语法训练题

　　1.The modern recreational canoe closely resembles the Native American bark canoe in shape, length, weight, and carrying capacity, differing only in the materials of which they are made.

　　(A) they are made

　　(B) they make them

　　(C) they made it

　　(D) it is made

　　(E) its making

　　2.Clara Barton founded the American branch of the Red Cross, a nurse who was sometimes called the “angel of the battlefield.”

　　(A) Clara Barton founded the American branch of the Red Cross,

　　(B) The founder of the American branch of the Red Cross was Clara Barton,

　　(C) It was Clara Barton founding the American branch of the Red Cross,

　　(D) Clara Barton, who founded the American branch of the Red Cross, she was

　　(E) In founding the American branch of the Red Cross, Clara Barton was

　　3.Because it lacks water, this makes the area known as Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid of life.

　　(A) Because it lacks water, this

　　(B) They lack water, which

　　(C) Water, the lack of which

　　(D) Lacking water, it

　　(E) Lack of water

　　4.They determine the color and flavor of honey by the flowers from which the nectar is taken.

　　(A) They determine the color and flavor of honey by the

　　(B) Honey’s color and flavor is determined by which

　　(C) Honey’s color and flavor determined by those

　　(D) The color of honey, and its flavor, determined by the

　　(E) The color and flavor of honey are determined by the

　　5.One time a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States president in 1972, Shirley Chisholm won 152 delegates before withdrawing from the race.

　　(A) One time

　　(B) She was

　　(C) Being

　　(D) To be

　　(E) As

　　6.The most famous case of scientific suppression remains that of Galileo, who in 1633 was forced by the Roman Catholic Church to disavow his finding that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

　　(A) remains that of Galileo, who in 1633 was forced by the Roman Catholic Church to disavow

　　(B) remained that of Galileo, who in 1633 was forced by the Roman Catholic Church to disavow

　　(C) remaining that of Galileo, forced by the Roman Catholic Church in 1633 to disavow

　　(D) will remain that of Galileo, who is forced by the Roman Catholic Church in 1633 to disavow

　　(E) has remained that of Galileo, who in 1633 is forced by the Roman Catholic Church to disavow

　　7.　Concerned that people will click to borrow an e-book from a library rather than click to buy it, library access to the e-book forms of most U.S. publishers' titles is blocked.

　　(A) library access to the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles is blocked

　　(B) it is important to block library access to the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles

　　(C) the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles are blocked from library access

　　(D) most major U.S. publishers block library access to the e-book forms of their titles

　　(E) most major U.S. publishers blocking library access to the e-book forms of their titles

　　8.　Although hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time, Merce Cunningham's company, founded in 1953, consistently gave performances that caused some members of the audience to walk out.

　　(A) Although hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time, Merce Cunningham's company, founded in 1953,

　　(B) Although Merce Cunningham was hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time, his company, founded in 1953,

　　(C) Founded in 1953, Merce Cunningham's company had one of the greatest choreographers of his time, himself, and

　　(D) Although hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time, Merce Cunningham founded his company in 1953, which

　　(E) Merce Cunningham's company, founded in 1953, was hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time, but

　　9.　Being that she has a gift for comic timing, Esmeralda is a natural when it comes to storytelling.

　　(A) Being that she has a gift for comic timing

　　(B) In having a gift for comic timing

　　(C) With her gift for comic timing

　　(D) Although she has a gift for comic timing

　　(E) Comically timed

　　10.The reason the film’s stream-of-consciousness imagery is so successful is because of its capture of the sensorial experience of childhood.

　　(A) because of its capture of

　　(B) capturing of

　　(C) because of capturing

　　(D) that it captures

　　(E) for its capturing

参考答案
　　参考答案及解析：

　　1.The correct answer is D

　　Explanation

　　Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the pronoun error of the original by using the singular pronoun “it” to refer appropriately to the singular noun “The modern … canoe.”

　　2.The correct answer is B

　　Explanation

　　Choice (B) is correct. It avoids the modification error of the original by placing the noun “Clara Barton” next to its appositive, “a nurse...battlefield.”

　　3.Nice work!

　　Explanation

　　Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the awkwardness and wordiness of the original by making “Lack of water” the subject of the sentence.

　　4.The correct answer is E

　　Explanation

　　Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by removing the unnecessary pronoun “They,” and by using a well-constructed phrase, “The color and flavor … are …

　　5.The correct answer is E

　　Explanation

　　Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by using the preposition “As” to indicate the capacity in which Shirley Chisholm “won 152 delegates.”

　　6.The correct answer is A

　　Explanation

　　Choice (A) is correct. It avoids the errors of the other options by providing the present tense verb "remains" to refer to a present-day statement of fact (Galileo's case is today the most well-known example of scientific suppression) and the past tense verb phrase "was forced" to refer to a past event (in 1633 Galileo was forced to disavow his scientific findings).

　　7.The correct answer is D

　　Explanation

　　Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the modification error of the original by placing the subject of the sentence ("most major U.S. publishers") directly after the modifying phrase ("Concerned that people will click to borrow an e-book from a library rather than click to buy it"). The original sentence illogically implies that "library access," rather than the "publisher," is "concerned."

　　8.The correct answer is B

　　Explanation

　　Choice (B) is correct. It avoids the modification error of the original by replacing the modifying phrase ("Although hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time") with the dependent clause ("Although Merce Cunningham was hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time"). It does not make sense to say that his "company," rather than Merce Cunningham himself, was "hailed as one of the greatest choreographers of his time."

　　9.The correct answer is C

　　Explanation

　　Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the unidiomatic phrasing and wordiness of the original by replacing the unidiomatic participial phrase “Being that she has a gift for comic timing” with the more concise and idiomatic prepositional phrase “With her gift for comic timing.”

　　10.The correct answer is D

　　Explanation

　　Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the unidiomatic phrasing and wordiness of the original by replacing the prepositional phrase "because of its capture of the sensorial experience of childhood" with the clearer and more concise noun clause "that it captures the sensorial experience of childhood."

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