五、专项训练

1. Roger had just walked into his office and that was when he was told that his plan had finally been approved.

(A) and that was when he was told

(B) and then he learned

(C) when it was learned by him

(D) and then they told him

(E) when he learned

2. Rilke, the great German poet, could not continue his search for angelic spirits until he can rely on a strength greater than his own.

(A) can rely on a strength greater than his own

(B) could rely on a strength greater than his own

(C) would be able to rely on a strength greater than his own

(D) can rely on a strength greater than his strength

(E) could rely on a strength greater than his strength

3. At Versailles after the First World War, the Allies believed they had drafted a treaty that would have ensured permanent peace.

(A) would have ensured permanent peace

(B) would ensure permanent peace

(C) had ensured permanent peace

(D) will ensure permanent peace

(E) ensures permanent peace

4. No sooner had Andrea del Sarto traveled to France to work for the French king but his wife persuaded him to return to Italy.

(A) but his wife persuaded him to return

(B) but his wife had him persuaded into returning

(C) than he was persuaded by his wife that he will return

(D) but he was persuaded by his wife into returning

(E) than his wife persuaded him to return

5. As I entered the Pantheon, a building that has existed in Rome since ancient times, my brother is turning to me to whisper that the great rotunda of the Pantheon was a haven of peace and harmony.

(A) is turning to me to whisper

(B) turned to me and whispered

(C) turns to me and is whispering

(D) turns and also whispers to me

(E) would turn and whisper to me

6. Isolated by the sea, the aboriginal peoples of Australia had developed a unique culture long before the arrival of Europeans.

(A) had developed a unique culture

(B) had a unique culture and it developed

(C) having developed a unique culture

(D) have a unique culture, it developed

(E) have a unique culture; development was

7. No matter where they came from or what their previous lifestyle is, the refugees were grateful

     A                         B                   C                     D

for having been granted political asylum in the United States. No error

                                                     E

8. Conflicts between land developers and conservationists have repeatedly arose, causing

                                                              A    B

Congress to reconsider legislation that prohibits building within habitats of endangered species.

                              C                  D

No error

   E

9. Surely one of the most far-reaching changes in the nineteenth century will be the change from

     A                                                       B

working at home to working in the factory. No error

          C      D                   E

10. Fourteen years after the Galileo space probe was launched from the space shuttle Atlantis, the

                A

mission was purposely ended when the Galileo disintegrates in the dense atmosphere of the planet

                          B             C           D  

Jupiter. No error

E

11. Because he is absent when his rivals voted against his proposal, Selby is worried about

               A                       B                      C      D

missing future meetings of the board of directors. No error

                                          E

12. Next Monday a committee chosen by the school board met to review the final list of

                             A                  B   C

applicants for the position of principle at the new high school. No error

             D                                       E

13. Because the flood has made the bridge inaccessible to automobiles and pedestrians alike, we

                                        A                              B  

had rented a small boat to reach the island. No error

   C                   D              E

14. Undoubtedly, more voters in the urban areas will have voted for Julia Morton if she had taken

                                            A              B     C

 a less conservative stand on zoning codes than she did. No error

   D                                             E

15. In the early days of the steam locomotive, compassionate engineers would sometimes

           A                                B

   have thrown coal overboard in poor neighborhoods.  No error

       C                     D                  E

16. Unfortunately, the opening of the new library complex, previously scheduled for next

                                                   A          B

September would be delayed for several months because of construction difficulties. No error

             C                              D                          E

17. She claimed that the "representational" actor is having to imitate a character's behavior,

                                           A       B

whereas the "presentational" actor attempted to reveal human behavior through

   C                                  D

self-understanding. No error

E    

18. For the past hundred years or more, Yellowstone National Park was a kind of sociological

A                                               B 

laboratory in which North Americans have been exploring the meaning of the national-park

             C                                        D

concept. No error

          E

19. Just when those who were watching from the sidelines feared the worst, the athletes

             A                                          B

themselves are the most confident. No error

C     D                   E

20. Before he sprained his back, Morgan spends much of his leisure time engaged in outdoor

                                        A      B                   C

sports, particularly hiking and canoeing. No error

         D                          E

21.     Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu has disproved a widely accepted theory of physics when she

                             A          B

 showed that identical nuclear particles do not always act alike. No error

   C                              D                  E

22.     Many admire Louisa May Alcott for her detailed descriptions of nineteenth-century

                                       A

domestic life in novels such as Little Women, but few have read the lurid thrillers she

                                        B                        C

writes early in her career. No error

D                      E

23.     Because the flood has made the bridge inaccessible to automobiles and pedestrians alike,

                                        A                              B

we had rented a small boat to reach the island. No error

      C                 D              E

24.     The three volumes of memories by Wole Soyinka begin with his childhood in a Nigerian village and culminate with his years at the University of Ibadan, one of the best universities in West Africa.

(A)  begin with his childhood in a Nigerian village and culminate

(B)   that begin with his childhood in a Nigerian village and culminate

(C)   have begun with his childhood in a Nigerian village and culminating

(D)  beginning wih his childhood in a Nigerian village and culminating

(E)   are begun as a child in a Nigerian village and culminate

 

25.     Jerome often referred to art history textbooks while he was sculpting; whenever he learned a

                      A                    B

new method in art class, he seeks out the work of sculptors who had used it in the past.

                          C                           D

No error.

   E

26.     One subject of Felipe Alfau’s second novel, published more than 40 years after it has been

           A                                        B                   C

written, is the illusory nature of the passage of time. No error.

   D                                        E

27.     Mr. Lee and his grandchildren practiced traditional Chinese calligraphy together so that the children would be knowing an art cherished by earlier generations of their family.

(A)  would be knowing

(B)   would know

(C)   will know

(D)  were known to

(E)   will be knowing

28. Samuel Adams was by no means the first American to espouse the democratic cause, but he has been the first who conceived the party machinery that made it practical.

(A) has been the first who conceived

(B) had been the first who conceived

(C) was the first having conceived

(D) was the first to conceive

(E) having been the first to conceive

29. When the news spread how new goldfields were discovered in Nome, Alaska, thousands abandoned Dawson, the site of the previous gold rush.

(A) how new goldfields were discovered

(B) how there was discovery of new goldfields

(C) about new goldfields, which they discovered

(D) about new goldfields, and they were discovered

(E) about new goldfields that had been discovered

30. At the age of seventy-one, legendary country music artist Johnny Cash astonished his                           A                         B

fans by performing a song that the rock group Nine Inch Nails originally has recorded.

        C                                                     D

 No error

  E

 

参考答案

真题再现：1-5：BCACA   6-10：BBCCB

难题透析：1-5：DDEAC

专项训练：1-5: EBBEB   6-10: ACABC   11-15: ABCAC   16-20: CABDA  

21-25: ADCAC   26-30: CBDED