托福考试语法易错题及错误统计精汇（一）

 　　我们在总结近五年亚洲与北美托福考试语法部分试题的基础上，为同学总结出错误率在60%以下的易错难题汇编，希望大家能汲取常见错误原因，从而有效地跳开托福考试中的出题陷阱.

　　1.[Melting] glaciers¹ may [account the] rise [in sea level] that [has takenplace] honing this century.

　　答对率：50%

　　答案：b

　　2.Anthropologist² jane Goodall [has contributed] a [wealth information]

　　concerning primate³ behavior [through] her [studies] of chimpanzees.

　　答对率：46%

　　答案：b

　　3.The [discovery] of gold in 1848 [transformed] San Francisco suddenly froma [quiet] portsintosone of the world's richest and most famous [city].

　　答对率：44%

　　答案： d

　　4.Allan Pinkerton,[founder] of [the famous] detective agency that bears[him] name,directed a Civil War espionage⁴ system [behind] Confederatelines.

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　　答案：c

　　5.The city of Kalamazoo, Michigan,derives its name from a Native Americanword....."bubbling springs."

　　A.meant

　　B.meaning

　　C.that is meant

　　D.whose meaning

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　　答案：b

　　6.Salt is manufactured in quantities that exceed those ofmost,.......,other commercial chemicals.

　　A.of an not

　　B.not if an are

　　C.are not an

　　D.if not an

　　答对率：49%

　　答案： d

　　7.Contemporary film directors,some of [them] write the scripts for,actin,and [even] produce their own [motion] pictures, are [thereby assuming]

　　ever more control of their art.

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　　答案：a

　　8.Petroleum⁵ [it is] composed [of] a complex[mixture]

　　of hydrogen and [carbon].

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　　答案：a

　　9.The air inside a house or office building often has higher concentrationsof contaminants ....... heavily polluted outside air.

　　A.than does

　　B.more

　　C.as some that are

　　D.like of

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　　答案：a

　　10.Emily Dickinson's garden was a place...... great inspiration for herpoems.

　　A.that she drew

　　B.by drawing her

　　C.from which she drew

　　D.drawn⁶ from which

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　　答案：c

　　11.In the United States [among] 60 percent [of the space] on the pages ofnewspapers [is reserved] for [advertising].

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　　答案：a

　　12.Scientists believe that by [altering] the genetic⁷ composition of plantsit is possible to develop specimens⁸ that are [resisting] to [disease] andhave [increased] food value.

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　　答案：b

　　13.The American anarchist⁹ Emma goldman infused her spirited lectures,[publishes],and demonstration¹⁰ [with a] passionate¹¹ [belief] in the freedomof [the] individual.

　　答对率：36%

　　答案：a

　　14.[Being] the biggest expanse of brackish¹² water [in the] world,the BalticSea [is of] special [interesting] to scientists.

　　答对率：44%

　　答案：d

　　15.While studying the [chemistry] [of human body],Dr.Rosalyn Yalow won aNobel Prize for the research she [conducted on] the [role of] hormones¹³.

　　答对率：37%

　　答案：b

 

1 glaciers   

冰河，冰川( glacier的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Glaciers gouged out valleys from the hills. 冰川把丘陵地带冲出一条条山谷。
• It has ice and snow glaciers, rainforests and beautiful mountains. 既有冰川，又有雨林和秀丽的山峰。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

2 anthropologist   

n.人类学家，人类学者

参考例句：

• The lecturer is an anthropologist.这位讲师是人类学家。
• The anthropologist unearthed the skull of an ancient human at the site.人类学家在这个遗址挖掘出那块古人类的颅骨。

3 primate   

n.灵长类（目）动物，首席主教；adj.首要的

参考例句：

• 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
• The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。

4 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

5 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

6 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

7 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

8 specimens   

n.样品( specimen的名词复数 )；范例；（化验的）抽样；某种类型的人

参考例句：

• Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
• The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 anarchist   

n.无政府主义者

参考例句：

• You must be an anarchist at heart.你在心底肯定是个无政府主义者。
• I did my best to comfort them and assure them I was not an anarchist.我尽量安抚他们并让它们明白我并不是一个无政府主义者。

10 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

11 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

12 brackish   

adj.混有盐的；咸的

参考例句：

• Brackish waters generally support only a small range of faunas.咸水水域通常只能存活为数不多的几种动物。
• The factory has several shallow pools of brackish water.工厂有几个浅的咸水池。

13 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。