一、 For many people, household labor remains demanding even if able to afford household appliances 【their grandparents would find a miracle.】
(A) even if able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(B) despite being able to afford household appliances their grandparents would find a miracle
(C) even if they 【can 】 afford household appliances their grandparents would have found miraculous
(D) although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would 【find miraculous】
(E) even if they are able to afford household appliances which would have been a miracle to their grandparents
分析:【their grandparents would find a miracle.】
1、定语从句省略了that。
2、对过去的虚拟,would find用错。[排除A B D]
【can 】can优先于be able to
【find miraculous】 find sth.+adj.这种结构符合于find的习惯用法。
二、 Bankers 【require】 that the financial information presented to them by mortgage applicants be complete and follow a prescribed format.
(A) be complete and follow a prescribed format
(B) is complete and it follows a prescribed format
(C) be complete and a prescribed format is 【followed】
(D) to be complete and a prescribed format be following
(E) be complete, and it followed a prescribed format
分析:【require】 Require引导的宾语从句要用虚拟→ be complete & follow应保持原形。
[排除B C D E]
【followed】在此意为“遵循”,用被动不恰当。
三、 【The rise in the Commerce Department’s index of leading economic indicators suggest that the economy should 】 continue its expansion into the coming months, but 【that 】the mixed performance of the index’s individual components indicates that economic growth will proceed at a more moderate pace than in the first quarter of this year.
(A) suggest that the economy should continue its expansion into the coming months, but that
(B) suggest that the economy is to continue expansion in the coming months, but
(C) suggests that the economy will continue its expanding in the coming months, but that
(D) suggests that the economy is continuing to expand into the coming months, but that
(E) suggests that the economy will continue to expand in the coming months, but
分析:【The rise in the Commerce Department’s index of leading economic indicators suggest that the economy should 】
should出现不对,应直接加动词原型。
2、 The rise←→suggest主委单复数不一致,suggest在此处意为表明、显示,不用虚拟语气。
【that 】But之后的that多余
四、In the Soviet Union the attorney's role is often played by the judge, who 【not only reserves time to hear citizens' legal complaints and also 】 prepares their cases should the claims be valid.
(A) and also prepares their cases should the claims be
(B) but also 【does the preparation of their cases 】 if the claims should be
(C) and their cases are prepared if the claims are
(D) but also prepares their cases if the claims are
(E) and prepares their cases if the claims are
分析:【not only reserves time to hear citizens' legal complaints and also 】 Not only…but also
[排除 A C E ]
【does the preparation of their cases 】 表示动作的名词短语通常被动词代替。
五、 【Developing nations in various parts of the world have amassed $700 billion in debts; at stake, should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is the solvency of some of the worlds largest multinational banks. 】
(A) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, is
(B) should a significant number of these debts be repudiated, are
(C) should they repudiate a significant number of these debts, are
(D) if there is a repudiation of a significant number of these debts, would be
(E) if a significant number of these debts will be repudiated, is
分析:从句用一般将来时,主句用一般现在时,错!
参考答案:1.C 2.A 3.E 4.D 5.A