Unit 21 Music

典型例题

　　1. I’d prefer them not to serve too many dishes.

　　[考点1] prefer意为“宁愿，更喜欢”。除常用名词、代词、不定式、-ing形式作宾语外，也可用于“would prefer sb. (not) to do sth.”这一结构，意为“宁愿某人（不）做……”；另外还可用于“prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.”结构或“prefer...to..”结构(prefer和to 后均跟名词、代词或-ing形式)，意为“宁愿……而不愿……”。

　　[考例]Rather than ____ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ____ a bicycle.              (NMET’ 94)

　　A. ride; ride 　　B. riding; ride

　　C. ride; to ride　　D. to ride; riding

　　[简析]本题中rather than提前以示强调，后接动词原形；prefer仍要接带to的不定式。故本题选C。

　　[考点2]serve用作及物动词，后接人作宾语时，意为“为……服务；侍候；招待”；后接表示饮食之类的名词时，意为“上（莱）、开（饭）等”。

　　[考例] In some parts of the world, tea _____ with milk and sugar.

　　A. is serving　　B. is served　　C. serves　　D. served

　　[简析]serve tea意为“上茶”，此处用于被动语态。故本题选B。

　　2. In some parts of the worlds nowadays, you often see musicians performing in the streets to passers-by.

　　[考点] 感官动词see, watch, hear, notice, feel等后接-ing形式作宾补时，强调宾语正在进行该动作（未结束）。

　　[考例]The _____ boy was last seen ______ near the East Lake.

　　A. missing; playing　　B. missing; play

　　C. missed; played 　　D. missed; to play

　　[简析]分析句意可知，句中含有“see sb. doing sth.”这一结构，missing为形容词，意为“失踪的”。故本题选A。

　　3. It plays an important part in people’s lives, especially for work, and at festivals and weddings, when people dance all night long.

　　[考点]especially表示“特别地，尤其”，常用在介词短语或连词前，进一步强调某种情形。

　　[考例]It's always difficult being in a foreign country, ____ if you don't speak the language.(NMET 2000)

　　A. extremely　　B. naturally　　C. basically 　　D. especially

　　[简析]句意为“身处外国总是困难重重，尤其是你不会说其语言”。强调困难会加大。故本题选D。

　　4. The music they are playing sounds so exciting.

　　[考点]用-ing形式构成的形容词通常用来说明某事或某物，表示“令人……的”之意。

　　[考例]The news sounds ________.

　　A. encouraging 　　B. encouraged　　C. encourage　　D. to encourage

　　[简析]句意为“这消息听起来令人鼓舞”。故本题选A。

　　5.There was a terrible noise ________ the sudden burst of light.

　　A. followed　　B. following 　　C. to be followed　　D. being followed

　　答案：B  本题的考试目标为分词作定语的用法。following为现在分词在句中作定语修饰noise。很明显，noise与follow并不存在被动关系，所以A不行。该句可改为There was a terrible noise that followed he sudden burst of light.

　　6.He neither ate, drank, ___________ smoked; he didn't like the meal or the cigarettes .

　　A. and　　B. but　　C. or　　D. nor

　　答案：D  本题考查连词的用法。neither…nor…与either…or…是固定搭配；neither…nor…表示否定，either…or…表示选择。由题意“他不吃，不喝，也不抽烟；他不喜欢这饭，也不喜欢这烟。”可知答案为D。

　　7.A _______ expression appeared on his face when he learned his _______ bicycle had been stolen.

　　A. surprised; raced 　　B. surprising; racing

　　C. surprised; racing　　D. surprising; raced

　　答案：C  本题考查分词的用法。“惊奇的表情”是a surprised expression；“赛车”是racing bicycle。有些过去分词如tired; surprised; excited等作定语表示某人的心情或状态，如：a tired heart“一颗疲惫的心”；an excited look.“激动的表情”，有些现在分词作定语可表示某东西的用途，如：a walking tick“手仗”；a washing machine“洗衣机”。故答案为C。

　　8.We all know that _________speaker louder than words.

　　A. movements　　B. performance　　C. operations　　D. acitions

　　答案D  movement活动、运动、移动；performance表现、表演、执行；operation工作、运转、手术、行动；action行为、举动。题干中的句子用的是一则格言。全句意为：行为比语言更为重要。

　　9.The picture _________on the wall is painted by my nephew.

　　A. having hung　　B. hanging　　C .hangs　　D. being hung

　　答案B  本题考查现在分词作定语。hang可用作不及物动词，表示“悬挂”的状态，the picture与hang是主谓关系，the picture hanging = the picture which is hanging. 全句意为：挂在墙上的图画是我的侄子画的。