四级考试倒装结构例析

        D) are permitted freshmen 
         本题答案为A).以" only + 副词(介词短语、状语从句)"开头的句子需要用倒装结构,B)和C)没有用倒装结构,而D)却用了错误的倒装结构.本句的意思是:一年级的学生只有在特殊情况下才允许补考. 
        五、neither, nor, so等位于句首的倒装 
        例如:I could not persuade him to accept it,________make him see the importance of it. (CET-4, 1995/1) 
        A) if only I could not 
        B) no more than I could 
        C) or I could not 
        
        D) nor could I 
        本题答案为D).本句是考查nor引导的倒装结构,nor表示"也不"的意思.本句意思是:我无法说服他接受它,我也无法让他认识到这件事的重要性. 
        
        六、为了保持句子平衡而使用的倒装 
        英语句子有时候会出现主语太长而谓语太短的情况,为了保持句子平衡,或者为了使句子与前文衔接紧凑,常常将谓语和状语一起放在主语之前.有时为了强调,将某一成分移到句首,因而形成倒装结构. 
        例1:They erected a bronze tablet on which was carved "The Yellow River Source".他们立了一块铜牌,上面写着"黄河之源". 
         例2: The girl who loves him so deeply finds herself unable to forgive his mistake. Around this point develops the sketch, which is humorous and full of a strong local flavor. 那个深爱他的女孩觉得她不能原谅他的错误.围绕这一点就写成了这一短剧.它不但幽默,而且充满了浓郁的地方风味. 
        练习: 
        1. ________for your help, I wouldn’t have got what I have today. 
        A) It were not B) Were it not 
        C) If were not D) Were not it 
        2. He didn’t watch TV last week, ________did his younger sister. 
        
        A) or B) and C) but D) neither 
        3. ______on the ground was an old man aged nearly 60. 
        A) Lying B) Laying 
        C) Laid D) Slept 
        4. ______do we hear fine singing from school choirs. 
        A) Seldom B) Not 
        C) Almost D) Rather 
        5. Only after you have received the telephone ________the time of his arrival. 
        
        A) know you 
        B) you ought to know 
        C) can you know 
        D) you can know 
        答案: 1.B 2.D 3.A 4. A 5.C