It was not the bones of an animal but of a human being. 这不是动物的骨头,而是人的骨头。
【考例】 Reality is not the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be,_______the way they actually are.(2007湖南卷)
A. as
B. or
C. but
D. and
【答案】 C
【解析】 根据句意“现实不是你希望事情是什么样子,也不是它们看起来是什么样子,而是它们真正的样子”可知,应使用not...but...,意思是“不是……而是……”。
【考例】 Between the two generations, it is often not their age,_______their education that causes misunderstanding.(2007全国卷I)
A. like
B. as
C. or
D. but
【答案】 D
【解析】 根据句意“在两代人之间,常常不是他们的年龄,而是他们接受的教育导致了误解”可知,应使用not...but...,意思是“不是……而是……”。
【考例】 Rather than_______on a crowded bus, he always prefers_______a bicycle.
A.ride; ride
B. riding; ride
C. ride; to ride
D. to ride; riding
【答案】 C
【解析】 将本题还原为正常语序可以清楚地看出是prefer to do...rather than do...句式。
【考例】 I had hardly got to the office_______my wife phoned me to go back home at once.(2012全国大纲卷)
A. when
B. than
C. until
D. after
【答案】 A
【解析】 句意为:我刚到办公室,我妻子就打电话让我立刻回家。hardly...when...是固定句型,意为“刚……就……”。类似的结构还有scarcely...when..., no sooner...than...。以上结构中如果no sooner, hardly, scarcely放在句首时句子用倒装语序。
【考例】 He was about halfway through his meal_______a familiar voice came to his ears.(2006辽宁卷)
A. why
B. where
C. when
D. while
【答案】 C
【解析】 句中when相当于and just at that time,意为“突然”。
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