模拟练习一
Although AsianAmericans make up only 2.4 percent of the
nations population, it constitute 17.1 percent of1.
undergraduates at Harvard, 18 percent2.
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and 27.3 percent at the University of California
at Berkeley. Why are AsianAmericans doing so well?
Are they grinds, as some stereotype suggest?
Or can we have a lesson from them about values3.
we have long treasured them but may have misplaced—like4.
hard work, the family and education?
The young Asians achievements have led in5.
a series of fascinated studies. Perhaps the most6.
disturbing results come from the research carried on7.
by a University of Michigan psychologist,
Harold W. Stevenson, who has compared
more than 7,000 students in Chicago and Minneapolis
with counterpart in Beijing, Taipei and Sendai.8.
On a series of math test, the Americans
did worst at all grade levels. Stevenson found difference9.
in IQ. But if differences in performance are showing up
in kindergarten, it suggests something happen10.
in the family, even before the children get to school.
【答案及解析】
1.【答案】it改为they
【解析】本题主要考查指代关系及对句意的理解,句子表达的意思为“尽管亚裔美籍人只占美国总人口的百分之2.4,著名大学里亚裔学生的比例很高。”可见“constitute”的主语应为“AsianAmericans”而非“population”,故不能用“it”指代。
2.【答案】undergraduates前加the
【解析】本题主要考查冠词的用法。哈佛大学的在校生中百分之17.1为亚裔,既然明确提到是哈佛大学,“undergraduates”这个概念属于特指,之前应加定冠词“the”。本题还可以通过联系后文得出正确答案:由前文24percent of the nation’s population中的the可知此处属同类用法,故本行中“undergraduates”应改为“the undergraduates”。
3.【答案】have改为learn
【解析】本题主要考查词组的使用。联系前后文不难了解,本句提出的问题是美国人是否应该在一些方面向亚裔人士学习。词组“have a lesson”意为“上课”或“有课”,如“We will have a lesson in the lecture hall this afternoon.”而文中需要表示“学习经验”或“吸取经验”的意思,故应用“learn a lesson”。
4.【答案】去掉them
【解析】本题主要考查定语从句。通过分析句子成分可以看出,“values”是定语从句的先行词,其后的“we have long treasured but may have misplaced”是“values”的限定成分,关系词“which/that”被省略了。定语从句中不能再次出现指先行词“values”的“them”,应将其去掉。
5.【答案】in改为to
【解析】本题考查固定搭配。句意为:“亚裔学子的出众引发了一系列的研究”,
“lead in”不能表达“引起”或“导致”的意思,而“lead to”意为“导致;导向;影响”,故应把“in”改为“to”。
6.【答案】fascinated改为fascinating
【解析】本题考查分词的用法。“fascinate”是使动词,意为“使迷惑,对…有极大魔力”,其现在分词“fascinating”表示的是人或事物的性质,意为“令人迷惑的;有魔力的;有吸引力的”,而过去分词“fascinated”表示感觉,意为“觉得迷惑;被吸引”。本句中需要表明研究很有趣,吸引人,因而应使用“fascinating”。
7.【答案】on改为out
【解析】本题考查固定搭配。“carry on”意为“坚持下去;继续下去”,而“carry out”表示“进行,开展;执行”。句子意为研究结果来自一位心理学家进行的研究,与坚持或持续无关,应把“on”改为“out”。
8.【答案】counterpart改为counterparts
【解析】本题考查指代关系及对文意的理解。在上文所说的研究中,研究者从美国的两个城市选取学生,将其与从东方几个城市选出的学生相比较,用于作比的学生不可能是单数,应用复数形式“counterparts”。
9.【答案】difference前加no
【解析】本题考查语义逻辑。联系上下文不难发现,文章的意思是东西方的学生在智力方面没有显著差异,是非智力的因素让亚裔学生出类拔萃,因此“difference”前应加一个表示否定的词“no”。
10.【答案】happen改为happens
【解析】本题考查语法。本题的迷惑点在于,“suggest”作“建议”意思用时,其后的宾语从句应为“should加动词原型”的形式,而“should”经常省略。考生容易忽略此规则的适用条件,即动词“suggest”的意思。本句中“suggest”不表示建议,其意为表示或表明,因此“happen”应根据主语“something”改为“happens”。
考点总结
题号改前改后语法规则词汇用法固定搭配语义逻辑指代关系
1itthey√√
2undergraduates加the √
3havelearn√
4treasured themtreasured√
5into√
6fascinatedfascinating√
7onout√
8counterpartcounterparts√√
9differenceno difference
10happenhappens√√