忽略题干语境所导致的错误
忽略题干语境所导致的错误
有的英语的时态考题特别注重利用题干本身所提供的语境进行考查。如果考生在做题时,只顾理解填空处的句意,而忽略对上下文语境的连贯理解,则可能步入命题人设计的陷阱。如:
■ I was giving a talk to a large group of people, the same talk I _______ to half a dozen other groups. (湖南卷)
A. was giving B. am giving C. had given D. have given
许多同学可能会简单地根据前面的was giving而误选A。但事实上,此题提供的语境是:我当时正在给一群人作报告,这个报告我曾给其他若干批人讲过。由于was giving为过去进行时,而“曾给其他若干批人讲过”显然发生在was giving这一过去时间之前,故用过去完成时,即答案为C。
■ Father _______ for London on business upon my arrival, so I didn’t see him. (福建卷)
A. has left B. left C. was leaving D. had left
若单独看Father _______ for London on business upon my arrival这一句,则答案为C或D均可。但是,若结合后面的so I didn’t see him,则答案只能选D。因为,既然“我没有见到他”用了过去时态,那么“父亲离开”就肯定属于“过去的过去”,故要用过去完成时。
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