(单词翻译:单击)
语法练习
1.Silver is the best conductor of electricity, copper ___ it closely.
A.followed
B.following
C.to follow
D.being followed
2.He asked the worker how long ___ to build the house.
A.it had taken
B.had it taken
C.would it take
D.it was taken
3.In this experimenet, they are wakened several times during the night, and asked to report what they ___.
A.had just been dreaming
B.have just been dreaming
C.are just dreaming
D.had just dreamt
4.That a healthy young man begs on the streets ___ considered a shame.
A.is
B.being
C.are
D.to be
5.Corn originated in the New World and thus was not known in Europe until Columbus found it ___ in Cuba.
A.being cultivated
B.been cultivated
C.having cultivated
D.cultivating
答案详解
1.[B]【解析】分词的独立结构。copper是follow的执行者,故表示被动形式的A项和D项被排除。“名词+不定式”也是一种复合结构,但它表示将来,可见C项也不正确。只有B项符合题意。句意:银导电性最好,铜次之。
2.[A]【解析】宾语从句语序及语态。此处是how long引导的宾语从句,除了关系词要前置外,其他成分要采用正常句子语序,可见B项和C项不正确。“干……事花多长时间”要用句型“It takes...to do”,不能用被动语态,故D项不正确。只有A项在结构和时态上合要求。句意:她问工人建这座房子要花多长时间。
3.[B]【解析】时态。时间副词just作“刚刚,刚才”讲时,谓语动词一般只能使用完成时或完成进行时,如是瞬间性动词,要用完成时;如是延续性动词,要用完成进行时。由于dream是延续性动词,故要用完成进行时,而根据整句话的需要,此句要用现在完成进行时。因此,B项正确。句意:在实验中他们晚上被叫醒好几次,并要求汇报他们刚做的梦。
4.[A]【解析】带主语从句的句子结构。根据句子结构可以看出“That a healthy young man begs on the streets”是一个主语从句,空格处为主句谓语动词,从句作主语时,谓语动词一般用单数。因此,只有A项正确。句意:一个健康的年轻人沿街乞讨是可耻的。
5.[A]【解析】非谓语动词。cultivate为及物动词,空格后没有宾语,须用被动形式。可先排除C项和D项,B项属于错误用法,只有A项为正确答案。句意:玉米起源于新大陆,因此直到哥伦布发现古巴人种植时才被传至欧洲。