与省略法相反的是,在一些单项填空题中,句子省略了某些成分的特殊结构较大地增加了试题的难度,我们可运用分析句子结构的方法,补全句子,破解难点,寻求正确答案。
19. Though ______ money his parents managed to send him to university.
A. lacked B. lacking of C. lacking D. lacked in
对于此题,我们可以采用补全句子的方法寻找正确答案。将句子补全为:Though they lacked money his parents managed to send him to university. 这样,题干中they被省略了,lack与they呈主动关系,所以用现在分词形式,故正确答案为C.
在某些复合句中,从属连词when if once though as soon as while等引导的从句,从句的主语与主句的主语相同,常将从句的主语和谓语be动词省略,或省略主语,谓语动词采用分词形式。
20. Boris has brains. In fact I doubt whether anyone in the class has ______ IQ.
A. a high B. a higher C. the higher D. the highest
通过分析句子结构,该题省略了than he does. 将其补全应为:Boris has brains. In fact I doubt whether anyone in the class has ______ IQ than he does. 所以应用比较级,并且此处的比较级表达最高级的含义,从而得出正确答案为B.
21. ----What made her mother so angry?
---- ______ the exam.
A. Because she didn’t pass B. Her not passing
C. She didn’t D. Because her not passing
通过分析句子结构,将答语部分补全为:_____ the exam made her mother so angry. 可以看出少了一个主语,而能用作主语的是答案B. 这个选项是一个动名词的复合结构。