pp test 2 语法题笔记
test 2 1~40
1. sand is formed by the weathering and decomposition of all types of rock, _________ most abundant mineral constituent being quartz.
a. and its
b. since its
c. its
d. it is
答案：c
分析及考点：独立主格结构。后面句子没有谓语，所以不用连词，a，b错，d形成句子跟主句间又没有连词，且与being冲突。
参考译文：沙子是由各种各样的石头风化和分解而形成的，它含量最多的矿物质是石英。
2. _________ in the daytime for most of the year, the groundhog hibernates in a burrow during winter.
a. is active
b. that it is active
c. active
d. while is active
答案：c
分析及考点：考状语的省略结构。全句的主语是groundhog，谓语hibernates。a谓语不能单独存在。b that it is错误结构。d缺从句主语。
参考译文：土拨鼠一年中很多时候在白天都很活跃，到了冬天就在地洞中冬眠了。
3. the wood of elm trees is used in shipbuilding and in _________ barrels, furniture, flooring, and sporting goods.
a. to make
b. as made
c. making
d. to have made
答案：c
分析及考点：and连接两个对称的结构，且介词后面应该跟动名词。
参考译文：榆树的木头用于造船和桶、家具、地板和运动器材的制作。
4. in 1867 russia sold alaska to the united states, and in 1958 _________ the forty-ninth state.
a. alaska’s becoming
b. alaska became
c. when alaska became
d. alaska to become
答案：b
分析及考点：and连接对称结构前后都是完整句子。
参考译文：1867年俄国把阿拉斯加卖给了美国，而阿拉斯加在1958年成为美国的第49个州。
5. almost _________ countries use the decimal system.
a. all
b. all of
c. all of which
d. of all
答案：a
分析及考点：all和all of的用法。泛指的时候用all，特指复数用all of。
参考译文：几乎所有的国家都用十进制系统。
6. _______ allows the skin and thus the body to be cooled.
a. sweat evaporates
b. when sweat evaporates
c. sweat, the evaporation of which
d. the evaporation of sweat
答案：d
分析及考点：句子缺主语，allows是谓语。所以a,b错。c中的sweat 和evaporation不形成同位语结构，而且of which不存在的定语从句结构。
参考译文：汗的蒸发使得皮肤继而是躯体变凉。
7. activities such as writing down notes will generally lead to faster learning _________just listening to or reading facts.
a. than
b. than is
c. whereas
d. in that
答案：a
分析及考点：比较结构极其特点。
参考译文：象记笔记的做法一般比仅仅听或读现象能导致更快的学习。
8. the dallas civic opera has earned _________ since its initial production debuted in 1957.
a. an international reputation and
b. an international reputation was
c. what an international reputation