高考英語典型陷阱語法題:名詞的用法
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◆典型陷阱題分析◆
1. I found her sitting in the corner, reading _____ newspaper, with _____ in her eyes.
A. a, tear B. a piece of, tears
C. a, tears D. a piece of, tear
【陷阱】誤選D,許多學生錯誤地認為,既然news(消息)和 paper(紙)均為不可數(shù)名詞,那么newspaper(報紙)也應是不可數(shù)的;同時認為“眼淚”即“淚水”,“水”不可數(shù),“淚水”和“眼淚”也應該不可數(shù)。
【分析】最佳答案為C。newspaper和 tear均為可數(shù)名詞,它們不僅可以連用不定冠詞、可以用復數(shù),而且還可以連用數(shù)詞。
Her eyes filled with tears. 她熱淚盈眶。
She dried her tears with a handkerchief. 她用手帕擦干了眼淚。
The newspapers were full of lies. 報紙上一片謊言。
A newspaper is a publication. 報紙是一種出版物。
順便說一句,若不是將 newspaper 當作是供閱讀或傳遞信息的一種東西,而只是把它當成一種“紙”來看待,也可用作不可數(shù)名詞,如:
Wrap it in (a sheet of) newspaper. 把它用張報紙包起來。
2. Her father works as a ______ in a hotel and her mother a ______ in a private company.
A. cooker, typewriter B. cook, typist
C. cooker, typist D. cook, typewriter
【陷阱】誤選A,許多同學想當然地認為:cook 用作動詞,表示“煮飯”,所以 cooker 應是其相應的名詞,表示“煮飯的人”,即“廚師”;type 用作動詞,表示“打字”,所以 typewriter 應表示“打字員”。
【分析】而事實是:cook=廚師,cooker=炊具;typist=打字員,typewriter=打字機。即此題正確答案為B。
3. “Why couldn’t they meet us at five o’clock?” “Because they were delayed by ________.”
A. heavy traffic B. heavy traffics
C. crowded traffic D. crowded traffics
【陷阱】B、C、D三項均容易誤選。
【分析】對于此題,首先要明確traffic為不可數(shù)名詞,沒有復數(shù)形式,故排除B和D。另外,漢語習慣說“交通擁擠”,而英語習慣上卻不能用crowded 來修飾 traffic,要表示漢語的“交通擁擠”,英語通常說heavy traffic,即選A。如下面一題也是選A:
She is not a competent driver and can’t cope with driving in _______.
A. heavy traffic B. heavy traffics
C. crowded traffic D. crowded traffics
4. In fact, _______ one cause that leads to the problem.
A. cattle is B. cattle are
C. cattles are D. the cattles are
【陷阱】此題容易誤選A,想當然地認為cattle是單數(shù),并且空格有表單數(shù)的one,自然謂語動詞用is。
【陷阱】其實,正確答案為B。cattle(牲畜,牛)為集合名詞,盡管它不帶復數(shù)詞尾-s,卻永遠表示復數(shù)意義,若用作主語,謂語要用復數(shù)。又如:
For this many cattle were killed. 為此宰了不少牲畜。
The prisoners were herded like cattle. 囚犯像牲口一樣被趕到一起。
類似地,police(警察),people(人),police(警察),poultry(家禽)等也具有同樣用法,即只有單數(shù)形式,但卻表示復數(shù)意義;用作主語時謂語通常也用復數(shù);不與 a(n) 連用,但可與the連用(表示總括意義和特指)。如:
The poultry have been fed. 家禽已經(jīng)喂過飼料了。
In Britain police do not usually carry guns. 在英國警察通常不帶槍。
It annoys me when people forget to say “thank you”. 遇到有人忘記道謝的時候,我就不痛快。
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