虽然改错题的题量不算太大,分值占比也不算太高,但作为611科目的**道大题,改错的作答非常影响后续的考场心态——若是有几行没看出错在哪里,或是有几处改的自己都很没把握,那么接下来的整场考试就会一直想着这件事,可能影响阅读和翻译的解题和作答。那么我们今天就用20句模拟题来给大家做一次考前点拨,帮助同学们梳理和熟悉高频考点。同学们可以先自己做一做,然后再看答案和解析。
The physicist remarked that the particle behaves as a wave only when it is not observed it.
宾语冗余,when 从句里主语 it,谓语 is observed,observed 后面不需要再加 it。
No sooner the survey results were published than critics questioned the representativeness of the sampling frame.
No sooner…than倒装结构缺助动词;no sooner 置于句首,从句要部分倒装:No sooner + had + 主语 + done
The jurist asserted that precedent, not abstract principle, govern rulings in common-law jurisdictions.
主谓一致;插入语 not abstract principle 不影响主语,主语是 precedent(单数),谓语用 governs
It was the graduate student, not the supervisor, whom identified the fatal flaw in the statistical regression.
关系代词 who /whom 区分;这里代词在从句里做主语(____ identified…),主语用 who;whom 只能作宾语。
The conference organizer would rather that speakers limit their remarks than to extend the allocated session time.
平行结构 would rather do than do;than 前后要对称,前面是 limit(动词原形),后面去掉 to。补充:would rather (that) sb did 是虚拟(宁愿某人做);这里核心平行:rather A than B,A、B 同形式。
The ecological cascade triggered by invasive species are more irreversible than many conservation policymakers acknowledge.
主谓一致;主语 cascade(单数),谓语 is
The manuscript, together with its supplementary appendices, were submitted to the journal’s editorial office last week.
主谓一致;together with 是附加成分,主语是 manuscript(单数),谓语 was高频考点:A together with B / A along with B,谓语单复数看 A。
The ethicist argued that autonomy is not the sole criterion by which biomedical interventions ought judged.
ought to 固定结构 + 被动;ought 后面必须加 to;ought to be judged
Few of the respondents whom completed the questionnaire fully comprehended the layered terminology used in the prompts.
whom 作主语错误,改成 who(____ completed 主语位置)考点:who(主格)/whom(宾格),最简单判断:从句缺主语→who;动词 / 介词后面缺宾语→whom。
The engineer recommended retrofitting the turbine rather than replace the entire assembly to cut operational expenditure.
平行结构 rather than 前后形式对称;前面 retrofitting(动名词),后面 replacing
Where the fault line lies and how frequently it ruptures remain questions that seismologists has yet to resolve definitively.
主谓一致;seismologists 复数 → have 补充:两个名词性从句并列作主语,视为复数,所以主句谓语 remain 是对的;出错点在定语从句里面的 has。
The literary critic claimed that the narrator’s unreliability renders the text resistant to a single, definitive interpretation it.
冗余代词 it;interpretation 已经是宾语,不需要再加 it
The demographic of rural migrants differ sharply from those of urban native populations in consumption patterns.
主谓一致;demographic 单数 → differs;
The professor forbids that students cite non-peer-reviewed sources within the final dissertation chapter.
动词搭配错误;forbid 不接 that 从句;固定搭配 forbid sb to do sth /forbid doing sth对比:propose /suggest/require 才常接 that 从句;forbid 不能用 that 宾语从句。
The fossil assemblage, unlike the isolated bone fragments, indicates a ecosystem supporting large herbivores and apex predators.
冠词;ecosystem 元音音素开头 → an ecosystem考点:a /an 看发音,不是看首字母。
The statistician, upon re-running the model, found that the effect size was far smaller than the original paper had reported it.
冗余 it;reported 的宾语就是前面的 effect size,不能重复。高频坑:比较从句里,前面名词已经出现,不要再加代词复述。
Not only does the algorithm compress raw data efficiently, but it also filters noise that distort the underlying signal.
定语从句主谓一致;先行词 noise(不可数单数)→ distorts考点:Not only…but also 倒装;定语从句谓语匹配先行词 noise。
The archivist, along with interns, are cataloging fragile parchment manuscripts susceptible to fluctuations in humidity.
主谓一致;主语 archivist 单数 → is。A along with B,谓语看 A。
The principle that undergird the field is that cultural practices encode collective memories across generations.
定语从句主谓一致;先行词 principle 单数 → undergirds
It is no use to attempt reconciling the two datasets unless measurement units are standardized first.
固定句型 It is no use doing sth(做某事徒劳),不用 to do