有时题干中带有对解题起着关键作用的词语,如果能迅速找准这些词语,再结合各选项的意义和特点,就能很快选出正确答案。例如:
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
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,故答案为D。
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,我们只要保持清醒的头脑,仔细分析句子的结构,就会拨开迷雾。例如:
We keep in touch _____ writing often。
A. with B. of C. on D. by
许多同学根据 keep in touch with与....。.保持联系这一搭配推断出此题应选A。但是选A错了,因为套此搭配此句意思不通,正确答案应是D,by 表示方式,bywriting 意为"通过写信",全句意为"我们通过经常写信保持联系"。
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。例如:
-Mr. Wang, whom would you rather _____ the important meeting?
A. have attend B. have attended
C. having attend D. have to attend
若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。
口语中常常会使用一些省略句,做题时若将被省略的成分补充完整,答案就会一目了然。例如:
-What do you think made Mary so upset?
A. As she lost B. Lost C. Losing D. Because of losing
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。