第一章 删除冗余信息△点拨△
命题人通过添加插入语、限定语、定语从句、同位语等成分，无疑增加了句子的复杂程度，造成学生的视觉差异，从而导致思维错位，产生误导。解答这类题通常采用的方法是“删除法”，去掉多余信息(插入语、限定语等)，答案就显而易见了。
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[每小题0.5分，共30小题；满分15分] 得分：________1.John plays football ________， if not better than, David.
A．as well
B．as well as
C．so well
D．so well as
答案 B [把if not better than去掉答案就一目了然了，as well as是“和……一样好”，而so well as一般不用于肯定句中。]
2．She opened the envelope, ________ the letter and began to read it.(2011·北京市高三起点考试)
A．unfolded
B．folding
C．unfolding
D．folded
答案 A [这是三个连续发生的动作。若选C则表示open the envelope与unfold the letter动作是同时进行的，显然不合逻辑。]
3．Mike, as far as I know, ________ like to play music.
A．seems
B．appears
C．feels
D．does
答案 D [as far as I know是状语从句，does 表示强调，而feels like后需跟doing形式。]
4．It is in the city ________ you're going to pay a visit to ________ this kind of beer is produced.
A．不填；that
B．where；that
C．不填；where
D．that；which
答案 A [________ you're going to pay a visit to是定语从句，作宾语的关系代词that/which可省，第二空是个强调句。故选A。]
5．—How long do you suppose it is ________ he arrived here?
—No more than half a week.
A．when
B．before
C．after
D．since
答案 D [do you suppose是插入语，这是“It is ＋ 段时间 ＋ since ＋ 句子(从句常用一般过去时)”句型，若选B或C，is的时态不对。]
6．He hasn't come yet.What do you consider ________ to him?
A．happens
B．has happened
C．happening
D．to happen
答案 B [do you consider是一个插入语，此句缺少谓语，故排除C、D。由前一句的时态暗示了此处该用现在完成时。故选B。]
7．Knowing ________， as a matter of fact, one shouldn't know is a terrible thing.
A．whether
B．that
C．what
D．when
答案 C [as a matter of fact是插入语，one shouldn't know是knowing的宾语从句，从句中缺宾语，所以选C。]
8．We should do more such exercises in the future, I think, ________ those we did yesterday(2011·四川成都市石室中学高三8月月考)
A．as
B．like
C．about
D．than
答案 A [I think是插入语，这是such...as...句型。注意：英语中一般没有such...like...搭配，故不选B。]
9．The manager decided to give the job to ________ he believed had a strong sense of duty.
A．whoever
B．whomever
C．who
D．those
答案 A [to后面接一个宾语从句，宾语从句中缺少主语，故选A。句中he believed 是插入语，whoever＝anyone who。注意：who引导名词性从句时意为“谁”；若选those应在其后加who。]
10．How many of us ________， say, a meeting that is not important to us would be interested in the discussion?
A．attended
B．had attended
C．attending
D．have attended
答案 C [由于would be是句子的谓语部分，所以此处不可用谓语动词，即可排除B、D。过去分词attended 后是不可接宾语a meeting的，也可排除A。attending...是现在分词短语作定语修饰how many of us。注：say是“例如、比方说”的意思。]
11．Mr Tang has three daughters, ________， luckily for him, works as a doctor.
A．none of who
B．one of whom
C．either of them
D．all of whom
答案 B [后面的谓语是works可排除D，A中的who要改成whom才对，either只表示二者之一，故排除C。]
12．The first part, it seems, ________ better written than the other parts.(2011·云南武定县一中高三8月月考)
A．being
B．to be
C．is
D．不填
答案 C [it seems是插入语，此句缺少谓语，故选C。]
13．After 5 hours' drive they reached ________ they thought was the place they'd been dreaming of.
A．that
B．where
C．which
D．what
答案 D [they thought是插入语，reach后接宾语从句，宾语从句中缺少主语，故选D，what＝the place that / which。which引导名词性从句时是“哪一个(些)”的意思，与句意不符。]
14．I advised the person badly ________ to hospital.(2011·吉林公主岭市三中高三第一次月考)
A．wounded be sent
B．wounding was sent
C．wounded sent
D．was wounded be sent
答案 A [badly wounded是过去分词短语作定语，advise后接宾语从句时用虚拟语气，即：(should)＋动词原形。]
15．Professor Li, who I ________ abroad, still teaches in Peking University.(2011·山西河津二中高三9月月考)
A．think went
B．think have gone
C．thought went
D．thought had gone
答案 D [我“过去认为他已出国了”，事实上他现在还在北大教书。不难看出该选D。]
16．The number 2008 is a special number, ________， I think, that will be remembered by the Chinese forever.
