是 talk of 還是 a lot of

請看下面的這道題，是考查 talk of 還是考查 a lot of？

We’ve talked a lot __________ cars. What __________ trains?

A. of, of                         B. of, about                      C. about, of                   D. about, about

此題應選 D。容易誤選A，B(尤其是誤選B)。后面一空填介詞 about, 這比較好理解，但第一空很容易受 a lot of 這一短語的影響，而誤選A，B。

假若第一空填介詞of, 從而構成 a lot of, 很顯然句中的a lot of cars 應該是動詞 talked 的賓語，然而事實上動詞 talk 是一個不及物動詞，所以這種分析是不成立的。

此題第一空應填about, 其原因是：句中的 a lot是修飾動詞 talked 的狀語，talk about才是一個動詞短語。 全句意為：我們對汽車已談了不少，現在談談火車怎么樣?

請做以下各題(注意所填的介詞到底是與哪個詞搭配)。如：

1. We keep in touch _________ writing often.

A. with                     B. of                     C. on                        D. by

2. We all regarded the poor old man ________sympathy.

A. as                        B. with                  C. of                         D. by

3. We’ve decided to leave _________ the farm at once.

A. on                        B. to                     C. for                       D. at

4. He wasn’t worried _________ the sad news.

A. about                    B. with                 C. at                         D. in

5. What were you good __________ school?

A. at at                      B. on on               C. in in                     D. to to

6. What will be __________ Christmas Day?

A. at, at                     B. on, on              C. in, in                    D. to, to

【答案】1. D 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. B