托福考試語法題筆記2（七）

131. As sweeteners, there is very small difference between honey and sucrose, although the former does contain minimal quantities of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.

答案：B

分析及考點：形容詞誤用。修飾不可數名詞表示小的形容詞，應該用little.

參考譯文：作為甜料，蜂蜜和蔗糖之間的差別很細微。盡管前者確實包含有少量的維他命、礦物質和氨基酸。

132. Cultivated for salad since ancient times, lettuce is harvesting before its flower stem shoots up to bear its small yellow flowers.

答案：B

分析及考點：動詞形式的誤用。應該用被動形式，harvested

參考譯文：從古代就種植用于色拉食用，生菜在它花莖生出去支持它的小黃花之前就被收割了。

133. Phonological structure encodes speak sounds as a sequence of vocal tract configurations —— successive positions of the larynx, jaw, lips, tongue, and velum.

答案：A

分析及考點：單詞形式的誤用。修飾名詞要用形容詞，所以改成它的形容詞形式spoken

參考譯文：聲音體系的結構，是把發聲聲音作為一系列聲道的構造來編碼，這些構造取自于喉、下顎、唇、舌頭和小舌頭的連續的位置。

134. The steamship contributed of the development of fast news-gathering during the nineteenth century.

答案：B

分析及考點：介詞誤用。Contribute to固定搭配。

參考譯文：在19世紀，汽船對快速的信息收集過程的發展做出了貢獻。

135. The 1880's saw not only the creation of the curtain wall and wind-braced iron frame also the architectural mastery of these structural devices.

答案：B

分析及考點：連詞的固定搭配，not only….but also.

參考譯文：1880年的人，不僅僅看到了窗簾幕墻和抗風支撐的鐵架結構窗的發明創造，而且也看到了這些結構設計在建筑上的運用。

136. A century ago, women made quilts only not to keep their families warm but also to express their artistic abilities.

答案：C

分析及考點：連詞固定搭配，not only…but also…

參考譯文：一個世紀以前，女性縫制被子不僅是為了家人保暖，也是想表現她們的藝術能力。

137. The building knew as the Capitol is situated on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and it houses the legislative branch of the United States government.

答案：A

分析及考點：詞性誤用。定語從句省略結構修飾the building，所以改成known as.

參考譯文：眾所周知的國會大廈座落在華盛頓的國會山，它包含了美國政府的立法機構。

138. A person or business with more debts than assets for meeting debt payment may to declare legal bankruptcy.

答案：D

分析及考點：情態動詞使用，直接跟動詞原形，所以把to去掉，may declare.

參考譯文：個人或企業在債務支付過程中，如果資產不抵債務的時候，可以宣布合法破產。

139. The first stethoscope——the kind of instrument what has come to symbolize medicine around the world ——was constructed in 1816.

答案：B

分析及考點：定語從句連接詞誤用。改成which.

參考譯文：聽診器，成為全球醫學的象征的儀器，最早是在1816年建造的。

pumpkin補充: 改成that可能好些??

140. It is said that no potential frontier has such fired the imagination or challenged the ingenuity of humankind as has space.

答案：B

分析及考點：難。考的是so……as結構，such是形容詞不能修飾動詞，而so是副詞可以。

參考譯文：據說沒有其他潛在的新領域能夠像太空這樣激發人類的想象力，對人類的聰明才智提出挑戰。

141. The Congress of the United States can initiate legislation and significantly amend or rejection Presidential legislative proposals.

答案：C

分析及考點：or連接的平行對稱結構中，amend是動詞，所以這里應該改成reject

參考譯文：美國國會能夠頒布法令，并最大程度的修正或否決總統的立法提案。

142. Through his paintings, Edward Hopper depicted the isolation, lonely, and lack of variety of the daily life of small-town America.

答案：B

分析及考點：詞性的變換。and連接的平行對稱結構中，都是名詞，所以這里應改成loneliness

參考譯文：Edward Hopper通過他的畫，描述了小鎮化美國的孤立，孤獨和平淡。

143. The chief editorial concern in magazine publishing is presenting a mix of news, information, and entertain, all targeted at the audience the magazine seeks to reach.

答案：C

分析及考點：and連接的平行對稱結構中，都是名詞，或不可數單數，或可數復數，所以改成entertainment

參考譯文：雜志發行中主要的編輯問題是把所有面向雜志所要吸引的觀眾的新聞、信息和娛樂混合在一起表現出來。