2012年GCT考试单科精练：英语篇（二）

1. __________ whether he will come or not.
　　A. There is no telling B. There is not telling
　　C. There is telling not D. There is not to tell
　　2. ___________ evidence that language-acquiring ability must be stimulated.
　　A. It being B. It is
　　C. There is D. There being
　　3. John seems a nice person. ___________, I don’t trust him.
　　A. Even though B. Even so C. Therefore D. Though
　　4. They usually have less money at the end of the month than_________ at the beginning.
　　A. which is B. which was C. they do D. it is
　　5. They can’t help___________ of their daughter.
　　A. think B. to think C. thinking D. thought
　　1．【答案】A
　　【解析】”There is no doing sth．…”或”There is not any doing sth．…”相当于”It is impossible to do sth．…”，意为”做……是不可能的”，例如：There is no knowing when he would be back．无法知道他什么时候回来。又如：There is not any telling what became of her．她出了什么事，无可奉告。
　　2．【答案】C
　　【解析】在这里that引导的从句作evidence的同位语，例如：Can you produce any evidence that he was not at home that night?你能提供证据说明那天晚上他不在家吗?因此，这里要选择一个谓语动词，所以A项和D项错误。正确答案为C项。有的考生误选B项，认为”作形式主语”，that作真正的主语，如果这样的话，我们一般要用形容词，而不用名词作表语。
　　3．【答案】B
　　【解析】从句子结构看，空格处应填人表示转折的副词，而Even though只能引导让步状语从句，例如：Even though you don’t like wine，try a glass of this!尽管你不喜欢喝葡萄酒，也要尝一杯这个。尽管Though可作副词，相当于however，可以放在句首、句中或句末，一般要与句子的其他成分用逗号分开，但是该词用在这里不符合逻辑。Therefore意为”因此”，后面紧跟的是表示结果的分句，故用在本句中并不合乎逻辑，例如：He’s never been to Australia and therefore he doesn’t know much about it．他从未到过澳大利亚，因此对那里并不了解。Even so意为”即使这样”，相当于nevertheless，所以B项是正确答案。
　　4．【答案】C
　　【解析】综观全句我们可以看出than后面引导的是一个比较状语从句，作为than前面部分的比较对象；又因为比较的两个部分结构应该相同，因此A项、B项和D项皆不正确。本句中的比较状语从句有所省略，完整的句子应是”than they have money at the beginning of the month”。由此可见，C项为正确答案。
　　5．【答案】C
　　【解析】can’t help doing sth．是固定搭配，意为”忍不住做某事，情不自禁地做某事”，例如：She couldn’t help crying out at the news of her husband’s death．听到丈夫的死讯她忍不住放声痛哭起来。所以C项是正确答案。