行结构的练习献给读者，共勉之。
Ⅰ利用平行结构法来解下面多项选择题和改错题： Section 1
1. I like watching TV ------ to the cinema.(CET-4,91/6/16) A) more than to go B) more than going C) than going D) rather than to go
2. We have done things we ought not to have done and ----- undone things we ought to have done. (CET-6,90/1/7/)
A) leaving B) left C) will leave D) leave
3. During her years in the White House, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had many admirers who thought she was tasteful,----- and well –educated. A) elegance B) elegant C) elegancy D) elegantly
4. Helen Keller, who was both blind and ----- , overcame her inability with the help of her teacher, Ann Sullivan.
A) deafness B) deafening C) deaf D) deafened
5. Finding a good job and ----- were Larry’s main goals. A) to keep it B) to keep the job C) to be keeping it D) keeping it
6. Judy likes camping in the woods, hiking in the maintain trails, and -----. A) canoeing B) canoes C) to canoe D) canoed
7. Outside of class, teachers plan lessons, grade papers, and ----- with students to discuss their progress.
A) met B) meeting C) to meet D) meet
8. The fruit delivered directly from the orchard was ----- also delicious.
A) not only ripe and B) not only ripe but C) only ripe D) as ripe as but
9. The main sports at the college were ----- , and baseball. A) archery, to ride B) archery, ride C) to archery, ride D) archery, riding
10. Psychologists agree that it is important for children to feel acceptance, ----- and love from their parents.
A) securing B) secure C) secured D) security
Section 2
1. But the houses were cold, closed, unfriend, and I ran on until I A B
heard Jeremy’s screams behind me announcing that our attackers C had fled. D
( ) --------
2. Catching crabs in the bay is profitable, but to fish for bass in A B C the river is more relaxing. D
( ) --------
3. The stockholders except the chairman of the board whom they A B elected to organize, direct, controlling, and supervise the operation C D of the company. ( ) --------
4. Telecommunication, a phenomenon of this decade, is A B insignificant compared to telepathic communication, which is C phenomenon of the future. D ( ) --------
5.A rabbit moves about by hopping on its hind legs, which are A B C much longer and more strong than its front legs. D ( ) --------
5. An element cannot be formed from simpler substances, nor can A B it be decompose with simpler varieties of matter. C D ( ) -------
6. Electric eels use charges to detect prey and also stunning them A B before they eat them. C D ( ) -------
8. Without entering the body and cause damage, the CT is far A B C superior to the x-ray or exploratory surgery.
D ( ) --------
9. Some Italian scholars stressed the study of grammar, rhetoric,
A B C learning about history, and poetry. D ( ) -------
10. If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations, they will be A B C stopped, ticketed, and have to pay a fine. D ( ) --------
参考答案： Section 1
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. D
Section 2
1. (A) unfriendly 2. (B) fishing 3. (C) control 4. (C) / 5. (D) stronger 6. (C) it be decomposed 7. (B) to stun 8. (B) causing 9. (D) history 10. (D) fined
（以上各题选自汪士彬主编的《新编大学英语四级考试模拟题集精解》P8-11）
Ⅱ 改写下列不平衡的句子
AWKARD She is tall, slender and with fair complexion. REVISED She is tall, slender and fair-complexioned.
AWKARD She is sympathetic by nature and who is always ready to help others.
REVISED She is sympathetic by nature and is always ready to help others.
REVISED She is a sympathetic woman who is always ready to help others.
AWKARD I began to read an interesting book yesterday but which I have not yet finished. REVISED I began to read an interesting book yesterday, but I have not yet finished. REVISED Yesterday I began to read an interesting book which I have not yet finished.
FALSE PARALLELISM The monkeys keep the patrons laughing, riding bicycles, and balancing on huge balls.
REVISED The patrons are kept laughing as they watch the monkeys riding bicycles and balancing on huge balls.
AMBIGUOUS PARALLELISM I hoped I would fall downstairs and break a leg or catch pneumonia.
REVISED I hoped I would catch pneumonia or fall downstairs and break a leg.
ILLOGICAL PARALLELISM If Frank Sinatra goes out in the evening, he is in the company of his manager and a disguise.
REVICED If Frank Sinatra goes out in the evening, he is acompanied by his manager and is in disguise.
（以上各题选自韩山师范学院刘世舟教授所编英语写作教程的讲义）
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