安徽 彭亞楠
把握規(guī)律 突破重點(diǎn)
——短文改錯(cuò)和語法填空復(fù)習(xí)指南
安徽 彭亞楠
語法填空和短文改錯(cuò)是高考英語考查的重點(diǎn)題型,要想在這兩種題型的訓(xùn)練中做到得心應(yīng)手,就要在把握命題規(guī)律的基礎(chǔ)上,對(duì)重點(diǎn)語法內(nèi)容予以關(guān)注和突破。因此,筆者就借助具體的數(shù)據(jù)對(duì)其予以詳細(xì)梳理,以期能幫助考生在這兩類題目的應(yīng)答中脫穎而出。
2011—2015年全國卷短文改錯(cuò)考點(diǎn)分布涉及考點(diǎn)詞類時(shí)態(tài)從句非謂語動(dòng)詞年份試卷類型主謂一致主被動(dòng)語態(tài)虛擬語氣和情態(tài)動(dòng)詞全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ7次1次1次1次2015全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ6次1次1次2次全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ9次1次2014全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ7次2次1次全國大綱卷5次2次1次1次全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ7次1次1次1次2013全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ6次1次1次1次1次全國大綱卷6次1次1次1次課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)卷6次1次1次1次1次2012全國卷Ⅰ8次1次全國卷Ⅱ5次1次2次1次課程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)卷7次2次1次2011全國卷Ⅰ6次1次1次1次全國卷Ⅱ6次1次1次1次
2014—2015年全國卷語法填空考點(diǎn)分布涉及考點(diǎn)詞類時(shí)態(tài)從句非謂語動(dòng)詞年份試卷類型主謂一致主被動(dòng)語態(tài)虛擬語氣和情態(tài)動(dòng)詞全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ5次1次1次2次1次2015全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ6次3次1次全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ7次1次1次1次2014全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ6次1次3次
注:上述表格中的詞類包括名詞、代詞、冠詞、動(dòng)詞、形容詞、副詞、介詞、并列連詞;從句包括定語從句、狀語從句和名詞性從句。
從上述兩個(gè)表格中,我們不難發(fā)現(xiàn)如下規(guī)律,平時(shí)授課時(shí)強(qiáng)調(diào)的語法項(xiàng)目仍然是語法填空和短文改錯(cuò)的考查重點(diǎn),但兩大題型的側(cè)重點(diǎn)不同,如短文改錯(cuò)對(duì)詞類的考查更多一些,而語法填空則更傾向于考查非謂語動(dòng)詞和從句。這就啟示我們,對(duì)待各個(gè)語法項(xiàng)目的復(fù)習(xí),仍然要不偏不漏,全力以赴。下面結(jié)合題目對(duì)各個(gè)語法項(xiàng)目的考查規(guī)律進(jìn)行說明。
語法填空和短文改錯(cuò)兩種題型考查的詞類涉及名詞、代詞、冠詞、動(dòng)詞、形容詞、副詞、介詞、并列連詞,一般都是從語法項(xiàng)目的基本概念入手,借助語法知識(shí),偶爾也會(huì)需要考生認(rèn)真閱讀上下文,運(yùn)用語篇分析進(jìn)行突破。
從2011年到2015年,全國各個(gè)類型的試卷均考查到了名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)變換,短文改錯(cuò)和語法填空中各有一題??忌綍r(shí)記憶單詞就需要掌握名詞的數(shù),并且對(duì)一些特殊名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式要予以重點(diǎn)記憶。如:
1. ...which are pictured by artists in so many Chinese 65 (painting).(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,語法填空)
2. The airs we breathe in is getting dirtier and dirtier.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,短文改錯(cuò))
3. Since then—for all these year—we have been allowing tomatoes to self-seed where they please.(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,短文改錯(cuò))
【參考答案】1. paintings;2. airs修改為air;3. year修改為years。
而對(duì)代詞的考查,除了要求考生區(qū)分清楚物主代詞、名詞性代詞、反身代詞等的基本用法外,出題人往往還會(huì)利用上下文的指代關(guān)系來迷惑考生,這個(gè)時(shí)候就需要考生具有火眼金睛,仔細(xì)閱讀上下文,判斷出需要使用什么類型的代詞。如:
We must found ways to protect your environment.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,短文改錯(cuò))
該道改錯(cuò)題目中共有兩處錯(cuò)誤,把found修改為find后,考生如果不認(rèn)真閱讀上下文,就會(huì)錯(cuò)過第二處錯(cuò)誤。通讀全文可知,這篇短文是倡導(dǎo)大家開始環(huán)保行動(dòng),始終采用“we”第一人稱敘述,因此這里代詞需要保持上下文一致,故將your修改為our。
此外,考生還需要掌握和區(qū)分一些重點(diǎn)代詞,如neither和none,something和anything,many和much,all和both,并且要能夠在上下文的語境中使用正確的代詞。
