托福考試語法題筆記2（五）

111. By 1920 the area of the United States under cultivation had more than doubled in just 50 years, and the national population that surpassed 100 million.

答福：B

分析及考點：不構成定語從句，卻誤用定語從句連接詞，把that去掉就好了。

參考譯文：到1920年美國已開墾的在50年里已經翻了兩倍，全國人口也超過了100個百萬。

112. Some areas of the deep sea are vulnerable frequent natural disturbances taking the form of intense currents, mud slumps, low oxygen, and upwellings.

答案：A

分析及考點：詞序錯誤，改成frequently vulnerable natural disturbances

參考譯文：深海的一些地方，常常受到自然干擾，這些干擾以急流、泥漿、低氧和上升流的形式存在。

pumpkin補充: 大概是改成vulnerable to frequent natural disturbances

113. In the United States, the first roads were paved in colonial times, first with logs, latest with cobblestones or brick, depending on the region.

答案：B

分析及考點：詞性混用。表示先后的狀態時，用later

參考譯文：在美國，最早的路是在殖民地時候鋪的。一開始用木材，后來根據地區不同用鵝卵石或磚塊。

114. In physics, sound is considered to be the waves of vibratory motion, nether or not they are heard by the human ear.

答案：C

分析及考點：連詞使用表達錯誤。改成whether or not

參考譯文：在物理上，聲音被認為是振動性運動發出的波，不管人耳能不能聽見。

115. Over one thousand mineral are known, most of which are characterized by definite chemical composition, crystalline structure, and physical properties.

答案：B

分析及考點：可數名詞單復數誤用，改成minerals

參考譯文：有超過1千種礦物質為人所知。它們中很多都通過明確的化學組成，結晶結構和物理特性表現出來了。

116. The layers of an elephant's tusk are deposited from the pulp, yet that the innermost layer is the newest.

答案：C

分析及考點：連詞的誤用，改成so，so that一起表因此

參考譯文：大象的長牙的分層是從髓質開始沉積的，因此最里面那一層是最新的。

117. Butane is found into both oil and natural gas.

答案：B

分析及考點：介詞誤用。改成in

參考譯文：丁烷氣體是從石油和天然氣中找到的。

118. When expelled from the nucleus of an atom, a neutron is unstable and decay to form a proton and an electron.

答案：C

分析及考點：謂語時態誤用，改成decays

參考譯文：當中子從原子核中發射出來的時候，是不穩定的，并衰退從而形成一個質子和一個電子。

Pumpkin補充: 修改為decaying可能更合適, 更和unstable并列, 由一個動詞is來引導

decay:常用進行時態

The monument is decaying after years of neglect

119. Muscles who are given proper exercise react to stimuli quickly and powerfully and are said to be “in tone.”

答案：A

分析及考點：定語從句連詞誤用。改成which

參考譯文：那些受了適當鍛煉的肌肉對刺激反應快而強，并被稱為協調。

120. Automobile insurance compensates only not for fire and theft but also for damage caused by a collision and for injury to victims of an accident.

答案：B

分析及考點：詞序顛倒。Not only…but also…固定對稱結構。

參考譯文：汽車保險不僅對失火和被竊進行賠償，而且對撞車事故造成的損壞和事故中受傷的受害人也進行賠償。