1、找准关键词语
有时题干中带有对解题起着关键作用的词语,迅速找准这些词语,再结合各选项的意义和特点,就能很快选出正确答案。
举例:The Foreign Minister said, '_______ our hope that the two sideswill work towards peace.'
A. This is
B. There is
C. That is
D. It is
解析:在名词性从句中,that既无词义,也不作句子成分,连接一个句子成分完整的陈述句。根据句意和句子结构,特别是that的暗示,可判断题干为一个含有主语从句的复合句,句首的it为形式主语,真正的主语为其后的that从句,故最佳答案为D。
2、分析句子结构
有些试题的考点本来十分简单,但命题者却通过使用定语从句,或者将我们熟悉的固定词组有意拆分,重新组合,使我们在结构上产生错觉,出现迷惑。这时,我们只要仔细分析句子的结构,就会拨开迷雾。
举例:We keep in touch _____ writing often。
A. with
B. of
C. on
D. by
解析:这里易被keep in touch with(与……保持联系)这一搭配迷惑,而用with此句意思不通。by 表示方式,by writing 意为'通过写信',全句意为'我们通过经常写信保持联系',故答案为B。
3、适当转换句式
有时将题干的句式转换成自己更熟悉的句式,就很容易选出正确答案。比如将疑问句、强调句、感叹句或倒装句改为陈述句,将被动句改为主动句,无序句调整为正常句。
举例:-Mr. Wang, whom would you rather _____ the important meeting?
-Tom.
A. have attend
B. have attended
C. having attend
D. have to attend
解析:将疑问句改为陈述句,就是I would rather have Tom attend the important meeting. 其中would rather后必须接动词原形,have sb. dosth。是'要某人做某事'。所以选A。
4、补全省略成分
口语中常常会使用一些省略句,做题时将被省略的成分补充完整,答案就会一目了然。
举例:-What do you think made Mary so upset?
- _____ her new book about Qisu English.
A. As she lost
B. Lost
C. Losing
D. Because of losing
解析:将答句补全,就是 _____ her new bike made Mary soupset,显然,只能选C,用动名词短语作主语。
5、删除干扰部分
将作用我们的定语从句、介词短语或插入语,如I think / suppose / believe, do you think等删除,从而更容易地选出正确答案。
举例:It is the ability to do the job _______matters not where you come from or what you are.
A. one
B. that
C. what
D. it
解析:去掉题干中的not where you come from or what you are,题干即为是一个简单句:The ability to do the job matters. 把主语The ability放在强调结构中,即变为题干,显然最佳答案为B。
6、利用对称结构
做题过程中要善于利用and,but等并列连词。若前面是个句子,后面也必定是个句子,反之亦然;若连接的是几个动词,这几个动词也必定是同一时态或同一形式。
举例:-English has a large vocabulary, hasn't it?
-Yes. _____ more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.
A. Know
B. Knowing
C. To know
D. Known
解析:因为第二个and后面是一个句子,所以前面也必定是一个句子,但前面这个句子没有主语,只能选用动词原形,构成一个祈使句,因此,正确答案是A。
7、熟记固定搭配
在平时的学习中注意积累一些常见的固定句式、动词与副词的搭配、名词与形容词的搭配等等,对做题十分有利。
举例:Mr. Smith used to smoke _______ but he has given it up. A. seriously
B. heavily
C. badly
D. hardly
解析:因为指烟瘾或酒瘾很重,要用heavy或heavily,所以要选B。此外,雨雪下得'大'、烟雾'浓'、交通'拥挤'、波涛'汹涌'等,也用heavy。
8、检查有无谓语
有时貌似句子的'句子'却没有谓语,其中的动词只是一个非谓语动词(多为分词)。
举例:He wrote five novels, two of _____ translated into English.
A. it
B. them
C. which
D. that
解析:此题很容易误选答案C,以为后面是非限制性定语从句。事实上,translated是过去分词,而不是谓语动词,后面不是句子,无需连词,所以正确答案是B。若在translated前加上were,were translated就是谓语,这时就选连词which了。
9、排除错误答案
在比较几个选项时,可以先排除明显错误的选项,尽而逐渐排除其他错误项,找到最佳答案。
举例:Before the operation, the doctor had to talk to the patient in order to remove her fear ______ she might die during the operation.
A. when
B. that
C. which
D. so that
解析:从两个分句之间的关系判断,没有因果关系,可先排除so that;由于第 2 个分句中不缺少句子成分,又排除了定语从句即选项A和C,只有B为最佳答案。fear之后的that引导同位语从句,对fear的内容进行补充和说明。
10、识别相似句型
有的句型十分相似,若不仔细分辨,明察秋毫,很容易出错。
举例:_____ is known to everybody, light travels much faster than sound.
A. It
B. As
C. That
D. What
解析:此题选B,as引导一个非限制性定语从句,先行词是后面整个句子。若将逗号改为that,就选A,it是形式主语,that引导主语从句;若接着又在that前加上一个is,则应选D,what引导的是主语从句,that引导的是表语从句。
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