而冠詞和介詞屬于英語學(xué)習(xí)中的封閉詞類,數(shù)目固定,用法不變??忌趶?fù)習(xí)這兩類詞時(shí),既要重視基本概念的區(qū)分,如什么時(shí)候使用定冠詞或不定冠詞,判斷某個(gè)名詞前用a還是an,辨別地點(diǎn)狀語或時(shí)間狀語中使用哪個(gè)介詞等,還要在平時(shí)就積累包含冠詞和介詞的固定搭配。從近年考查的趨勢(shì)來看,后者越來越成為一個(gè)熱點(diǎn)考點(diǎn)。例如:
1. Now I am living in a city,but I miss my home in countryside.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,短文改錯(cuò))
2. In a fact,he even scared my classmates away when they came over to play or do homework with me.(2013·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,短文改錯(cuò))
3. 67 the same time,they warm up again for the night.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ,語法填空)
4. He was tall,with broad shoulders and a beard that turned from black toward gray over the years.(2013·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,短文改錯(cuò))
5. Interestingly,it had a connection by the British porcelain(瓷器)industry.(2013·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ,短文改錯(cuò))
【參考答案】1.in后增加the;2.刪去a;3.At;4. toward修改為to;5.by修改為with。
這里尤其需要關(guān)注后面兩道改錯(cuò)題,第4小題考查了“from A to B”短語的介詞搭配,而第5小題則需要知道,名詞connection后需要使用介詞with。
而關(guān)于形容詞、副詞的考查就需要高三師生在平時(shí)復(fù)習(xí)時(shí)重視衍生詞和構(gòu)詞法的使用。近五年的全國卷,每一年的短文改錯(cuò)和語法填空都至少有一道題涉及形容詞和副詞的轉(zhuǎn)化。如:
1. Abercrombie & Kent,a travel company in Hong Kong,says it 69 (regular)arranges quick getaways here for people living in Shanghai and Hong Kong.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,語法填空)
2. Lots of studies have shown that global warming has already become a very seriously problem.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,短文改錯(cuò))
3. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat 65 (slow)during cool nights,thus warming the house.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ,語法填空)
4. Dad and I were terrible worried.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ,短文改錯(cuò))
【參考答案】1.regularly;2.將seriously改為serious;3.slowly;4.將terrible改為terribly。
如此高頻率的考點(diǎn)就啟發(fā)我們,在高三復(fù)習(xí)中一定要重視構(gòu)詞法,既能夠鞏固詞匯,又可以提高短文改錯(cuò)和語法填空的得分率,可謂是一舉兩得。此外,考生在復(fù)習(xí)時(shí),對(duì)形容詞的比較級(jí)和一些副詞之間的區(qū)分(如hard和hardly,somewhere和anywhere,very和very much等)也需要了然于胸。
并列連詞的考查則體現(xiàn)了語篇意識(shí)。既然并列連詞是連接上下文的兩個(gè)分句,因此選擇何種并列連詞就要求考生把握語境,判斷出兩個(gè)分句之間的邏輯關(guān)系,從而選擇正確的連詞。如2015年全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ中的短文改錯(cuò)出現(xiàn)了這樣一道題“There the air is clean or the mountains are green.”,根據(jù)上下文可知“The air is clean”和“the mountains are green”之間應(yīng)該為并列關(guān)系,而不是兩者取其一的選擇關(guān)系,所以并列連詞or需要替換為and。
高考卷短文改錯(cuò)和語法填空的體裁多為記敘文或者說明文,因此通篇會(huì)采用一般過去時(shí)或者是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。而通過梳理近五年的高考題,筆者發(fā)現(xiàn)如下規(guī)律,短文改錯(cuò)必有一道題考查時(shí)態(tài),而且往往是在一般過去時(shí)和一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)之間的轉(zhuǎn)換。考生務(wù)必要牢記在心,在訓(xùn)練時(shí)要更加仔細(xì),辨認(rèn)出偷換的時(shí)態(tài)。
如2015年全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ的短文改錯(cuò)中,首句就是“When I was a child,I hoped to live in the city.”,這就奠定了全文會(huì)采用一般過去時(shí)敘述“我”兒時(shí)對(duì)城市的幻想,但第二句就出現(xiàn)了如下的句子“I think I would be happy there.”,不難看出“think”需要修改為“thought”。而2015年全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ的考查方法更加隱蔽一些,改錯(cuò)題中出現(xiàn)了這樣一句話“Tony was scared and begun to cry”,這句運(yùn)用一般過去時(shí)的句子中,用過去分詞begun來替換正確答案began,也給不少考生設(shè)置了障礙,導(dǎo)致失分。類似考題還有如下這些:
