Exercise Thirty-Four
1. The customer complained that no sooner ______________（他刚起动这台计算机，它就不运转了）.
2. What upset me was ______________（不是他所说的话，而是他说话的方式）.
3. This piece of writing is ______________（与其说是短篇小说，不如说更像是新闻报道）.
4. The court ruling ______________（剥夺了他的政治权利）.
5. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning _____________（然而，动物的行为主要依靠本能）.
1. had he started the computer than it stopped working
解析：本题考查对no sooner...than句型的掌握。no sooner...than和hardly(scarcely)...when都表示"刚一......就......"，注意其中连词的区别。该句型有两个特点：一是主句中一般使用过去完成时，而从句中一般使用一般过去时；二是no sooner或hardly(scarcely)位于句首时，要求句子采用部分倒装语序。本句中no sooner位于句首，故句子采用了倒装语序。
2. not what he said but the way he said it/ not what he said but the manner in which he said it
解析：本题考查对常见结构"not...but..."的掌握。Not...but...意为"不是......而是......"，用来连接两个并列成分，表示否定前者而肯定后者。"他所说的话"应用名词性从句what he said表示。"......的方式"用the way (in which)...或the manner in which...表示都可以，前者中的in which常省略。
3． more like a news report than a short story
解析：本题考查对"more...than..."用法的掌握。"more...than..."可以表示"与其......不如......"，该结构中可以使用形容词，也可以使用名词、代词、动词、介词短语等。如：He is more diligent than clever.（与其说他聪明不如说他勤奋。）本句中是表示"更像"，于是用了"more like"。
4． deprived him of his political rights
解析：本题考查对固定结构deprive sb. of sth.的掌握。Deprive sb. of sth.意为"剥夺某人某物"。"政治权利"常用political rights表达。court ruling意为"法庭的判决"。
5． while animal behavior depends mainly on instinct /whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on instinct
解析：本题考查对表示对比或相反情况的连接词的掌握。While或whereas都可以作为连词，表示前后的一种对比或相反的情况，意为"然而"。注意此处不要用however，因为however是表示一种强烈的转折关系，不强调前后情况的对比。
发表于 2016-7-11 19:14:18