整的同位语从句
' C) k9 I& Z& v0 B( n 考点四 名词(词组)作定语( w$ ~% D- R, u. h% h; }
名词修饰名词作定语的现象在英语中也屡见不鲜, 此时前面的名词相当于形容词的作用, 只是依英语习惯决定究竟用名词还是形容词作定语, TOEFL有少量题涉及这一问题
* O) ?& I4 c% [1 _# P0 e8 s 这样的词语有：word order（词序）， taxi driver（出租车司机）等 5 ?' a/ Q; R: _6 |( A
例题:
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Situated in the heart of a grain-farming and livestock-raising region, Abilene, Kansas, is a prosperous trading and distribute center./ Z& ]4 c. s# G" I
应改为: distribution/ distributing.' q+ t! H, g7 O+ m3 Z( w
解释: 动词distribute不能修饰名词center，可改用名词或分词, 但此题中名词distribution作定语更符合英文习惯 - f( o/ n! A3 f0 y- Y& ]! P
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Acrylic paint enables artists to experiment with many colors effects.
9 j& X, h, c' {# O% a; g: s) d' m 应改为: color
9 [3 k" `/ x6 p g 解释: 此处名词color作effects的定语无需用复数, 意为色彩效果 |
发表于 2012-8-14 23:32:39
