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涉及省略的几类典型陷阱

2011-07-01来源:和谐英语
二、语境省略陷阱

这里所说的语境省略指的是在一定的语境中,为了表达的简洁可省略有些不言而喻的信息。有时命题者巧妙地运用这一省略手段可编制出一些非常高明的语境省略陷阱题。如:

1. Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has _________IQ.

A. a high                  B. a higher             C. the higher           D. the highest

【分析】此题答案为B。此句实为Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has a higher IQ than him之省略。省略than him后不仅句意仍然清楚,而且显得更为简洁。句意为“……我怀疑班上有没有哪个人比他智商更高”,即“我认为他可能是班上智商最高的”。请再看以下类似的题目(分析理由同上,答案均选A):

(1) How beautifully she sings! I have never heard _________ voice.

A. a better                B. a best              C. the better             D. the best

(2) “I’ve never found _________ job.” “Congratulations.”

A. a better               B. a best               C. the better             D. the best

(3) “What do you think of the service here?” “Oh, wonderful. We couldn’t have found _________ place.”

A. a better               B. a best               C. the better             D. the best

(4) How cold it is! We’ve never had _________ day this winter.

A. a colder               B. a cold              C. the coldest           D. the colder

2. She’s too thin. She _________ gain some weight but she _________ too little.

A. would, ate            B. will, eats          C. would, eats          D. will, ate

【分析】此题有些难度,许多同学不知如何分析。我们先根据题目所提供的选项将句意大致勾出来:她太瘦了。她会增加体重的,但她吃得太少了。根据句首 She’s too thin 这一所给信息可知,“她瘦”应是客观事实。按照一般的常识,“吃得少”就会引致“瘦”,“吃得多”就会导致“胖”,由于根据句首的信息,“她瘦”是客观事实,所以她“吃得少”也应是事实,所以第二空应填 eats(即用一般现在时表示客观事实)。根据上面的分析:“她瘦”和“她吃得少”均为客观事实,那么“她体重会增加”就应是假设(注意句中的转折连词 but),所以第一空应填 would。其实,此句可理解为but前省略了一个条件状语 if she ate more (如果她多吃一点的话)。所以,此题最佳答案选C。