1. 【Out of 】 America's fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures 【that 】 are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.
(A) things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
(B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing
(C) things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
(D) antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
(E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
解析: 【Out of 】 介词短语放在句首的完全倒装结构,a market作为主语。其正确语序应是
a market for…that…has grown out of…
【that 】that引导的宾从修饰
a market,所以之后的谓语动词are错误。
2. 【So poorly educated and trained】 are many young recruits to the United States work force that many business executives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence.
(A) So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that
(B) As poorly educated and trained as many young recruits to the United States work force are
(C) Because of many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained.
(D) That many young recruits to the United States work force are so poorly educated and trained is why
(E) Many young recruits to the United States work force who are so poorly educated and trained explains why
解析:【So poorly educated and trained】相当于形容词,提前,用倒装结构
3. 【Having】 the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War, Horace Pippin, a Black American painter, worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding it s movements with his left.
(A) Having the right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(B) 【In spite of】 his right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(C) 【Because】 there had been a sniper's bullet during the First World War that crippled his right hand and arm
(D) 【The】 right hand and arm being crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War
(E) His right hand and arm crippled by a sniper's bullet during the First World War.
解析:
【Having】 Having是语法主语,逻辑主语是Horace Pippin,H.P.使自己的手臂残废,在逻辑上讲不通。
【In spite of】 之后只须加一个名词性短语,且后面的being多余。
【Because】改变了原文结构:原文并没有“因为…所以…”这种语气
【The】指代不清,且后面的being多余。
4. Visitors to the park have often looked up into the leafy canopy and saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang like socks on a clothesline.
(A) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs hang
(B) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs were hanging
(C) saw monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging
(D) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging
(E) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, whose arms and legs have hung
5.Unlike the Shlites, who constitute the other major branch of islam, the Sunnites do not await the Mahdi as a messenger form God, nor do they endow him with divine qualities or immunity from failure in judgment.
(A) nor do they endow him
(B) 【but】 they do not endow him
(C) 【neither】 do they endow him
(D) and they 【neither】 endow him
(E) while endowing him neither
解析:【but】 转折连词使用不当:Unlike已经有否定之意,后面再来转折意思就不对了。
【neither】在第一个否定意义之后的否定意义一般用nor
【neither】Neither…nor…这样的形式,一般neither放在句首
[ 排除D E ]
答案:1.B 2.A 3.E 4.D 5.A