最新 公共英语(PETS)三级语法与词汇例题解析(四)

公共英语(PETS)三级语法与词汇例题解析(四)

16. Whenever we hear of a natural disaster, even in a distant part of the world,

a b

we feel sympathy for the people having affected. c d

答案： D

解析： 人被（灾难）所影响，应该用被动语态，应改为: having been affected.

17. Mary said her mother would buy her a five-speeds racing bicycle for her sixteenth birthday.

a b c d

答案： B

解析： 有短横线连接的形容词不用复数形式，应该改为five-speed.

18. I have lost so much weight recently so all my clothes are too big; I must have them taken in.

a b c d

答案： B

解析： 改为：that.

19. Even though he had been studying English for three years before he came to England, it is still

a b c

difficult for him to make himself understand. d

答案： D

解析： 尽管他在去英国之前已经学了三年的英语了，但要别人明白他依然是有困难的。这里他是被人听懂，理解的，所以要用被动语态，故D项改为： understood.

20. His paper contains less mistakes than ours.

a b c d

答案： B

解析： B项改为：fewer; 因为less修饰不可数名词, 而修饰可数名词应该用：fewer, 用比较级，因为后面用than, 有比较对象.

21. Although tea drinking is a considerable custom in the Far East, this custom first

A B C

reached Europe for the first time during the 17th century.

D

答案： Ｄ

解析： 去掉for the first time； 时间状语重复应用，注意前面的this custom first…。

22. The reason he has made such great progress in English is because he has never

A B C D

wasted his time.

答案： D

解析： Because 改为 that，这是一个宾语从句。

23. The dentist said that if my tooth went worse I should have to have it pull out.

A B C D

答案： D

解析： pull改为pulled；have sth done 使…被…，表示这件事儿是让别人去做的，故动词用过去分词形式，表被动。

24. I object to war not because it ruins the economics but that it seems inhuman.

A B C D

答案： C

解析： but that 改为 but because；注意与前面一句的关系.

25. The matter that you were arguing about last night has settled.

A B C D

答案： D

解析： has settled 改为 has been settled.

26. The secretary telephoned Mrs. Philip and found she had some available rooms.

A B C D

答案： D

解析： available rooms改为rooms available；available这个形容词放在所修饰的词的后面。

27. I called at his office yesterday afternoon, but was told that he had gone half an hour ago.

A B C D

答案： Ｄ

解析： ago改为before；这句话的意思是：我昨天下午往他办公室打电话，但是被告知他一个小时以前就已经走了。

28. Jim spent his vacation going to Mexico, flying to London， and then visited China.

A B C D

答案： D

解析： visited改为visiting，注意与前面两个分词短语关系，并列关系，时态保持一致。另外，Ａ项中省略了一个介词in，spent sth (in) doing sth…，固定搭配用法，in可带可不带.

29. Despite the fact that the South Pole is as snow-covered as the North Pole, is colder than the

A B C D

North Pole.

答案： D

解析： is colder 应改为 “it is colder”；主句缺少主语，形式主语it代指South Pole；注意：不能省略it。

30. High school students must complete course in history and sciences by the time they

A B C

will graduate.

D

答案： D

解析： will graduate 改为graduated，用完成时表示将来时的一种用法.