高考例题者常常利用熟悉的句型结构,在其中插入一些词、短语搭配、插入语和定语从句来制造“陷阱”,增加创新力度,产生迷惑性,似是而非,从而让考生在非常神气的心情中快速地得出错误的答案导致失分。这就要求考生对整个语言环境进入深入分析,在较高的能力水平上,细心而自如地运用一个或几个知识点来解题。这样,我们在分析句子结构的基础上采用省略法,省掉插入成分的前提下,简化句子结构,从而找出正确答案。
16. He has spent I think a lot ______ time in reading than she has.
A. of B. more C. much more D. of much more
此题易错选A、C. 选A形成a lot of搭配;选C形成much more time much修饰比较级。但我们通过分析题干,去掉插入语I think,该句可简化为:He has spent a lot _____ time in reading than she has. a lot相当于 much起修饰作用,而不必再用much,从而得出正确答案为B.
17. Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play _____ of course made the others unhappy.
A. who B. which C. this D. what
通过分析题干,可以得知of course为插入语,将其去掉,该句简化为:Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play _____made the others unhappy. 这样,考生就很容易看出应用which代表整个主句内容,构成非限制性定语从句,正确答案为B.
18. With everything she needed ______ she went home.
A. washed B. being washed C. washing D. wash
考生初看此题,可能不知所措。我们通过分析题干得知,she needed是一个定语从句,关系代词that省略了,去掉从句,该句简化为:With everything _____ she went home. with everything _____为“with复合结构”,句意为:“把所有需要的东西洗完之后,她回家去了。”故正确答案为A.