本题根据选择项动词的主语passport(护照,可立即确定答案为B(过期。 2.Although there are occasional outbreaks of gunfire, we can report that the rebellion has in the main been_____.
A. canceled B. destroyed C. suppressed D. restrained
本题找到了主语“the rebellion”(起义、暴动,即可知答案为C(被镇压。 3.Since the two countries couldn’t_____their differences,they decided to stop their negotiations.
A. rectify B. oblige C. reconcile D. obscure
本例中,由宾语their differences(分歧,即可知答案为 C. reconcile (调和、调解。 4.When people are asked what kind of housing they need or want, the question_____a variety of answers.
A. defies B. magnifies C. mediates
D. evokes
本题中,仅根据宾语a variety of answers或主语the question,则无法确定该选哪个动词,但三者结合起来考虑,答案 D. evokes 便显而易见。
5.On turning the corner, we saw the road_____steeply. A. departing B. depressing C. decreasing D. descending
例中,由主语road,再加上后续副词steeply即可明确答案为 D. descending. 6.All individuals are required to_____to the laws made by their governments. A. obey B. conform C. comply D. observe
本题中虽然四个选择项均有“服从、遵守”之意,但根据后续介词to,即可找到答案为B。
7.His argument does not suggest that mankind can_____to be wasteful in the utilization of these resources.
A. resort B. grant
C. afford D. entitle
题中四个动词的常用句型分别是:resort to (doing sth.; grant(同意给予sb. sth.或grant(承认 sb. that 从句;afford (to do sth.和entitle sb.to (do sth.由此可知答案必然为C。
8.He would it that his son took a livelier interest in politics. A. see into B. see through C. see about D. see to
根据题干空缺后的it that…,考生立刻就能想到有关动词see 有see (to it that 这一句型搭配,故答案为D。
名词题
对于选择项为名词的词汇题,我们同样可从其与句中其它成分的搭配关系入手,迅速确定答案。只是对于名词来说,它主要有与前面动词的搭配即动宾关系,与后面动词的搭配即主谓关系、与前后作定语的修饰成分的搭配及与后续修饰短语的搭配等。
1. 根据前面的动词来确定需选的名词。
2. 如果选择项的名词在句中处于主语的位置,则可根据后面的谓语动词来判断正确答案。
3. 如果空档处的名词前有定语修饰,则常可仅根据该修饰搭配关系确定正确答案。
4. 有时,也可根据所选名词的后续修饰搭配关系来确定正确答案,这类后续修饰成分包括一般的介词短语或定语从句等。
5. 有时,后续的介词是与名词的固定搭配。这时确定哪个是正确答案就更为容易。
6. 还有的时候,名词的后续修饰成份是某些名词特有的动词不定式短语或同位语从句。
7. 有些名词题涉及与该名词有关的成语,是某一固定成语的一部分,考生只要熟悉该成语,选取答案非常简单。
例1.I think that I committed a_____in asking her because she seemed very upset by my question.
A. blunder B. revenge C. reproach D. scandal
本题的四个选项中,只有 A. blunder能与动词commit搭配。又如下例中与动词make 搭配的只有 D. distinction。
2.We should make a clear____between the two scientific terms for the purpose of our discussion.
A. separation
B. discrimination C. deviation D. distinction
3.The West is traditionally the land of the pioneers and the cowboys where____could be easily made in cattle or land. A. fortunes B. property C. opportunities D. treasure
本例中,正确答案为 A. fortunes与作谓语的could be made构成搭配,意为“发大财,赚大钱”。
4.Stop shouting. I can’t hear the football____. A. judgement B. interpretation C. commentary D. explanation
本题中,根据football即可选 C. commentary,意为“足球比赛的解说”。 5.In the Spring Export Commodities Fair the____of fine china attracted much attention of customers from all over the world.