语法陷阱题800例—动词用法与辨析

4. “I love traveling. I hope to go with you this time.” “But does your mother _____ you to go?”

A. let                                                       B. agree

C. allow                                                   D. promise

【陷阱】几个干扰项均有可能误选。

【分析】最佳答案为C。不能选A是因为 let 后用作宾语补足语的不定式不能带 to；不能选B是因为动词 agree 习惯上不用于 agree sb to do sth 这一句式；不能选D是因为在 promise sb to do sth 这一句式中，to do sth 的逻辑主语是 promise 的主语而不其是宾语，比如 He promised me to go 的意思是“他答应我，他去”，而不是“他答应我让我去”。之所以能选C，是因为 allow sb to do sth（允许某人做某事）与上文语境刚好吻合。

5. If they _______ to make heart-felt apologies soon we will have to bring an action against them.

A. disagreed                                             B. refused

C. agreed                                                  D. hoped

【陷阱】容易误选A，根据 agree to do sth(同意做某事)，想当然地类推出 disagree to do sth(不同意或不愿意做某事)。

【分析】事实上，语言有很多问题是不能类推的，如上面这一例，英语可说 agree to do sth，但习惯上却不说 disagree to do sth。类似地，英语中可说 like doing [to do] sth，但在现代英语中习惯上说 dislike doing sth，却不说dislike to do sth。其实上面一题的最佳答案是B，refuse to do sth 意为“拒绝做某事”或“不愿做某事”。

6. They own two cars, not to _____ a motorbike.

A. speak                                                   B. say

C. talk                                                      D. mention

【陷阱】很容易根据“他们拥有两辆小汽车，更不用说一辆摩托车了”这一中文语境而选择B。

【分析】其实最佳答案为D。因为not to say 和 not to mention 均为习语，但其含义区别甚大：

not to mention＝更不用说，此外还有

not to say＝虽不能说，即使不能说

It is warm, not to say hot. 天气虽说不上热，但也够暖了。

He was impolite, not to say rude. 他即使不是粗鲁，至少也是没有礼貌。

There’re ten of us ready to help, not to mention the children. 我们有10个人愿意帮忙，还不算小孩。

They have three dogs to look after, not to mention the cat and the bird. 他们有三只狗要照顾，更别提那只猫和鸟了。

7. “Do your parents agree to your doing that?” “Yes, of course. In fact, they always ______ me to try something new.”

A. hope                                                    B. suggest

C. support                                                D. encourage

【陷阱】几个干扰项均有可能误选。因为若仅从汉语意思来看，四个选项均可填入空格处。