第二章 补全省略成分△点拨△
省略句很容易影响学生对句子结构的准确把握。典型的省略句有：不定式的省略、状语从句的省略、句子谓语的省略、主谓语的省略及强调句型的省略等。解答此类题的较好方法是“补全法”。句子结构补充完整后，干扰因素也就随之消失，答案也就容易判断了。
△训练△
[每小题0.5分，共30小题；满分15分] 得分：________1.—Four? A little ________， say, a quarter to four, OK?
—All right.
A．less
B．more
C．later
D．earlier
答案 D [say是“例如”的意思，由a quarter to four可知，空白处应填“更早一点”，故选D。]
2．The Smiths are rich and they have three cars, one a Toyota, ________ Land Rover of the latest.
A．another
B．other
C．the other
D．the others
答案 D [the others表示其它的两辆车，相当于the other two cars。the other表示两辆车中的另一辆；another表示三者或三者以上的一辆。]
3．I will spend as much as I ________ the lessons.
A．can go over
B．can to go over
C．can going over
D．go
答案 C [把这句话写完整就是：I will spend as much as I can spend in going over the lessons.。]
4．The young student did what he could ________ the examinations.
A．pass
B．to pass
C．passing
D．passed
答案 B [could后省略了do，不定式表目的。]
5．Now foreigners are looking forward as much to coming to China as some Chinese are to ________ abroad.
A．go
B．have gone
C．having gone
D．going
答案 D [这是一个省略句，补全为．..some Chinese are looking forward to going abroad。]
6．The research is so designed that once ________ nothing can be done to change it.
A．begins
B．having begun
C．beginning
D．begun
答案 D [once后省略了it is，故选D。]
7．When first ________ to the market, these products enjoyed great success.
A．introducing
B．introduced
C．introduce
D．being introduced
答案 B [when后省略了they were，故选B。]
8．________ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.
A．Compare
B．When comparing
C．Comparing
D．When compared
答案 D [when后面省略了it is，故选D。]
9．Be careful when ________ the TV set.
A．to check
B．checking
C．checked
D．check
答案 B [when后省略了you are，故选B。]
10．Children must be taught to act with good manners when ________.
A．speaking to
B．spoken to
C．are speaking
D．spoken of
答案 B [when后省略了they are，选B是表示“别人对他们说话时”。]
11．Though ________ money, his parents managed to send him to university.
A．lacked
B．lacking of
C．lacking
D．lacked in
答案 C [though后省略了they are，故选C。过去分词一般不跟宾语，便可排除A；名词lack后才可接of，所以排除B；D项中的lacked改为lacking就可选了。]
12．Cold chicken is delicious when ________ with salad.
A．to eat
B．eaten
C．to be eaten
D．eating
答案 B [when后省略了it is，故选B。]
13．He is only too ready to help others, seldom, ________， refusing them when they turn to him.
A．if never
B．if ever
C．if not
D．if any
答案 B [if ever表示“就算曾经(拒绝)过”，if not表示“如果没有的话”，if any表示“如果有的话”。]
14．Her pronunciation is as good as, if ________ than, her teacher's.
A．no better
B．not better
C．no good
D．not good
答案 B [not better than相当于her pronunciation isn't better than，意为“不好于……”。]
15．If carefully ________， the experiment will be successful.
A．do
B．does
C．done
D．doing
答案 C [if后省略了it is，故选C。]
16．In the month, he earned as much as, if ________ than，$40,000.
A．no more
B．not more
C．no much
D．not much
答案 B [not more than相当于he didn't earn more than。意为“不多于……”。]
17．—I'll be away on a business trip.Would you mind looking after my cat?
—Not at all.________.
A．I've no time
B．I'd rather not
C．I'd like it
D．I'd be happy to
答案 D [I'd be happy to后省略了look after your cat。]
18．The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if ________ whether he was going in the right direction.
A．seeing
B．having seen
C．to have seen
D．to see
答案 D [不定式表目的或将来。]
19．My brother, who is a middle school student, although ________ from smoking, has fallen into the bad habit of drinking.(2011·江西吉安一中高三上学期开学模拟)
A．stopping
B．stopped
C．has stopped
D．to be stopped
答案 B [although后省略了he was，故选B。]
20．—Why did you take a taxi?
—I ________.I was late.
A．have to
B．have to do
C．had to
D．had to be done
答案 C [had to后省略了take a taxi。]
21．The students, if well ________， will be able to pass the driving test without much difficulties.
A．preparing
B．to prepare
C．prepared
D．prepare
答案 C [if后省略了they are，若选A，well应放在preparing后才行。]
22．Although ________ in the city, ________ he knows a lot about farming.
A．lived；but
B．brought up；but
C．works；不填
D．born；yet
答案 D [although后省略了he was。although一般不与but连用，故排除A、B；若选C，works前加he或者将works改为working才正确。]
23．He is taller than he ________.
A．used
B．used to be
C．used to
D．used to do
答案 B [有时为了避免重复，可以保留to 而将to后面的动词省掉，但其后是be或have时一般不省。]
24．Why didn't you attend the meeting yesterday? You were ________.
A．told
B．told to
C．telling to
D．to tell
答案 B [为了避免重复，to后面的动词短语attend the meeting可以省略，但to要保留。]
25．I would mend your radio, but I don't know ________.
A．how to do
B．how to
C．what
D．what to
答案 B [how to后省略了mend your radio。若选A，do后加it才正确。]
26．We should like Jane to get a good degree, but we don't really expect ________.
A．to
B．her to
C．to her
D．her
答案 B [to后省略了get a good degree。]
27．—You should have said goodbye to her before you left.
—I meant ________， but when the meeting was over I couldn't find her anywhere.
A．to do
B．to have
C．doing
D．doing so
答案 B [to have后省略了said goodbye to her，表示“我本打算跟她道别的，但……”。]
28．—Did you help her out?
—I ________， but I didn't.
A．ought
B．ought to
C．ought to have
D．have
答案 C [ought to have后面省略了helped her out，是“我本应该帮她”之意。]
29．If the weather is fine, we'll go.If ________， ________.(2011·甘肃镇原县华文中学高三第一次月考)
A．not；not
B．no；no
C．not；no
D．no；not
答案 A [后一句补全应为：If it is not fine, we'll not go.。]
30．He is often listened ________ English songs, but this time we had him ________ a Russian song.
A．to to sing；sing
B．to sing；to sing
C．sing；to sing
D．to sing；sing
答案 A [第一个to是介词，是listen to短语，第二个to是不定式符号，感官动词listen to是被动语态，其后作主补的不定式要加上to。]