【知识点解析】
1. 介词与连词的用法:题目中的句子涉及到了介词与连词的应用。例如,"Alone as she is, she is kept so busy with her work for women’s rights that she feels ____ lonely." 这句话中,"as" 作为连词引导让步状语从句,表示“尽管”。而 "nothing but" 是一个固定搭配,表示“只有”,此处用于强调她的忙碌让她丝毫没有感到孤独。
2. like 和 as 的区别:在 "They were hunting for a person him a stepping stone." 中,"as" 用于引导方式状语从句,表示“如同”,而 "like" 作为介词,表示“像...一样”。此题中正确的答案是 "as"。
3. 介词的选择:"Charlie asked his wife, eyeing her angrily from the kitchen table." 句中 "from" 表示Charlie在厨房桌子的对面看她,表示方向和位置,符合语境。
4. 固定短语辨析:"there was nothing but a desert, without a single plant or tree ______." 中,"in sight" 意为“在视线内”,强调看不到任何植物或树木。
5. 介词的使用:"He still prefers to live in the small mountain village ____ all its disadvantages." 句中 "with" 表示“尽管有”,用来引出其后的缺点。
6. 介词短语辨析:"As with running, learning English needs will." "As with" 表示“与...同样”,在此处强调学习英语和跑步一样需要意志力。
7. 为了纪念:"Washington, a state in the United States, was named ______ one of the greatest American presidents." "in honor of" 表示“为了纪念”,这里指华盛顿州是为了纪念美国伟大的总统之一而命名的。
8. 伴随状语:"With so much electrical equipment, wood and paper in one place, there is a danger of fire." "With" 引导伴随状语,表示导致火灾的诸多物品。
9. 介词与名词短语的搭配:"The study you have been making _____ the ancient Chinese characters is an instructive job." "of" 与 "the study" 结合,表示对某事物的研究。
10. be up to 的用法:"What have you been up ?" 此处 "up to" 表示“忙于”。
11. 尽管的用法:"____ all the texts that are written, stored, and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper." "Although" 引导让步状语从句,表示“尽管”。
12. 介词与动词的搭配:"But I prefer coffee ____ milk." "prefer...to..." 是固定搭配,表示更喜欢...而不是...
13. by saying 的用法:"What do you mean ______ saying ‘The boy is overgrowing’?" "by" 后接动名词,表示通过某种方式。
14. 条件状语从句:"The librarian promised to get the book for me ____she could remember who last borrowed it." "if only" 引导虚拟语气,表示“只要”。
15. 将来时态与will的用法:"Will you go to Mary’s birthday party?" "will" 在疑问句中用于一般将来时,询问对方是否将参加派对。
这些题目的解答涉及到英语语法中的多种知识点,包括介词、连词的用法,以及固定短语、条件状语从句、虚拟语气等。通过这样的专项模拟训练,学生可以加深对这些语法点的理解,并提高实际应用能力。