A．one
B．it
C．which
D．when
答案 A [I think是插入语，one是a special number的同位语，也是后面定语从句的先行词。]
17．He suggested that the problem worth paying attention ________ at the meeting.
A．to be discussed
B．to being discussed
C．to discuss
D．to discussion
答案 A [worth paying attention to是一个后置定语，to后需接谓语动词，suggest(建议)后接宾语从句时谓语用“(should)＋动词原形”。由于the problem与discuss之间是被动关系，故选A。]
18．In ________ old society many young women died by so strange and cruel ________ custom.
A．不填；a
B．不填；the
C．the；a
D．an；a
答案 C [old society是特指，所以要加定冠词“the”，由“so＋adj.＋a＋单数名词”结构可知，C项正确。]
19．A news report is short, except when it is about something very important, ________ it contains a lot of information.
A．and
B．but
C．then
D．so
答案 B [去掉“when it is about something very important”，答案就很明显了，but表转折。]
20．I can hardly imagine so pretty a girl like you ________ boxing.(2010·湖北实验中学高三考前冲刺)
A．like
B．to like
C．liking
D．to have liked
答案 C [so pretty a girl like you是一个整体，此为imagine sb.doing sth.结构(即动名词的复合结构)。]
21．The woman there
a piano in her room.
A．have
B．has
C．is
D．are
答案 B [地点副词there作主语the woman的后置定语，此空缺谓语，故选B。注意：本句不是there be句型。]
22．“Premier Wen's report，” a smile on his face, he continued, “________ to several hot topics, discusses how to increase peasants' income.”
A．referring
B．refers
C．having referred
D．referred
答案 A [referring to several hot topics是现在分词作定语，修饰Premier Wen's report。由于discusses是谓语，确定此空为非谓语动词，排除B；过去分词短语referred to是不能接宾语的，即可排除D。]
23．________ with better communication ability is more likely to succeed in his career.
A．Whoever
B．Anyone
C．Whomever
D．No matter who
答案 B [谓语动词是is，is前面应该是主语部分，由于主语部分没有谓语动词，可知它不可能是一个从句，故排除A、C、D。若将“with”改为“has”则可选A。]
24．—Can you attend tomorrow's meeting?
—I'm sorry, but I will have too much work ________.(2011·陕西勉县一中高三摸底考试)
A．to see to to come
B．seeing to come
C．to see to coming
D．doing to come
答案 A [too...to come表示“太……而不能来”，to see to(＝to deal with)修饰work。]
25．By the window sits his wife, who, dressed in black, ________ like my aunt.
A．look
B．looking
C．looked
D．looks
答案 D [dressed in black是一个状语，此空为定语从句的谓语，根据主谓一致排除A，sits暗示了应选looks。]
26．They stayed up until midnight ________ the old year out and the new year in.
A．and seen
B．to see
C．seeing
D．for see
答案 B [不定式表目的。]
27．Tom sat under a tree and seeing his friend, ________ up in no time.(2011·安徽皖南八校高三摸底联考)
A．to stand
B．standing
C．stood
D．would stood
答案 C [由于seeing his friend是现在分词作时间状语，相当于其前省略了介词“on”(“一……就……”)，此处的and需连接两个并列的谓语，故选stood。]
28．If the project ________ by the end of this year is delayed, the construction company will be fined.
A．to be completed
B．is completed
C．being completed
D．completed
答案 A [由于从句的谓语是is delayed，所以空白处要填一个非谓语动词作定语，用不定式表将来。故选A。]
29．—Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, ________ to go to university.
—So do I.
A．hope
B．hopes
C．hoping
D．hoped
答案 B [each of the students是主语，此空缺谓语，可排除C，根据主谓一致，A不对，由so do I一句可知D项的时态不对。]
30．Some scientists believe the American Indians reached America by crossing the bridge that connected Siberia and ________ more than 10,000 years ago.
A．what is now Alaska
B．is now Alaska
C．where is Alaska now
D．is Alaska now
答案 A [and后是connected的一个宾语从句，选项A中的what充当了宾语从句中的主语。由于where不能作主语，可知C不正确。]