1. It was raining lightly when I 61 (arrive)in Yangshuo.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,語法填空)
2. Since then—for all these years—we had been allowing tomatoes to self-seed where they please.(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ,短文改錯(cuò))
3. We can lie on the grass for a rest,or sat by the lake listening to music.(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ,短文改錯(cuò))
【參考答案】1.arrived;2.had修改為have;3.sat修改為sit。
此外由于構(gòu)成形式特殊,現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時(shí)(have been doing)和現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)的被動(dòng)語態(tài)(have been done)之間也容易混淆,考生務(wù)必要牢記時(shí)態(tài)的構(gòu)成形式和基本用法,并且在改錯(cuò)中予以適當(dāng)?shù)剡\(yùn)用。
從句包括定語從句、狀語從句和名詞性從句三種。短文改錯(cuò)和語法填空對(duì)這三類從句的考查還是落在引導(dǎo)詞的選擇上,有的語法填空會(huì)要求考生判斷使用定語從句的何種引導(dǎo)詞,而短文改錯(cuò)則會(huì)借助語境設(shè)置障礙,把本該使用的讓步狀語從句的連詞替換成原因狀語從句或者其他狀語從句的連詞,名詞性從句也有類似的考法。如果考生心存僥幸,在平時(shí)復(fù)習(xí)這三類從句時(shí)區(qū)分不清,最后就會(huì)落入陷阱,丟掉分?jǐn)?shù)。
如2015年全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ中的一道改錯(cuò)題“After looking at the toy for some time,he turned around and found where his parents were missing.”,本句中動(dòng)詞found后接的是賓語從句,根據(jù)句意推斷,此處不缺少成分,也不需要補(bǔ)充內(nèi)容,因此用連接詞that代替where或去掉where即可。而2014年和2015年全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ中的語法填空則都涉及了定語從句連接詞的考查,現(xiàn)列舉如下:
1. I’d skipped nearby Guilin,a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River 64 are pictured by artists in so many Chinese 65 paintings.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ)
2. Maybe you have a habit 67 is driving your family crazy.(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ)
上述兩道題都是考查名詞后定語從句的引導(dǎo)詞,通過運(yùn)用以往所學(xué)知識(shí)判斷,兩句話缺少的引導(dǎo)詞都需要在定語從句中充當(dāng)主語,因此填that或which都可。
而針對(duì)狀語從句連接詞的選擇的考查,除了需要掌握基礎(chǔ)語法知識(shí)外,還需要考生認(rèn)真閱讀上下文,對(duì)兩個(gè)分句之間的邏輯關(guān)系進(jìn)行判斷,才能避免陷阱,找到最合適的引導(dǎo)詞。如:
1. In fact,he even scared my classmates away during they came over to play or do homework with me.(2013·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ,短文改錯(cuò))
2. To deal with the problem,I think,we should first go all out to plant trees though trees will help save water.(2012·全國卷Ⅱ,短文改錯(cuò))
【參考答案】1.此處句意為“當(dāng)我的同學(xué)過來……時(shí)”,引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句的連接詞應(yīng)為when,而非during;2.“我們要種樹”和“樹能幫忙節(jié)水”之間是因果關(guān)系,而非讓步關(guān)系,因此引導(dǎo)詞though應(yīng)該修改為because。
非謂語動(dòng)詞歷來都是高考考查的重點(diǎn)。近五年的考題涉及非謂語動(dòng)詞的考點(diǎn)多而且細(xì),其中非謂語動(dòng)詞在介詞和動(dòng)詞后充當(dāng)賓語,在名詞后充當(dāng)定語和在句子中充當(dāng)狀語都是出題的熱點(diǎn)。在做題時(shí),仍然要求考生區(qū)分是使用v.-ing形式還是v.-ed形式,并且對(duì)動(dòng)詞不定式的特殊用法也要留心。
2015年全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ中的語法填空有兩處考查了非謂語動(dòng)詞作狀語,第一處是“A study of travelers 68(conduct)by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world.”,“study(研究)”被“conduct(施行)”,因此這里的非謂語動(dòng)詞在名詞后作后置定語,需要使用表示被動(dòng)的v.-ed形式,正確答案是conducted。第二處是“...arranges quick getaways for people 70 (live)in Shanghai and Hong Kong.”,“people(人們)”和“l(fā)ive(居住)”之間為主動(dòng)關(guān)系,因此正確答案是living。
