職稱英語考試語法:否定詞開頭的句子及例題解析
正常語序:I shall not do anything against the interests of the country under any circumstances.(不管在什么情況下,我決不做有損國家利益的事情。)
倒裝語序:Under no circumstances shall I do anything against the interests of the country.
3) only, so/such (…that…),often 等詞開頭的句子,比較:
正常語序:We can learn a foreign language well only in this way.
倒裝語序:Only in this way can we learn a foreign language well.
(只有這樣我們才能學(xué)好一門外語。)
正常語序:The stain was so small that I could hardly see it.
倒裝語序:So small was the stain that I could hardly see it.
(污跡很小,幾乎看不出來。)
從以上的舉例可以歸納出:
如果以上的詞(組)本來就是修飾或說明主語的,不存在倒裝問題,例如:
Not all scientists accept his new theory about the origin of the Universe.
(不是所有科學(xué)家都接受他的有關(guān)宇宙起源的新理論的。)
怎么倒裝?采用一般疑問句的倒裝規(guī)則。
應(yīng)試思路:
倒裝句一般都比較長,表達的意思相對比較復(fù)雜,這給英語基礎(chǔ)比較差的考生帶來理解上的一定困難。為了提高應(yīng)試效率,要牢牢把握好以下應(yīng)試思路:
見到not等否定詞,或only, so, often, 或"介詞 no…"開頭的句子,首先要考慮是否倒裝;
看看答案中哪個采用了倒裝形式(不要管是什么意思);
如果答案中有幾個倒裝形式,比較一下時態(tài)、語態(tài)或其他細微差別。
例如:
Not since the great growth years of the snowmobile ______ as much as the latest entry of all terrain vehicle.
A. did a sport vehicle catch the publics fancy
B. a sport vehicle had caught the publics fancy
C.has a sport vehicle caught the publics fancy
D.will a sport vehicle catch the publics fancy
要正確翻譯這個句子并不是件容易的事,但并不影響解題:
首先,這是個"not"開頭的句子,需要倒裝;
第二,在A、A、C、D四個答案中,B是唯一不倒裝的,肯定不對;
第三,盡管A、C、D都是倒裝形式,但由于是"not since",要用現(xiàn)在完成時,故正確答案是C.
從以上例子可以看出,就語法考試而言,牢記基本規(guī)則,把握正確解題思路有時比多認識幾個英語單詞更重要。