职称英语考试语法:否定词开头的句子及例题解析
正常语序:I shall not do anything against the interests of the country under any circumstances.(不管在什么情况下,我决不做有损国家利益的事情。)
倒装语序:Under no circumstances shall I do anything against the interests of the country.
3) only, so/such (…that…),often 等词开头的句子,比较:
正常语序:We can learn a foreign language well only in this way.
倒装语序:Only in this way can we learn a foreign language well.
(只有这样我们才能学好一门外语。)
正常语序:The stain was so small that I could hardly see it.
倒装语序:So small was the stain that I could hardly see it.
(污迹很小,几乎看不出来。)
从以上的举例可以归纳出:
如果以上的词(组)本来就是修饰或说明主语的,不存在倒装问题,例如:
Not all scientists accept his new theory about the origin of the Universe.
(不是所有科学家都接受他的有关宇宙起源的新理论的。)
怎么倒装?采用一般疑问句的倒装规则。
应试思路:
倒装句一般都比较长,表达的意思相对比较复杂,这给英语基础比较差的考生带来理解上的一定困难。为了提高应试效率,要牢牢把握好以下应试思路:
见到not等否定词,或only, so, often, 或"介词 no…"开头的句子,首先要考虑是否倒装;
看看答案中哪个采用了倒装形式(不要管是什么意思);
如果答案中有几个倒装形式,比较一下时态、语态或其他细微差别。
例如:
Not since the great growth years of the snowmobile ______ as much as the latest entry of all terrain vehicle.
A. did a sport vehicle catch the publics fancy
B. a sport vehicle had caught the publics fancy
C.has a sport vehicle caught the publics fancy
D.will a sport vehicle catch the publics fancy
要正确翻译这个句子并不是件容易的事,但并不影响解题:
首先,这是个"not"开头的句子,需要倒装;
第二,在A、A、C、D四个答案中,B是唯一不倒装的,肯定不对;
第三,尽管A、C、D都是倒装形式,但由于是"not since",要用现在完成时,故正确答案是C.
从以上例子可以看出,就语法考试而言,牢记基本规则,把握正确解题思路有时比多认识几个英语单词更重要。