sat writing语法错题

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1.The chair of the school board announced a plan to build two new elementary schools during an interview with a local news reporter.

这句错在:容易引起“在interview”期间建学校的歧义

2.(原题忽略)正确使用idiom : cite…as cite sth. to be 是错的

3.Cuban music was so popular in the Colombian city of Cali thus being the basis for the dance scene that predominated there during the 1940s.

thus being为错误选项,CUUS上的解释是 idiom so …that/as

还有老师的解释是 首先,so..that是固定搭配,其次这个是一个awkward expression,应该改成that it was

4. Some scientists believe that mentally stimulating activities may increase the number of brain cells available to replace if any are lost through aging.

改为:available to replace any that

因为原句中replace 后面没有宾语

p.s 划线处的any解释为“任何”,不是一些 e.g I don't think you have ever seen any potatoes like this

5.The agency reports that by rigorously enforcing state regulations, industrial pollution has been successfully reduced to acceptable levels.

这里考的语法点有点像所谓的 Dangling Modifier(垂悬修饰), 从句的主语和主句的主语要一致. 原句里主语是 'the agency', 按照原样的话, 从句的主语是 'industrial pollution'. 为了保持主语一致, 更好的方法是用'the agency' 做主语

而且用的是被动语态

6.August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle consists of ten plays,nine of which are set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, an African American neighborhood, and each of which is set in a different decade of the twentietih century.

原句未错!

7.After the grueling rehearsal, the pianist felt wore out and wanted only to sleep.

wore错,wore是过去式,而正确的应为 worn out

8.One way in which orchestra bells differ with the xylophone is that the bells produce more resonant tones than the xylophones does.

固定搭配!differ from

9.(原题省略)

feel 为系动词,后面加adj.而非 adv.

e.g feel more free

10.Recently adopted as an emblem of humanitarian aid, the Red Crystal is ,unlike its counterparts the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, entirely devoid of religious connotation.

无错误,devoid of 为固定搭配——缺乏

11.Prior to the election of Henry Cisneros as mayor of San Antonio in 1981, no major city in the United States had had a mayor from Mexican descent.

是介词错误,应把from改为of be of… descent是…祖籍

如:She is of Chinese descent. 她祖籍中国

12.After the Soviet Union blockaded all access to West Berlin in June 1948, three nations sent airplanes to the city, which were loaded with much-needed food and supplies.

错因:loaded with much-needed food的应该是airplanes,但这里修饰的是city

13. No one was more pleased than I when we heardthat Maria was offered the job that she had worked so hard to obtain.

这句话是“no one was more pleased than I was” 所以用 I

14. The investors wanted to know did the company make a profit in the last quarter of the previous year.

为什么答案是whether the company had made而不是had the company made

答:在宾语从句后要用陈述句语序

15.In some species of birds, such as the peafowl ,the plumage of the male is more colorful and more variegated than the female.

than that of the femal 不选compared to the female,因为还是把plumage female 比较

16.Giraffes have a distinct way of walking ,they move both right legs forward and then both left legs.

walking: they move both right legs

不选walking; moving both right legs

因为; 后面要加句子,而: 后面可以加句子作为解释说明

17. This biography, with its myriad quotations from unnamed sources, is as blatant an example of character assassination of any I have ever seen.

of any 错误,因为as …as

18. For all their talk about ecology, major companies have so far spent very little to fight pollution.: S+ h2 }) H6 p1 n' |



6 |  [8 E" F. U) v6 L7 Y2 N! c( pA   For all their talk

9 _  m8 m1 n0 nB   In spite of the fact of their having talked

' Q  S' Q! b) ~C   Besides their having talked* @0 y' A; G1 |

D   In addition to their talking

0 J! J" S5 F( f. X" ^5 P) Q) F! W0 ZE   Although there is talk between one and the other

  P$ {5 _  q& Wfor all 是一个词组,表示“虽然”,后面可以跟 词、词组

e.g

Yet the tendency is for all three to vote together

For all his wealth, he is not happy.

The country, for all the crises it had, remained strong.

19.Though experts agreed that the economy was slowing down, few were beilieving in the likelihood of a recession.

应改为 few beilieved that a recession was likely was likely 这个用法是对的

20.For many, the game of Scrabble is no mere pastime; highly skilled players participate in tournaments every bit as intense as competing chess masters.

正确选项为:those in which chess masters compete

21.Those who have already attended a performance of the play have said that it is at once exhausting because of its length and complexity but its clever plot is still intriging.

不选:however it is intrguing in its clever plot

正确项: and intriguing because of its clever plot



however不能像 but(但是)那样直接连接两个句子(注意正句中的标点符号)。如:

我们都已尽了最大的努力,不过我们还是输了。.

