题目列表(包括答案和解析)
3.They are looking into some magazines.他们正在浏览一些杂志。
答语中的may /can /could
[问]Could I call you by your first name?Yes,you______ .
A.will B.could C.may D.might
(上海高考,98-3)
答案为C。我不明白为什么不能选B(could)?
[答]在请求允许时,使用could或might比使用can或 may显得更有礼貌,但是,在表示允许某人做某事时,通常使用can或may以及其他词语。
1.He looks through several newspapers before breakfast.他通常在早饭前浏览几份报纸。
4.Less people are going to university than usual.(CCEU)要上大学的人比往常少。
不难看出,上面的考题不仅无助于提高学生的英语水平,而且还会干扰他们去掌握活生生的英语实际。
据此,我们有理由提出,在今后的英语考试中不宜再把less people这种被语言学家们宣布为一种惯用法倾向的格式简单地判为错误。在英语考试中可以设法回避此类考题。
请做下面的英语试题:
This year they have produced ____grain they did last year.
A.as less;as B.as few;as C.less;than D.fewer;than
(全国高考,89-19)
look through /look into
[问]______this book and tell what you think of it.
A.Look through B.Look on C.Look into D.Look up
(全国高考,90-37)
标准答案是A。但不知是否也可选C(look into)?
[答]选A和选C是同样正确的。因为look into除作"调查"、"了解"解之外,也可作"浏览(书、杂志、报纸)"解,即与 look through同义:
3.If only there were less holes in the roof!(LDCE)要是屋顶上的洞少一些,该多好!
2.I've got less friends this year than ever before.(PEU)今年我的朋友比往年少。
1.There used to be more women than men in the country,butnow there are fewer /less.(CGEL)以前这个国家女人比男人多,而现在女人比男人少了。
2.He fell ill on Monday and died three days after.(ALD)星期一他病倒了,3天后就去世了。
但是,时间段+later结构用得较多:
Ten minutes later I was walking into the bank where I work.(全国高考,93- 44)十分钟后我走进了我所工作的银行。
less /fewer
[问]If we had followed his plan,we could have done the job better with ____money and ____people.
A.less;less B.fewer;fewer C.less;fewer D.fewer;less
(全国高考,90-17)
标准答案为C,但我认为也可以选A,您的意见如何?
[答]出题者的意图是: fewer用在可数复数名词之前,而less仅用于不可数名词之前。但是,惯用法并不像上面所描述那样简单,而呈现出错综复杂的局面。正像 R.Ouirk等在A comprehensive Grammar of the English Language中指的,"有一种倾向,将less(而不用fewer)和least(而不用fewest)与可数名词连用:You've made less mistakes than last time."
R.Quirk等人在CGEL(ξ6.53)中还进一步指出,"传统的规定语法反对把 less和least与复数名词连用。然而,它们在非正式英语中,却用得十分广泛。"(p.385),Swan在PEU中也曾明确地指出:"从理论上讲,fewer用在复数名词之前,而less用于不可数名词之前。但是在现代英语中,特别是在非正式语体中,许多人在复数名词之前也用less,而不用 fewer。"
下面是我们查到的例句:
1.Twenty minutes later,in the hospital,the woman found her husband.20分钟后,在医院里这位妇女找到了她的丈夫。
2.He had so much changed that I could hardly him.
A.know B.understand C.recognize D.find (上海会考,92-17)
later
an hour later /an hour after
[问]An hour ____,however, they were all astonished when the gar- dener rushed in and said seriously that the dog was dead.
A.later B.after C.past D.over
(全国高考,89-49)
答案为A。这无疑是正确的。但是,我不明白为什么选项B(after)是错误的?
[答]这道试题犯了顾此失彼的毛病。它忽略了这样一个语言事实:在与过去时连用时,除了使用时间段+later的结构之外,有时也使用时间段+after(副词)的结构。请看下面的例证:
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