第三節(jié) 并列句中的省略
并列句中當后面的分句與前面有相同部分時可進行省略,以避免重復(fù),省略時前后要盡量保證結(jié)構(gòu)的平衡
如:I major in history and my brother in chemistry.
He was eager to win her heart, but didn’t know how.
TOEFL中有少量題目涉及這一語言現(xiàn)象
例題:
(1)
The photoperiodic response of algae actually depends on the duration of darkness, ----.
(A) the light is not on
(B) and not on light
(C) but is not on the light
(D) is not on light
答案:B
解釋:空格前是句子的主謂語, A, D可先排除;正確的搭配是depend on, 而不是is on, C也有誤;B是省略了的并列句,相當于and does not depend on light, 符合語法
(2)
Nebraska has floods in some years, ----
(A) in others drought
(B) droughts are others
(C) while other droughts
(D) others in drought
答案:A
解釋:空格前是完整的主謂句,逗號不能連接句子,故主謂結(jié)構(gòu)B可先排除;C從句少謂語;D語義不明;A是簡略的平行結(jié)構(gòu),相當于and drought in others (other years)