二、語境省略陷阱

這里所說的語境省略指的是在一定的語境中，為了表達的簡潔可省略有些不言而喻的信息。有時命題者巧妙地運用這一省略手段可編制出一些非常高明的語境省略陷阱題。如：

1. 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

【分析】此題答案為B。此句實為Boris has brains. In fact, I doubt whether anyone in the class has a higher IQ than him之省略。省略than him后不僅句意仍然清楚，而且顯得更為簡潔。句意為“……我懷疑班上有沒有哪個人比他智商更高”，即“我認為他可能是班上智商最高的”。請再看以下類似的題目(分析理由同上，答案均選A)：

(1) How beautifully she sings! I have never heard _____ voice.

A. a better             B. a best                C. the better          D. the best

(2) “I’ve never found _______ job.” “Congratulations.”

A. a better             B. a best                C. the better          D. the best

(3) “What do you think of the service here?” “Oh, wonderful. We couldn’t have found _______ place.”

A. a better             B. a best                C. the better          D. the best

(4) How cold it is! We’ve never had ______ day this winter.

A. a colder            B. a cold                C. the coldest        D. the colder

2. She’s too thin. She _____ gain some weight but she _____ too little.

A. would, ate       B. will, eats            C. would, eats        D. will, ate

【分析】此題有些難度，許多同學不知如何分析。我們先根據(jù)題目所提供的選項將句意大致勾出來：她太瘦了。她會增加體重的，但她吃得太少了。根據(jù)句首 She’s too thin 這一所給信息可知，“她瘦”應是客觀事實。按照一般的常識，“吃得少”就會引致“瘦”，“吃得多”就會導致“胖”，由于根據(jù)句首的信息，“她瘦”是客觀事實，所以她“吃得少”也應是事實，所以第二空應填 eats(即用一般現(xiàn)在時表示客觀事實)。根據(jù)上面的分析: “她瘦”和“她吃得少”均為客觀事實，那么“她體重會增加”就應是假設(注意句中的轉折連詞 but)，所以第一空應填 would。其實，此句可理解為but前省略了一個條件狀語 if she ate more (如果她多吃一點的話)。所以，此題最佳答案選C。

三、結構省略陷阱

1. —Who has eaten all the cake, Jim?

— Oh, _______ must your two pet dogs.

  A. it                     B. they                   C. that                    D. which

【分析】許多學生可能認為此題應選B，因為其后的your two pet dogs為復數(shù)。但實際上，此題的最佳答案就是A，此句實為強調(diào)句型It must be your pet dogs that have eaten all the cake 的省略形式。

2. If you are planning to spend your money having fun this week, better ______ it—you’ve got some big bills coming.

A. forget                 B. forgot                 C. forgetting          D. to forget

【分析】此題最佳答案為A�？疾�had better后接動詞原形的用法。但是考題中將you had better這一結構省略成better，致使許多同學一時看不出來。又如：

Better go with him. 最好同他一起去。

Better have the operation right now. 你最好還是現(xiàn)在就動手術。

3. Why ______ skating there with us this afternoon?

A. don’t go            B. not to go           C. not go               D. go not

【分析】許多學生會認為否定式須在go前加助動詞及否定詞或在不定式的小品詞to前加否定詞，從而將答案誤選為 A 或B。其實，此題答案應該選C。當詢問情況、提出建議或征求意見時，人們通常將Why don’t you do… 省略成Why not do…，故答案選 C。

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