题目性质:自编仿真题——题目、材料、选项、数据与情境均为按课程标准与联招常见考点独立编写的原创仿真题,非真题原文,未取自任何题库、教辅或试卷;解析与采分点为教研整理,非官方评分标准。
一、考点定位与做题顺序
状语从句空先把主句与从句各写成一句中文,问:从句是主句成立的条件、与主句相反却仍成立的让步、目的(以防),还是时间?关系定了,选项范围立刻缩到一两个。
四条硬规矩:unless = if…not,自带否定,不能再加 not;in case=「以防/万一」,表预防性目的,不等于 if;even if 是让步(即使,未必发生),although 也是让步但多接已成立事实;no matter how / however + 形容词或副词,不直接接名词;provided (that)=「只要/倘若」,是条件而非让步。下面短文为自编示意文本,馆名与数据均属虚构。
二、逐题精讲
题1
题1 八空完形(每空四选一)
自编短文:The reading room lends maps (1)____ a reader leaves a card at the desk. (2)____ the card is returned, the map cannot be borrowed again. Staff keep a spare lamp (3)____ the power fails during evening hours. (4)____ the room is small, it holds most of the collection; (5)____ it were much larger, the same two cupboards would still stand by the north wall. (6)____ carefully the shelves are labelled, a visitor may still ask for help. (7)____ the labels are clear, new readers often prefer to ask first. Visitors may take a guide home (8)____ they bring it back within two weeks.
(1) A. unless B. provided that C. even if D. in case
(2) A. Unless B. Although C. As soon as D. Even if
(3) A. if B. in case C. unless D. even though
(4) A. Even if B. Although C. Unless D. In case
(5) A. Even if B. If C. Unless D. Provided
(6) A. No matter how B. No matter what C. Although D. Unless
(7) A. Even though B. If C. Unless D. In case
(8) A. unless B. even if C. provided that D. no matter how
解析
(1) B (provided that)。 「只要读者在台前留下一张卡,资料室就出借地图」——从句是条件。unless 自带否定(=if…not),代入成「除非留卡才不出借」反了;even if 让步、in case 预防,均不合。(2) A (Unless)。 「除非把卡还回来,否则这张地图不能再借」= if the card is not returned。注意 unless 本身已含 not,从句里不再加否定。
(3) B (in case)。 「备一盏灯以防晚间停电」是预防性目的;if 只说「如果停电就备灯」,时间顺序与「预先备着」不符。
(4) B (Although)。 「房间虽小,却容纳了大部分馆藏」——已成立事实的让步,用 Although。Even if 用于「即使(未必发生)」,此处房间小是事实。
(5) A (Even if)。 「即使它大得多,那两只柜子仍会靠北墙」——与事实相反的假设让步,且从句用 were、主句 would still stand,是虚拟语气;If 只给条件不给「退一步仍成立」的分寸。
(6) A (No matter how)。 空后是副词 carefully,固定 no matter how + adj./adv.;no matter what 后接名词或直接作宾语,不接副词。
(7) A (Even though)。 「尽管标签清楚,新读者仍常先问一句」——已成立事实的让步;If/Unless 会把让步改写成条件,In case 更不通。
(8) C (provided that)。 「只要两周内归还,就可以把指南带回家」=条件。unless 会变成「除非两周内归还否则可带回家」,反了;even if 让步、no matter how 需接 adj./adv.。
答案 (1) B (2) A (3) B (4) B (5) A (6) A (7) A (8) C。核心:provided/if 给条件、unless=if…not 自带否定、in case 表预防、Although/Even though 接事实让步、Even if 接假设让步(配 were/would)、no matter how 后接 adj./adv.。
采分点 每空 1 分共 8 分;另计:说明 unless=if…not 且不再加 not 1 分;说明 (4)(5) 事实让步与假设让步之分 1 分;说明 in case 的预防性目的 1 分;说明 no matter how 接副词 1 分。
易错点 见「条件」就填 if,忽略 provided that;unless 从句里再加 not;把 in case 当 if;(4)(5) 两空都填 Although 或都填 Even if,看不出事实/假设之别;no matter what 后接 carefully;把 (8) 填成 unless 使句意反转。
题2
题2 改错与同义改写
(1) 下面三句各有一处连词使用不当,请改正并说明理由:
① Unless a reader does not leave a card, the room lends a map.
