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1.The subtitle of Mary Shelley's gothic masterpiece Frankenstein; or, The ModernPrometheus refers to a mythical Greek character, he stole fire from the gods.
(A) character, he stole
(B) character who stole ,.
(C) character, who having stolen
(D) character, whose stealing
(E).character to have stolen
B
A. 两句中没有连词，即run-on，错误;
B. who引导的定语从句修饰character逻辑和时态都对，正确;
C. 从句中缺乏谓语动词;
D. 同上。
E. 与前面部分衔接就是“the subtitle refers to—character to havestolen, 导致to have done的逻辑主语是subtitle，且逻辑混乱。
注：此题核心考点为缺乏谓语动词，AC为干扰项，低难度。
2. When the weather was nice, Lisa was more likely to walk thantaking the bus because the route to herschool took her through a beautiful park.
(A)was more likely to walk than taking
(B)was more likely to walk than to take
(C) being more likely to walk insteadof taking
(D)is more likely walking thantaking
(E)is more likely to walk as take
B
A. than前后分别为to do和doing，不平行;
B. than前后都是to do，平行，且符合be likely to do固定搭配;
C. being非动词，故主句缺乏谓语动词;
D. 时态错误，违反整句过去的基调，且be likely doing不存在;
E. 时态错误，且违反more –than固搭，不存在more—as.
注：此题综合考察平行结构、时态和固定搭配，d选项doing-doing的平行为干扰项，但仍属低难度。
3. Considered among the best in their fields, Dr. Johnson and Dr.Vasquez work as the personal physician to the president.
(A) work as the personal physician
(B) works as personal physician
(C) work as personal physicians
(D) working as the personal physicians
(E) has worked as personal physician
C
A. 单复数前后不对称，前面两个人对应的应该是physicians;
B. 同上错误;且主谓不一致，复数名词+不接s的动词
C. 主谓一致且单复数对称，正确;
D. 缺乏谓语动词。
E. 时态、主谓和单复数都错
注：此题核心考察单复数对应和主谓一致，无明显干扰项，为低难度。
4. Grammatically, Sanskrit, the language of classical literary andreligious texts in India, it resembles other early Indo-Europeanlanguages such as ancient Greek and Latin.
(A) it resembles
(B) it resembled
(C) resembles
(D) resembling
(E) which resembled
C
A. Sanskrit是主语，the language of—部分对主语进行补充，可以先放在一边，如此选项中的it就是多余，它与之前的主语构成双主语错误;
B. 同A，且时态错误，表达一种语言的特殊属于客观事实，用一般现在时即可;
C. 避免AB错误，为正确选项;
D. 缺乏谓语动词;
E. which从句一直跟到句尾，导致主句缺乏谓语 。
注：此题核心考察为双主语和缺乏谓语动词，相对于DE,AB更容易被误选，分析句子成分很重要，为低难度。
5. In a typical restaurant kitchen, thechef ranks above the sous-chef, which is usually responsible for supervising the line cooks, who do the actual cooking.
(A) which is usually responsible for supervising
(B) which is usually responsible tosupervise
(C) whose usual responsibility is they supervise
(D) who is usually responsible to supervise
(E) who is usually responsible for supervising
E
A. 定语从句修饰人用who而非which;
B. 同上，且be responsible for才是正确搭配;
C. sous-chef为单数，故从句中的they单复数错误，且句式啰嗦;
D. 同B, 固定搭配错误;
E. 从句修饰和固定搭配都没错，为正确选项。
注：此题核心考察为定语从句的关系代词和固定搭配，两个都很重要，其他选项为中难度。
6.Many people who are interested in adopting a dog do notconsider greyhounds, they mistakenly believe that greyhounds requiremore exercise than most dogs.
