名师详解语法易错题(02)
36. “Would you like coffee or tea?” “We’d like three black _________.”
A. coffee B. coffees C. cups of coffee D. cup of coffees
【分析】此题容易误选C,因为“三杯茶”、“三杯咖啡”等的通常表示法便是 three cups of tea, three cups of coffee。但是,选C的同学忽略了一个重要信息,即空格前的 black。在英美国家,有的人喜欢在咖啡里添加牛奶,并且把加了牛奶的咖啡叫做 white coffee,而把没有加牛奶的咖啡叫做 black coffee。由此可见,上题中的 black 应是修饰 coffee 的,而不是修饰 cup的。另外有个问题,即有的同学认为 coffee 是物质名词,不可数,不能用 three coffees 这样的表达,其实,coffee既可用作不可数名词,表示“咖啡”这种物质,也可用作可数名词,表示“一杯咖啡”,即在口语中 three coffees 就等于 three cups of coffee。类似地,“三杯茶”既可说成 three cups of tea,也可说成 three teas;“三杯啤酒”既可说成 three glasses of beer,也可说成 three beers。请再做下面一题:
“Would you like coffee or tea?” “We’d like three black _________.”
A. tea B. teas C. cups of tea D. cup of teas
答案选B,理由同上题。注:black tea 指“红茶”(英语习惯上不说 red tea)。
37. He has changed a lot. He _________ not what he _________.
A. is, is B. was, was C. is, was D. was, is
答案选C,上文说“他”变化很大,即“他”现在不是过去的那个样子了,故第一空填is,第二空填 was(其实第二空也可用 used to be)。请看类例:
“Look! That may be the same tree that we happened to see two hours ago.” “My God. We _________ back where we _________.
A. are, are B. were, were C. are, were D. were, are
答案选C,We are back where we were 的意思是“我们现在又回到刚才来过的地方”。
38. “Do you think he is lazy?” “I _________ once, but I don’t now.”
A. may have thought B. can have thought
C. may think D. might think
答案选A。从答话人的语境可知,空格处的意思“曾经这样想过”,即对过去情况作推测,故应用“情态动词+动词完成式”,又因为 can 表推测不用于肯定句,故选A。请看类例:
Their answers are exactly the same — one of them _________ from the other.
A. must copy B. must have copied C. should copy D. should have copied
答案选B,既然两人的答案完全一样,说明“抄袭”已经发生,故用“情态动词+动词完成式”,根据句意,应选B而不能选D。
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