6. Of the millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how many people __________long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century.
(A) will they live
(B) they will be living
(C) will live
(D) living
答案:C
测试点:谓语。
分析:这句话有主语但缺少谓语动词,所以选择能作谓语的(C)。(A)、(B)结构是错误的,而且都重复了主语they;(D)不是谓语动词形式。
7. __________that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are universally reflected in facial expressions.
(A) Anthropologists have discovered
(B) Anthropologists discovering
(C) The discovery by anthropologists
(D) Discovered by anthropologists
答案:A
测试点:复合句。
分析:空格后紧接that时,前一定是主句。故要在4个答案中选主谓语完整的结构即(A)。其余3个答案都无谓语动词。
解题要点:连接词that在TOEFL结构题中是至关重要的提示符号。它表明此句是复合句,故that前后均应是主谓完整的句子,即主句和从句。
8.In 1964__________of Henry Ossawa Tanner’s paintings was shown at the Smithsonian Institution.
(A) was a major collection
(B) that a major collection
(C) a collection was major
(D) a major collection
答案:D
测试点:主语。
分析:此句缺少主语。答案中只有(D)是名词结构,能够充当主语。
9. __________irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely discontinued.
(A) Its
(B) Where its
(C) Since its
(D) Because of its
答案:D
测试点:介词短语。
分析:逗号后为一完整的句子,则逗号前只有两种可能;短语或从句。4个答案中无一有谓语动词,故正确答案只可能是短语。因此,选择(D)。Because of为介词短语。(C)since作介词时是“自从”的意思,如表示“因为”则是连词。
10.In order to remain in existence,__________must, in the long run, produce something consumers consider useful or desirable.
(A) a profit-making organization
(B) a profit-making organization which
(C) therefore a profit-making organization
(D) whichever a profit-making organization
答案:A
测试点:主语。
分析:助动词must前一定是主语。应选择名词性结构作主语,即(A)