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名师详解语法易错题(06)

2017-09-18来源:和谐英语

 

 

7. Switzerland lies _________ France, Germany, Austria and Italy.

A. among                 B. between               C. in                        D. around

【分析】此题容易误选A,简单地认为:among 用于三者或三者以上,between 用于两者。其实此题应选B,因为当几个单数名词用连词 and 连接时,要用 between 而不用 among。又如:

_________ cooking, writing and running the farm, she was very busy.

A. Among                 B. Between               C. Over                    D. As

答案选B,虽然涉及多个对象,但由于它们用 and 连接,故用介词 between。

 

8. He was sentenced to death _________ what he had stolen from the bank.

A. that                     B. since                    C. because               D. because of

许多同学们认为此题应选C,因为关于 because 和 because of 的用法有如下区别规则:because是连词,其后接句子;而because of是介词,其后接名词、代词或动名词。此规则并没错,只是表述不很准确。一般说来,because 作为从属连词,用以引导原因状语从句时,其后应是一个不含有引导词的句子,而不能是 what 引导的从句。另一方面,本题中的 what he had stolen=the thing(s) that he had stolen,也就是说,这个what-从句从本质上说,它相当于个一名词(或者更准确地说是一个受定语从句修饰的名词),所以此题应选 because of。请看以下类似的例子:

She cried because of what you said. 她哭是因为你说的话。

He left angrily because of what you said at the meeting. 他生气地离去,是因为你在会上说的话。

The man was punished because of what he had done. 他因为自己所做的事而受到了惩罚。

 

9. She is quite a different girl _________she was five years ago.

A. from                    B. to                        C. than                    D. with

按照英语的表达习惯,要表示甲与乙不同,通常用 be different from,如:Mary is different from Jane. 玛丽与简不同。其中的介词 from 在英国英语中也可换成 to,在美国英语中也可换成 than,但两者均不如用 from 普通。许多同学据此将上题的最佳答案确定为A,但错了,最佳的应是C。一般说来,若两个比较的对象是名词、代词或状语短语等,则用different from [to, than] 均可(尽管有普通与不普通之分,有英国英语与美国英语之别)。 但是若提出来供比较的对象是一个没有引导词的句子,则通常只用 different than。又如:Schools are different than they used to be. 学校与原来不一样了。顺便说一句,若是一个以 what 引导的从句,则可以用 from或 to。比较:She is quite different from [to] what we thought.=She is quite different than we thought. 她跟我们原来想象的大不一样。

 

10. “I think the teacher is wrong, _________?” “No, I don’t think so.”

A. don’t you             B. don’t I                 C. doesn’t he           D. doesn’t she

容易误选C或D,因为按照语法规则,I think 后接宾语从句时,其反意疑问句与从句保持一致,但是退一步,即使按此规则,其反意疑问句也应是 isn’t he 或 isn’t she 之类的,而不是像C或D那样用 doesn’t he 和 doesn’t she。综合四个选项,最佳答案为A,don’t you 为 don’t you think so之省略。又如:

I think he will win, don’t you? 我认为他会赢,你说呢?

I think its price will go up, don’t you? 我认为它的价格会上升,你认为呢?