(A) do not consider greyhounds,they mistakenly believe
(B) did not consider greyhoundswith a mistaken belief
(C) do not consider greyhounds becausethey mistakenly believe
(D) and have not considered greyhounds in that they mistakenly believed
(E) had not considered greyhounds because of mistakenly believing
C
A. 两句中无连词，为run-on句型，错误;
B. 时态错误，整句用的现在时间基调，且with短语不能很好的表达因果关系;
C. 时态和逻辑都没问题，正确;
D. and多余，且时态错误;in that相当于because,但若两者同时出现，后者优先;
E. 时态错误，且because of后不接doing, 斌哥让你死记住就好，这是绝杀项。
注：此题核心考察为定语从句的关系代词和固定搭配，两个都很重要，为中难度。
7. Once near extinction in thecontinental United States, stronger environmental protection benefited baldeagles, and they are no longer considered an endangered species. .
(A) stronger environmental protectionbenefited bald eagles, and they are
(B) stronger environmental protectionbenefited the bald eagle, which is
(C) bald eagles benefited from stronger environmental protection and are
(D) bald eagles benefited from stronger environmental protection, they are
(E) but bald eagles benefited from stronger environmental protection, andthey are
C
A. nearlyextinction的发出者是bald eagles,逻辑主语错误。
B. 同上。
C. 逻辑主语正确，且句式严谨，为正确选项;
D. 两个独立分句间无连词，run-on句型，错误。
E. but多余。
注：此题核心考察为逻辑主语和run-on句型，DE为干扰项，但个人觉得还是低难度。
8. Contrary to popular myth, manypeople enjoy working and even report higher levels of satisfaction during work hours than during leisure time.
(A) and even report
(B) but who also report
(C) as well as even reporting
(D) but even reporting
(E) which they even report
A
A. enjoy和report平行结构，表示workers在working hours所表现出的两个动作，正确;
B. but为连词，如果后面接who则前面也用接从句，错误;
C. 改变句意，并非表达人们喜欢reporting,故reporting不能与working平行，应与enjoy平行;
D. 没有转折之感，but使用错误，且reporting不与working平行;
E. which从句放在这纯属瞎扯。
注：此题核心考察为句意理解和平行结构，C为干扰项，属于中等难度。
9. When the two long-standing rivals finally met, tension was created not only by what they said but also what they did not say.
(A) but also what they did not say
(B) but also what was not said
(C) but also by what they did not say
(D) and by what they did not say
(E) and what was not said by them
C
A. butalso后缺少by，不能与not only by平行，错误;
B. 同上且选项的被动与前面的主动不平行;
C. 无论是时态、句式还是形式都很平行，正确;
D. 违反了固定搭配not only—but also
E. 同上。
注：此题核心考察为not only—butalso的平行结构，属于秒杀题，为低难度。
10. Music seems to be universal, which exists in some formin all humancultures.
(A) which exists
(B) where it exists
(C) it exists
(D) exists
(E) existing
E
A. 定语从句放在句末，是无法修饰主语的，只能修饰就近的短语或中心语，此题exist从句在逻辑上又必须修饰主语，故语法和逻辑分离，错误;
B. 同上，且where只能修饰地点，无被修饰对象;
C. run-on句型;
D. 简化后目标选项结构为SVO,VO，两个谓语之间缺连词;
E. 简化后目标选项结构为SVO,doing.Doing动作必须主语发出，此题刚好是music发出，后面的短语对前面句子表示补充说明的感觉，对!除了这种逻辑，还有因果关系也可以使用这个结构。如I was late,making my teacher angry.
注：此题综合考察为 逻辑主语和定语从句的修饰，AB都为干扰项，属于高难度。
11. Some scientists believe that the number of stars in the universe havebeen seriously underestimated and may be as much as three times greater than previouslythought.
(A) have been
(B) having been
(C) has been
(D) were
(E) to be .
C
A. havebeen对应的主语为the number of——，一定接单数，应 改成has been;
B. that从句中缺乏谓语，错误;
C. 时态和主谓一致都对，正确选项;
D. 主谓一致错误;
E. 同B.
注：此题综合考察为thenumber of的用法，the number of+可数名词复数+单数谓语，表示。。的数量，重心在number这个词上;a number of+可数名词复数+复数谓语，表示许多。。。，重心在of后面的名词上。为低难度。