专题十八：省略句

考点概要

        英语中有时为了避免重复，使语言简练紧凑，在不影响句子结构或不引起误解的原则下，往往省去一个或多个句子成分或短语，这种语法现象称为省略。

 

考点一、主语、谓语或部分谓语的省略

D  1. --- I was wondering if we could go skiing on the weekend.

        --- _____ good.

      A. Sound   B. Sounded   C. Sounding  D. Sounds    06湖北

D  2. After he became conscious，he remembered______ and_____on the head with a rod．

      A．to attack; hit           B．to be attacked；to be hit

      C. attacking；be hit        D．having been attacked；hit   06江西

D  3. --- Susan, go and join your sister cleaning the yard.

       --- Why _____? John is sitting there doing nothing.

       A．him          B．he       C．I       D．me   03全国

 

考点二、状语从句的省略

C  1. Every evening after dinner, if not _____ from work, I will spend some time walking my dog.                   

      A. being tired       B. tiring C. tired   D. to be tired   09湖南

A  2. --- Who should be responsible for the accident?

       ---The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the order_____.

      A. as told        B. as are told C. as telling            D. as they told   08福建

A  3. The lawyer seldom wears anything other than a suit ______ the season.

      A. whatever    B. wherever    C. whenever    D. however   08全国1

D  4. All the dishes in this menu, ______ otherwise stated, will serve two to three people.

     A. as     B. if     C. though     D. unless    09全国2

 

考点三、名词性从句的省略

A  1. He told us whether ______ a picnic was still under discussion.

       A. to have　　　B. having　　 C. have　　 D. had   09四川

D  2. 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    03安徽春考

 

考点四、定语从句的省略

B  1. Frank's dream was to have his own shop ____ to produce the workings of his own hands.

      A. that          B. in which    C. by which         D. how      05湖南

 

考点五、并列句的省略

C  1. One of the sides of the board should be painted yellow, and ________.

      A. the other is white 　　　B. another white

      C. the other white 　　　 D. another is white   00安徽春考

 

考点六、强调句的省略

A  1. --- He was nearly drowned once.

       --- When was ____?

       --- _____ was in 1998 when he was in middle school.

      A. that; It      B. this; This    C. this; It     D. that; This   02安徽春考

 

考点七、不定式to后动词的省略

A  1. --- What's the matter with Della?

        --- Well, her parents wouldn't allow her to go to the party, but she still _____

       A. hopes to     B. hopes so     C. hopes not      D. hopes for  09江苏

D  2. In my opinion, life in the twenty-first century is much easier than ________.

       A. that used to be           B. it is used to      

       C. it was used to            D. it used to be   07安徽

C  3 --- He hasn’t finished the work yet.

       --- Well, he ____.

       A. ought   B. ought to   C. ought to have   D. ought not

 

考点八、比较级结构的省略

A  1. My uncle's house in the downtown area is much smaller than ours, but it is twice ____expensive.

       A. as         B. so              C. too            D. very    09四川

A  2. I like this jacket better than that one, but it costs almost three times______.

      A. as much    B. as many    C. so much    D. so many   08浙江

A  3. Though he started late. Mr. Guo played the piano as well as, if _______, Miss Liu.

      A．not better than    B．not better         C．no better than   D better   07陕西

B  4. --- Do you have any idea what Paul does all day?

       --- As I know, he spends at least as much time playing as he _______.

      A. writes      B. does writing       C. is writing      D. does write   07重庆

 

考点九、固定习语的省略

D  1. ----Have you got any particular plans for the coming holiday?

        ---- Yes, ______, I'm going to visit some homes for the old in the city.

      A. If ever     B. If busy     C. If anything    D. If possible  08安徽

D  2. Some of you may have finished unit one. _____, you can go on to unit two.

      A. If you may     B. If you do     C. If not      D. If so  09江西

C  3. Much of the power of the trade unions has been lost _____, their political influence should be very great.

      A. As a result     B. As usual    C. Even so    D. So far    06广东