最新 公共英语(PETS)三级语法与词汇例题解析(四)
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公共英语(PETS)三级语法与词汇例题解析(四)
16. Whenever we hear of a natural disaster, even in a distant part of the world,
a b
we feel sympathy for the people having affected.
c d
答案： D
解析：人被（灾难）所影响，应该用被动语态，应改为: having been affected.
17. Mary said her mother would buy her a five-speeds racing bicycle for her sixteenth birthday.
a b c d
答案： B
解析：有短横线连接的形容词不用复数形式，应该改为five-speed.
18. I have lost so much weight recently so all my clothes are too big; I must have them taken in.
a b c d
答案： B
解析：改为：that.
19. Even though he had been studying English for three years before he came to England, it is still
a b c
difficult for him to make himself understand.
d
答案： D
解析：尽管他在去英国之前已经学了三年的英语了，但要别人明白他依然是有困难的。这里他是被人听懂，理解的，所以要用被动语态，故D项改为：understood.
20. His paper contains less mistakes than ours.
a b c d
答案： B
解析：B项改为：fewer; 因为less修饰不可数名词, 而修饰可数名词应该用：fewer, 用比
较级，因为后面用than, 有比较对象.
21. Although tea drinking is a considerable custom in the Far East, this custom first
A B C
reached Europe for the first time during the 17th century.
D
答案：Ｄ
解析：去掉for the first time；时间状语重复应用，注意前面的this custom first…。
22. The reason he has made such great progress in English is because he has never
A B C D
wasted his time.
答案：D
解析：Because 改为that，这是一个宾语从句。
23. The dentist said that if my tooth went worse I should have to have it pull out.
A B C D
答案：D
解析：pull改为pulled；have sth done 使…被…，表示这件事儿是让别人去做的，故动词用过去分词形式，表被动。
24. I object to war not because it ruins the economics but that it seems inhuman.
A B C D
答案：C
解析：but that 改为but because；注意与前面一句的关系.
25. The matter that you were arguing about last night has settled.
A B C D
答案：D
解析：has settled 改为has been settled.
26. The secretary telephoned Mrs. Philip and found she had some available rooms.
A B C D
答案：D
解析：available rooms改为rooms available；available这个形容词放在所修饰的词的后面。
27. I called at his office yesterday afternoon, but was told that he had gone half an hour ago.
A B C D
答案：Ｄ
解析：ago改为before；这句话的意思是：我昨天下午往他办公室打电话，但是被告知他一个小时以前就已经走了。
28. Jim spent his vacation going to Mexico, flying to London，and then visited China.
A B C D
答案：D
解析：visited改为visiting，注意与前面两个分词短语关系，并列关系，时态保持一致。另外，Ａ项中省略了一个介词in，spent sth (in) doing sth…，固定搭配用法，in可带可不带.
29. Despite the fact that the South Pole is as snow-covered as the North Pole, is colder than the
A B C D
North Pole.
答案：D
解析：is colder 应改为“it is colder”；主句缺少主语，形式主语it代指South Pole；注意：不能省略it。
30. High school students must complete course in history and sciences by the time they
A B C
will graduate.
D
答案： D
解析：will graduate 改为graduated，用完成时表示将来时的一种用法.