(A) ALTHOUGH
(B) WHICH
(C) AND
(D) THE (92.1)
[答案> D THE FLATTER A HAIR APPEARS与(D)THE WAVIER IT IS是完全对等的结构。
比较级主语谓语动词比较级主语系动词
(2) THE LESS THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND YIELDS TO THE WEIGHT OF THE BODY OF A RUNNER, ------- TO THE BODY.
(A) THE STRESS IT IS GREATER
(B) GREATER IS THE STRESS
(C) GREATER STRESS IS
(D) THE GREATER THE STRESS (90.1)
[答案> D THE LESS THE SURFACE与答案(D) THE GREATER THE STRESS是完全对等的结构。
4.语意上的平行结构
解题要点有一些词和短语表达比较的概念,尽管不是比较级句型,但同样要求前后对比双方同形式,同性质。
全真例题分析
(1) ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ONCE TOLD HIS FAMILY THAT HE WOULD RATHER OF THE DEAF ------- OF THE TELEPHONE.
(A) THAN INVENTING
(B) THAN AS THE INVENTOR
(C) THE INVENTION
(D) AS THE INVENTOR (90.8)
[答案> B表示比较概念的短语WOULD RATHER…THAN应使用平行结构。
(2) THOMAS JEFFERSON*S ACHIEVEMENTS AS AN ARCHITECT RIVAL HIS CONTRIBUTIONS ------- A POLITICIAN.
(A) SUCH
(B) MORE
(C) AS
(D) THAN (90.1)
[答案> C动词RIVAL (比得上)要求比较二项结构相等。
(3) CALIFORNIA*S AGRICULTURAL SUPREMACY DATES FROM 1947. WHEN ITS FARM OUTPUT FIRST ------- ANY OTHER STATE.
(A) THAT EXCEEDED
(B) EXCEEDED THAT
(C) EXCEEDED THAT OF
(D) THAT EXCEEDED OF (92.10)
[答案> C动词EXCEEDED (超过)要求比较的内容相当。(C)代词THAT用以指代比较的内容“FARM OUTPUT”
(4) IT IS COMMON LCNOWLEDGE THAT A FLASH OF LIGHTNING IS SEEN BEFORE A CLAP OF THUNDER HEARD . (93.5)
[答案> D连词BE FORE用以引出先后发生的两个动作。从句意上看。这两个动作是对比关系,故应用平行结构。(D)改为A CLAP OF THUNDER IS HEARD ,与A FLASH OF LIGHTNING IS SEEN相平衡。