________ man in the crowd raised his hand.
题目解析
考查代词的用法。此句意思是:人群中的每个人都抬起了头。all表示“三者及三者以上都……”;both表示“两者都”;every表示“三者及以上人或事物中的每一个”,each表示“两个或以上人或事物中的每一个”,这两个词都与单数名词连用。但是every指许多人或物中的“每个”,侧重于全体,相当于all的含义。原句中的his体现出强调个体,所以选B。For 200 years before Johann Sebastian Bach was born, ________ had been musicians.
题目解析
考查名词的数。此句意思是:在Johann Sebastian Bach出生前的两百年里,巴赫家族的好几代人就已经是音乐家。定冠词the用于姓氏的复数形式前,指家庭或夫妇两人,所以选B。采用排除法即可得到答案。
He invited all his ________ to join his wedding party.
题目解析
考查复合名词的数。此句意思是:他邀请所有的战友参加他的婚礼。comrade-in-arms(战友、同事、朋友)变其复数形式时,只需把其主体名词comrade变为复数形式即可,所以选A。arms一词本身为复数形式,表示“兵器、武器”。N-COUNT (尤指共患难的)朋友Your comrades are your friends, especially friends that you share a difficult or dangerous situation with.
Unlike so many of his comrades he survived the war.
和许多战友不同,他在战争中幸存下来。
My ________ mean, but not ragged or dirty.
题目解析
考查主谓一致。此句意思是:我的衣服不是很好看,但并不破旧也不脏。cloth的意思是“布料”,为不可数名词,也不符合语义,所以排除选项D。clothe为动词,不能作主语,所以也排除选项C。表示穿着的衣服用clothes(复数形式),它没有单数形式,根据主谓一致原则,所以选A。Hardly a month goes by without ________ of another survey revealing new depths of scientific illiteracy among US citizens.
题目解析
考查名词的数。此句意思是:几乎一个月过去了,也没有得到另一份关于美国公民科学盲调查新进展的消息。word在这里表示“消息、信息”,为不可数名词,常用其单数形式。采用排除法,所以选D。
Punishment does not seem to have much ________ on him.
题目解析
考查词义辨析。此句意思是:惩罚似乎对他没有作用。空格处应为名词。选项A的affect为动词,意思是“影响”,所以排除。选项C的effort为名词,意思是“努力”。选项D的consequence为名词,意思是“后果、结果”。选项B的effect是名词,意思为“作用、影响”。have effect on表示“对……有作用、影响”,所以选B。
VERB 影响;使改变If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
Nicotine adversely affects the functioning of the heart and arteries...
尼古丁会对心脏及动脉功能造成损害。
N-VAR 影响;效果;结果The effect of one thing on another is the change that the first thing causes in the second thing.
Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior...
父母担心音乐对青春期孩子的行为所产生的影响。
________ was too much for the child to carry.