連詞

一般來說，連詞在英語中運用較多。它分為并列連詞和從屬連詞。并列連詞用來連接平行的詞、詞組或分句，從屬連詞只用來引導從句。解題時應注意其區別。

【例】Five minutes earlier， we could have caught the last train.

A)and B)or C)but D)so

【分析】本句是隱含虛擬語氣，理解為“If we had been five minutes earlier，we could…”。And連接詞只表示條件，即前面部分是一種條件，后面部分是結果。此題應選A項。

近似詞辨異

近似詞包括拼寫、語音相似的近形詞、近義詞、拼音詞、同根詞和同綴詞等。對于這種類型的考題出現的頻率也是比較高的，大家在平時記這類詞時最好采用對比記憶法，如果是前綴或后綴詞大部分是符合規律的，此前已敘。

【例1】Don’t this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead.

A)release B)relieve C)relate D)retain

【分析】答案為A項。這四個詞為近形詞。

【例2】The English language contains a(an) of words which are comparatively seldom used in ordinary conversation.

A)altitude B)latitude C)multitude D)attitude

【分析】本題所給選項均以-titude結尾，很容易混淆，根據字首multi-(多、大量的)，便可選答案C項，a multitude of words即為“大量的詞匯”。

【例3】American women were the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.

A)ignored B)neglected C)refused D)denied

【分析】答案為D項。這四個詞為近義詞。

【例4】The rain was heavy and the land was flooded.

A)consequently B)continuously

C)constantly D)consistently

【分析】答案為A項。這類詞為拼寫相似，讀音相似，外形相似的一組詞，常稱諧音詞。

【例5】There were no tickets for Friday’s performance.

A)preferable B)considerable

C)possible D)available

【分析】同綴詞，即指用派生法構成的一組詞，其前綴或后綴相同，此類詞均有后綴-able(ible)，答案為D項。

【例6】Visibility was poor owing to the thick fog，and our plane had to make a landing.

A)forced B)forcing C)forceful D)forcible

【分析】同根詞，即所給選項的詞根均為force，幾個不同的后綴-ed、-ing、-ful、-ible分別有“被動”、“主動”、“充滿”、“能夠”之意，根據題意選答案A，即為“迫降著陸”之意。