② Even if the room was small, it held most of the collection.
③ Staff kept a spare lamp if the power failed that evening, and no matter what carefully the shelves were labelled, visitors still asked.
(2) 把「Visitors may take a guide home provided that they bring it back within two weeks」改写成不改变条件、且不用 provided that 的两种说法,并说明其中一种为什么容易丢掉「两周」这一限定。
解析
(1) ① 去掉 does not,或把 Unless 改 If 并保留否定:Unless a reader leaves a card… 已是「如果不留卡」,再加 not 变成「如果不留卡就不…」的双重否定,与原意「留卡才借」相反。标准改法是删去 does not。② Even if 改 Although / Even though:房间小是已成立事实,谓语用 was(陈述),应用事实让步;Even if 用于「即使(未必发生/与事实相反)」,须配 were / would 类虚拟形式。
③ if 改 in case(预先备灯是预防,不是「停电之后才备」),no matter what 改 no matter how(后接副词 carefully)。
(2) 说法一:Visitors may take a guide home as long as they bring it back within two weeks.(as long as 与 provided that 同义,条件与两周限定全保住。)
说法二:Visitors may take a guide home on condition that they return the guide within two weeks. 也可用 Visitors may not take a guide home unless they agree to return it within two weeks.(改用 unless 时要把主句改成否定,否则条件反转。)
最容易丢「两周」的是把 provided that 直接换成 if 并把从句压缩成 if they return it:只说「归还」而不写 within two weeks,就把有期限的条件降成无限期的条件,读者会以为什么时候还都行。另外用 unless 改写时若忘了把主句改否定,条件会整个翻过来(变成「除非两周内归还,否则可以带回家」)。
答案 (1) ① 删 does not(unless 自带否定);② Even if→Although/Even though(事实让步);③ if→in case、no matter what→no matter how。(2) as long as…/on condition that…(或主句改否定的 unless 式);压缩成 if they return it 最易丢「within two weeks」。
采分点 ① 改对并说明双重否定 2 分;② 改对并说明事实让步 1 分;③ 两处各 1 分;(2) 两种合法改写各 1 分;说明「两周」易丢 1 分;说明 unless 式需主句改否定 1 分。
易错点 ① 只改连词不删 not,双重否定仍在;② 把 was 改成 were 来迁就 Even if(改变了原句事实性);③ 只改一处;(2) 用 unless 时主句仍为肯定,条件反了;把 within two weeks 写成 in two weeks(「两周后」而非「两周内」)。
三、规律小结与对照表
| 连词 | 关系类型 | 形式要点 | 自编示例 | 易错 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| provided that / as long as | 条件 | 从句陈述式 | leave a card → lend | 与 even if 混 |
| unless | 条件(自带否定) | = if…not,不再加 not | Unless the card is returned | 从句再加 not |
| in case | 预防性目的 | 先备后防 | keep a lamp in case… | 当 if 用 |
| if | 一般条件 | 可配虚拟 | (本语篇未选) | 与 provided 混用 |
| Although / Even though | 事实让步 | 谓语陈述式 | was small, yet held… | 用 Even if |
| Even if | 假设让步 | were / would | were larger, would still… | 用 Although |
| no matter how | 让步 | 后接 adj./adv. | how carefully | 写成 no matter what |
| no matter what | 让步 | 后接名词或作宾语 | (本语篇未选) | 接副词 |
| on condition that | 条件 | 正式语体 | on condition that they return | 漏期限 |
状语从句空先把主从句各译一句中文,再判「条件/事实让步/假设让步/预防」:provided that 给条件、unless 是「if…not」、in case 是「以防」、Although 接事实、Even if 接 were/would 的假设,no matter how 后只能跟形容词或副词。改写时尤其别把 within two weeks 压没。短文中资料室、两张卡与两周期限均为自编示意,不代表任何真实规定。
四、自测清单
- □ 把主句与从句各译成中文,再判关系类型;
- □ unless 一律先验「自带否定」,从句不再加 not;
- □ 「预先备着以防…」先试 in case,别填 if;
- □ 看谓语是 was(事实)还是 were/would(假设),定 Although / Even if;
- □ no matter how 后确认接的是形容词或副词;
- □ 同义改写后回查期限、否定与主句方向是否保住。