而非謂語動(dòng)詞在介詞、動(dòng)詞后充當(dāng)賓語,在2014年和2015年的語法填空中也有所體現(xiàn):
1. ...their ability to ‘a(chǎn)ir condition’ a house without 64 (use)electric equipment.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ)
2. One morning,I was waiting at the bus stop,worried about 61 (be)late for school.(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ)
3. Still,the boy kept 67 (ride).(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ)
【參考答案】1.using;2.being;3.riding。
而全國卷對(duì)動(dòng)詞不定式的考查也不放松,考生尤其要注意動(dòng)詞不定式作主語時(shí)的后置問題和它在固定句型中的形容詞后的用法。此外,哪些動(dòng)詞后需要使用動(dòng)詞不定式作賓語,考生也要多加留意。這些都是語法填空和短文改錯(cuò)中命題的熱點(diǎn)。
1. When a new day breaks,the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough 66 (cool)the house during the hot day.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ)
2. It took years of work 65 (reduce)the industrial pollution and clean the water.(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ)
3. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver,but he refused 66 (stop)until we reached the next top.(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ)
【參考答案】1.to cool;2.to reduce;3.to stop。
主謂一致的考點(diǎn)在短文改錯(cuò)和語法填空中均有涉及,而在語法填空中出現(xiàn)的更多??忌谧鲱}時(shí),需要認(rèn)真閱讀句子,不僅要判斷主語是單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù),還要兼顧全文使用的時(shí)態(tài),然后再選擇正確的形式。
1. Yangshuo 67 (be)really beautiful.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ)
2. This cycle 68 (go)day after day.(2015·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ)
3. It 61 (be)unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up.(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅰ)
4. My dream school look like a big garden.(2014·全國新課標(biāo)卷Ⅱ,短文改錯(cuò))
【參考答案】1.is;2.goes;3.was;4.look改成looks。
歷年高考對(duì)主動(dòng)語態(tài)與被動(dòng)語態(tài),虛擬語氣和情態(tài)動(dòng)詞的考查不多。但因?yàn)橐恍┲鞅粍?dòng)語態(tài)很容易和時(shí)態(tài)混淆(如上文提到的“have been doing”和“have been done”),考生也需要加倍小心,避開陷阱。此外,對(duì)過去、現(xiàn)在和將來進(jìn)行虛擬的三種形式,考生也需要記憶透徹。
【練一練】單句改錯(cuò)。
1. I enjoyed sit close to the windows and looking at the view.
2. On the left-hand side of the class,I could easy see the football field.
3. My soccer coach retired in last week.
4. My favourite picture at the party is of my coach and me enjoy the biscuits with happy laughter.
5. How do you think I should do?
6. We’ve been spending a lot of time sing in karaoke arts.
單句語法填空。
1. A few hours earlier,I’d been at home in Hong Kong,with _____ (it)choking smog.
2. The adobe dwellings _____ (build)by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even the most modern of architects and engineers.
3. As _____ (nature)architects,the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly how thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.
4. The river was so polluted that it _____(actual)caught fire and burned.
5. While there are _____ (amaze)stories of instant information,for most of us the changes are gradual and require a lot of effort and work.
【參考答案】改錯(cuò):1. sit改成sitting 2. easy改成easily 3.刪去in 4. enjoy改成enjoying 5. How改成What 6. sing改成singing
語法填空:1. its 2. built 3. natural 4. actually 5. amazing
(作者單位:安徽省合肥市第十中學(xué))