四、考查表示并列关系的并列连词
【考例】Study hard, ____ you'll pass the exam.
A. or B. and C. but
[答案]B
[解析] 考查并列连词。or表示选择,and表示并列,but表示转折。
五、考查从属连词
1、对连接同等的词、词组或分句的and, but, or, for, neither…nor…, either…or…, both…and…, not only…but also…等并列连词的考查。
2、对引导名词性从句或状语从句的when、if、that、because、until、although等从属连词基本用法的考查。
3、几组容易混淆的连词或词组。
【考例】We have been good friends ____ we joined the same ping-pong team.
A. after B. before C. since D. until
[答案]C
[解析] 主句是现在完成时,从句是一般过去时,填A、B、D三项其主句都不会用现在完成时。用since表示“自……以来,就……”。
【考例】None of the shoes in the shop fit me well. They are ______ too big ______ too small.
A. both; and B. either; or C. neither; nor D. not only; but also
[答案]B
[解析] 在前句中已经给出了一个前提“商店里的鞋都不适合我”。both...and“……和……都”;either...or“或者……或者”;neither...nor"既不……也不”;not only...but also“不但……而且”。所以很容易推断出“它们(这些鞋)或者太大,或者太小。”
【考例】Please take the medicine three times a day, ____ it won’t work well.
A. and B. but C. or D. so
[答案]C
[解析] 这四个单词都是连词, but表示转折;so有因此之意。and和or 都可以用于祈使句,用and,整个句子相当于if you…, you’ll…; 用or相当于if you don’t…, you’ll…。
【考例】Hurry up, Jack. We have to get to the station before 11:45 ____ we can catch the 12:00 train.
A. since B. after C. as soon as D. so that
[答案]D
[解析] 本题的前三项都是表示时间的连词,因此不符合句意,so that表明“为了”、“便于”,引导目的状语从句。
【考例】—I hear a new film is on these days. Shall we go to the cinema together, Lucy and Lily?
— ____ Lily ____ I will go with you because one of us must be at home to help our father in the garden.
A. Either, nor B. Either, or C. Neither, nor D. Both, and
[答案]B
[解析] 选项A不是一个固定搭配,C表示“既不……也不……”,选项D表示“……和……都……”,不符合句子的意思,B项则是一个选择的连词。