- 陷阱题分析
- 精编陷阱题
◆典型陷阱题分析◆
1. “Don’t you believe me?” “______, I’ll believe _______ you say.”
A. No; whatever B. Yes; no matter what
C. No; no matter what D. Yes; whatever
【陷阱】容易误选A。认为Yes 永远译为“是”,No 永远译为“不”。
【分析】最佳答案选D。在回答否定疑问句时,要特别注意 yes, no 的正确理解。回答yes 时,可视为 yes, I do 之类的省略形式;回答 no 时,可视为 no, I don’t 之类的省略形式。针对上题而言,“Don’t you believe me?”的意思是“你难道不相信我?”其答句 “Yes, I do” 的实际意思便是“不,我相信你”,这与 I’ll believe whatever you say 的意思完全吻合。注意,第二空不宜填 no matter what,因为它只能引导让步状语从句,不能引导宾语从句。请再看类似试题:
2. “Would you mind if I _______ one of these books?” “_______.”
A. took; Certainly not B. take; Yes, of course
C. can take; Yes, please do D. may take; No, I’m using it
【陷阱】几个干扰项均有可能误选。
【分析】最佳答案选A。做对此题要注意两点:一是would you mind 后接 if 从句时,从句谓语通常要用一般过去时(但 Do you mind if 后的谓语不用过去式);二是对 would you mind… 的回答实际上是对 mind(介意)的回答,即肯定回答表示“介意”,否定回答表示“不介意”。请做以下类似试题:
( 1) “Do you mind if I smoke here?” “_______. Go to the smoking room, please.”
A. Of course not B. Sure, why not
C. No, I don’t D. Yes, I do
答案选D。根据下文的 Go to the smoking room, please 可知说话者介意对方抽烟,故选D。
(2) “________, sir?” “No. Go ahead.”
A. May I use your dictionary
B. Do you mind if I use your bike
C. Would you mind opening the window
D. May I have a look at your new book
答案选B。注意答句中的 no 和 go ahead:no 表否定,否定 mind,即表示“不介意”,这与其后 go ahead 表示的同意刚好吻合。
3. “Haven’t seen you for ages! Do you still work in Guangzhou?” “_______. It’s two years since I worked there.”
A. Yes, I have B. Yes, I do
C. No, I haven’t D. No, I don’t
【陷阱】几个干扰项均有可能误选。
【分析】最佳答案为 D。要做对此题,首先要正确理解 It’s two years since I worked there 的意思。按英语习惯,since用作连词时,它所引导从句的谓语通常应是非延续性动词,若为延续性动词或状态动词,则它所表示的动作或状态的应是其完成或结束(而不是其开始)。如:
I haven’t heard from him since he lived in Beiji ng.
正译:自从他离开北京以来,我一直未收到他的信。
误译:自从他住在北京以来,我一直未收到他的信。
He has never come to see me since I was ill.
正译:自我病愈以来他还没来看过我。
误译:自我生病以来他还没来看过我。
由此可见,上面一题中It’s two years since I worked there 的实际意思是“我没在那儿工作已有两年了”。弄清此句的意思后,再结合上下文的语境,答案选D就不难理解了。
4. “I’ve never found a better job.” “_____.”
A. I don’t think so B. Too bad
C. Congratulations D. Don’t worry
【陷阱】容易误选B或D,主要是将上文的意思理解错了,即将其理解为 “我从来没找到一份好工作”。
【分析】最佳答案为 C。I’ve never found a better job 的实际意思是“这是我所找到的最好的一份工作”,可视为 I’ve never found a better job than this job (我从来没有找到比这份工作更好的工作,即这是我所找到的最好的工作)省略。只要正确理解了这话的实际含义,答案选C也就不难理解了。请再看两题:
(1) “How do you like the food in this restaurant?” “Oh, _______. We couldn’t have found a better place.”
A. too bad B. sorry
C. wonderful D. impossible
答案选 C。We couldn’t have found a better place 的实际意思是“这是我们所能找到的最好的地方”,可视为 We couldn’t have found a better place than this place 之省略。
(2) “How do you like the food in this restaurant?” “Oh, _______. We couldn’t have found a worse place.”
A. too bad B. sorry
C. wonderful D. impossible
答案选 A。此题与上面一题仅差一词,即将 better 改成了 worse。We couldn’t have found a worse place 可视为 We couldn’t have found a worse place than this place 之略,其意是说“我们不能找到一个比这个地方更好糟的地方了”,言外之意,“这是最糟的地方”。