正:We all tried our best, but we lost the game.

正:We all tried our best; however, we lost the game.

正:We all tried our best. however, we lost the game.

而且at once.. and 是一个固定搭配,相当于both…and

22.Between A.D 350 and 550,Kolomoki, in what is now Georgia, was one of the largest and most densely populated towns north of pre-Columbian Mexico.

未错!in what 是没错的.

23.Marisa became fluent in French only after she had lived in France for a while; she would not have acquired the language as quickly by studying French at home.

未错!studying 是没错的

24. Although raining, everyone who had come to the premiere of the new film was determined to remain in the longline rather than go home.

Although raining错误,although后面要加句子

25. Contrasting a resume, a cover letter allows job applicants to write in a more conversational style and to suggest their possible contributions to a company’s success.

Contrasting错了,可改为 in contrast to

26.相似词语之【credible/ creditable

credible表示可信的believable or trustworthy)意思,通常指人物、言语、历史、故事等的可信;creditable表示可称誉的可赞赏的honourablerespectable or praiseworthy)意思,通常指人的行为,表现或工作而言

27.The convenience and availability of watercolor paint account for its popularity with amateur artists.

错误项:account for their

原句未错,its指代的是watercolor paint,不是“conveience and availability

28A review of the composer’s new symphony called it confusing because of its ununsal structure, and its melodious final movement makes it elegant.

不选: structure, and it is elegant with its melodious final movement

structure while having a melodious final movement that made it elegant

选:structure but elegant becase of its melodious final movement.

考察平行结构 called it confusing +because of … ,elegant because of …

29.(题目略) From A to B(时间),过去时的标志,不需要使用过去完成时

30.According to some demographers, the number of United States citizens aged 65 or older is likely to rise to 87 million by 2050

未错!

31The derelict old house across from the warehouses and the even more decrepit one just beside them have been placed on the list of historic landmarks.

本句没错,因为across from 是对面的意思

32.The valuable stringed instruments in this display, all more than 300 years old, were carefully crafted by artisans famous in their day but long since forggotten.

本句没错 long since是副词,表示很久以前

famous 就近修饰离它最近的名词

33.The shift from traditional to cosmetic dentistry is because adults are getting fewer cavities and becoming more vain.

正确项:is occuring because adults are getting fewer cavities and becoming

错因:the shift is occuring because 而不是the shift is because

P.s because > because of >be caused

34.It appears that either Jane of Mark will be elected to be presidents of the student union.

错项:as presidents

正确项为:president either..or 永远用单数

35. An odd friendship in certain respects, she being an outdoor enthusiast and he a dedicated bookworm.

A.

BAs an odd friendship

C. Their friendship being odd

D. Their was an odd friendship

E. Having a friendship that was somewhat odd

可用排除法来做,只有D项含有动词,所以为D,这句话是一个独立主格结构,就是两个句子主语不一样,其中一个句子不可以出现动词,所以句子中的being 就是防止造成run-on 句型

36. The island of Madagascar, off the coast of Africa, is the habitat of more than 200000 species of plants and animals,many are not found anywhere else on the planet

错项:animals; of which many are found anywhere

正确项:animals, many found nowhere

解析:逗号后面的东西可能是1. 非限制性定语从句 2.同位语(带定语从句) 3. 分词短语做状语 4. 独立主格结构做状语

本题为独立主格结构做状语 C项中如果是,不是; 就是对的

37. Dr. Ling strongly encouraged each of us contacting our federal and state representatives and urge them to increase funding for elementary school music programs.

解析:encourage sb. to do sth.

本句中encourage us to contact….to urge 其中第二个可以省略

38. That(A) the country is now politically stable and economically robust and will(B) almost certainly continue to do so(C) is(D) no longer seriously doubted. No Error (E)

C项错了,这是一个主语从句,谓语动词是Dis , to do so 应该改成to be so ,因为do 只能指代实义动词,如:He said he would tell me the news, but he didn't do so.

39. Evidence of the prehistoric hunter-gatherers who once occupied the Grand Canyon includes animal figurines made out of split and woven twigs as well as rock-art panels and stone tools

未错。

不选:that once occupied the Grand Canyon include

解析:主语是evidence

40.Because Earth’s gravity is greater than the Moon’s , the energy expended in traveling from Earth to the Moon is greater than the opposite direction.

不选:that of traveling

选:that expended in traveling in the opposite

解析:that of”一般用于名词和名词之间的比较,而energy 后面跟了一个expended分词短语,还有介词in

41.New Zealand had fostered a thriving local music scene for decades, but it was not until the late 1980s when New Zealand musicians began to reach international audiences.

