托福考试|综合辅导：托福考试语法题笔记2（五）

111. By 1920 the area of the United States under cultivation^{1 had more than doubled in just 50 years, and the national population that surpassed 100 million.}

答福：B

剖析及考试知识点：不构成定语从句，却误用定语从句连接词，把that去掉就好了。

参考译文：到1920年美国已开垦的在50年里已经翻了两倍，全国人口也超越了100个百万。

112. Some areas of the deep sea are vulnerable frequent natural disturbances^{2 taking the form of intense currents, mud slumps3, low oxygen, and upwellings.}

答案：A

剖析及考试知识点：词序错误，改成frequently vulnerable natural disturbances

参考译文：深海的一些地方，常常遭到自然干扰，这类干扰以急流、泥浆、低氧和上升流的形式存在。

pumpkin^{4补充: 大概是改成vulnerable to frequent natural disturbances}

113. In the United States, the first roads were paved in colonial times, first with logs, latest with cobblestones or brick, depending on the region.

答案：B

剖析及考试知识点：词性混用。表示先后的状况时，用later

参考译文：在美国，最早的路是在殖民地时候铺的。刚开始用木材，后来依据区域不同用鹅卵石或砖块。

114. In physics, sound is considered to be the waves of vibratory motion, nether^{5 or not they are heard by the human ear.}

答案：C

剖析及考试知识点：连词用表达错误。改成whether or not

参考译文：在物理上，声音被觉得是振动性运动发出的波，不管人耳能否听见。

115. Over one thousand mineral are known, most of which are characterized by definite chemical composition, crystalline structure, and physical properties.

答案：B

剖析及考试知识点：可数名词单复数误用，改成minerals

参考译文：有超越1千种矿物质为人所知。它们中不少都通过明确的化学组成，结晶结构和物理特质表现出来了。

116. The layers of an elephant's tusk^{6 are deposited from the pulp7, yet that the innermost layer is the newest.}

答案：C

剖析及考试知识点：连词的误用，改成so，so that一块表因此

参考译文：大象的长牙的分层是从髓质开始沉积的，因此最里面那一层是最新的。

117. Butane is found into both oil and natural gas.

答案：B

剖析及考试知识点：介词误用。改成in

参考译文：丁烷气体是从石油和天然气中找到的。

118. When expelled from the nucleus^{8 of an atom, a neutron9 is unstable10 and decay to form a proton and an electron.}

答案：C

剖析及考试知识点：谓语时态误用，改成decays

参考译文：当中子从原子核中发射出来的时候，是不稳定的，并衰退从而形成一个质子和一个电子。

Pumpkin补充: 修改为decaying可能更适合, 更和unstable并列, 由一个动词is来引导

decay:常用进行时态

The monument is decaying after years of neglect

119. Muscles who are given proper exercise react to stimuli^{11 quickly and powerfully and are said to be in tone.}

答案：A

剖析及考试知识点：定语从句连词误用。改成which

参考译文：那些受了适合训练的肌肉对刺激反应快而强，并被叫做协调。

120. Automobile^{12 insurance compensates13 only not for fire and theft but also for damage caused by a collision and for injury to victims of an accident.}

答案：B

剖析及考试知识点：词序颠倒。Not onlybut also固定对称结构。

参考译文：车险不只对着火和被窃进行赔偿，而且对撞车事故导致的损毁和事故中受伤的受害人也进行赔偿。