错项:when ,因为It was not until…that 是固定搭配

42.The figures cited in the report do not collaborate the author’s claim that small hospitals generally provide better patient care than do large ones.

错项:collaborate ,因为collaborate 是不及物动词,要与with 连用

collaborate with…

43. The sculpures of Michael Kapetan function as sundials, kept time by casting shadows that show the path of the Sun.

错项:keep

Keep 做“记录”解释,改为keeping time,本句的谓语动词是 functionkeeping 是分词短语做状语

44.The people sitting behind me in the movie theater were talking throughout the film and would not keep their voice down even after being asked to do so.

错项:their voice 因为主谓一致,所以应该是voices

would 时态没错

45.Grapes, mangoes, and oranges are widely considered delicious fruits, but it is in fact the banana that is shown by many surveys to be the more popular fruit in the world.

错项:more popular

三项比较用最高级 ,所以是the most popular

46.Neither candidate was inclined to avoid a verbal scuffle or to forgo a little publicity

本句未错!

neither的意思是“两者都不”,不一定要和nor 连用,可以单独使用

Neither teacher often answers the questions.

这两个老师,没有一个经常解答问题。

eitherneither接谓语动词一般用单数形式,但这两者在口语中作主语时,其后的谓语动词也可以用复数。例如:

Either(of them)is OK. (他们两个中)任何一个都行。

47.This morning ,just as the professor was leaving for his lecture tour, a panel of distinguished scientists had issued a report confirming his most recent findings.

错项:issued a report to confirm of

正确项:issued a report confirming

confirm 是及物动词,所以confirm of 是错的

48.An oversized men’s suit popular in the late 1930s and 1940s, it was known as the zoo suit ,was a declaration of rebellious self-assertion for its wearers.

错项:the zoo suit, which

正确项: the zoo suit

若选错项,则缺少谓语动词!

49. Whereas the participating candidates described the debate as vigorous, to some members of the audience it seemed downright hostile.

本句未错!

A.

B. but to some members of the audience it seemed

因为whereas 引导状语从句,所以后半句一定是一个有完整主谓结构的主句

(两个连词不能都放在开头)

50.Played with a soccer ball and peach baskets, the first basketball game took place in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts,with William Chase scoring the only point.

本句未错!

错项:was in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts with the only point that was scored by William Chase

解析:因为原句是主动,看起来简洁一些(==

51. Tornadoes form when large air masses of different temperatures collide, which results from either a change in the direction or the speed of the wind.

错项:collide, resulting either from a change in

正确项:collide as the result of a change in either

either…or 一定要平行,错项不符合

而且either 修饰的是 the direction or the speed ,就是速度/方向上有了改变,而不是修饰change,所以either应该在change的后面

52. The current generation of high school students has more educational opportunities, job training possibilities, and career options to consider before entering the workforce than any other generation has had.

本句未错!

错项:do any generation

1. 应该是 any other, any 的时候不排除自己,而 the current generation 也是generation 的一种。E.g 中国比非洲任一国家都大(any 中国比亚洲任一国家都大(any other),因为中国也是亚洲

53. In the Bay of Fundy the rising ride produces a so powerful inward surge that it actually reverses the normal flows of several rivers.

正确项:an inward surge so powerful

解析:习惯用法 so tall a man 不是a so tall man

54.Katarina could not be certain whether the voice she heard on the recording was her uncle or someone else who speaks with a heavy German accent.

错项:uncle’s or someone else’s

正确项:uncle’s or that of someone else

因为不存在 someone else’s这个用法!

55. If not bees, which are responsible for pollinating the vast majority of Earth’s flowers, many plants were unable to produce fruits or seeds.

解析:for pollinating没有错,错的是were unable

因为真实条件句主将从现,不需要使用虚拟语气“were

56. As children mature, they develop an independence that their partents,who have been responsible for them since they were born, often find difficult to accept.

本题未错!

这里的independence不用复数,是抽象名词具体化,通常不用复数。像这样的词还有failure, success

57.Although familiar to us from representations in ancient art, war chariots are rare museum artifacts because by the sixth centuryB.C. they were no longer used in battle.

本句未错!

主语为war chariot,所以原句可以改成 Although war chariots are familiar to us from representations in ancient art. From representations 是说war chariot 的来源

Ps. be familiar to 主语是物 be familiar with 主语是人

58.After the uprising of October 10,1911,that has led to the establishment of a Chinese republic,many Chinese Americans decided to return to China in hopes of a bright future there.

has led 错误,标志词为1911,所以用过去时

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