1. Her father works as a _________ in a hotel and her mother a _________ in a private company.
A. cooker, typewriter B. cook, typist C. cooker, typist D. cook, typewriter

【陷阱】誤選A，許多同學(xué)想當(dāng)然地認(rèn)為：cook用作動(dòng)詞，表示“煮飯”，所以cooker應(yīng)是其相應(yīng)的名詞，表示“煮飯的人”，即“廚師”；type用作動(dòng)詞，表示“打字”，所以typewriter應(yīng)表示“打字員”。

【分析】而事實(shí)是：cook=廚師，cooker=炊具；typist=打字員，typewriter=打字機(jī)。即此題正確答案為B。

2. "Why couldn't they meet us at five o'clock?" "Because they were delayed by _________."
A. heavy traffic B. heavy traffics C. crowded traffic D. crowded traffics

【陷阱】B、C、D三項(xiàng)均容易誤選。

【分析】對(duì)于此題，首先要明確traffic為不可數(shù)名詞，沒有復(fù)數(shù)形式，故排除B和D。另外，漢語習(xí)慣說“交通擁擠”，而英語習(xí)慣上卻不能用crowded來修飾traffic，要表示漢語的“交通擁擠”，英語通常說heavy traffic，即選A。如下一題也是選A：
She is not a competent driver and can't cope with driving in _________.
A. heavy traffic B. heavy traffics C. crowded traffic D. crowded traffics

3. By all _________, you must try every _________ to help him.
A. mean, mean B. means, means C. means, mean D. mean, means

【陷阱】誤選C，認(rèn)為第一空前有all修飾，故用all means，而第二空前有every修飾，故用mean。

【分析】其實(shí)，means是一個(gè)單復(fù)數(shù)同形的名詞，并且永遠(yuǎn)帶有尾-s。換句話說，在表示“方式”、“方法”時(shí)，不存在mean這一形式（mean主要用作動(dòng)詞，表示“意思是”；也可用作名詞，表示“中間”、“中庸”）。此題正確答案為B，by all means為習(xí)語，意為“一定”、“盡一切辦法”。順便說一句，means用作主語時(shí)，其謂語的數(shù)需根據(jù)句意來確定。比較：All possible means have been tried. 所有可能的辦法都已經(jīng)試過了。Every possible means has been tried. 每種可能的辦法都已經(jīng)試過了。若句意不能明確地表明主語的單復(fù)數(shù)，其謂語則用單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)均可。如：
Is [Are] there any other means of getting more money? 還有其他什么辦法可弄到更多錢嗎？

4. Jim is _________ person, and everyone is willing to be _________ with him.
A. so kind a, friends B. so a kind, friends C. so kind a, friend D. so a kind, friend

【陷阱】誤選D。認(rèn)為 friend要用單數(shù)。

【分析】其實(shí)此題最佳答案為A。so kind a person相當(dāng)于such a kind person相當(dāng) ，注意兩者中冠詞的位置不同。be friends with是習(xí)語，意為“與......友好”、“跟......做朋友”，與之同義的還有make friends with。值得說明的是，這類短語中的名詞總是用復(fù)數(shù)，即使句子主語為單數(shù)也是如此。如：He is friends with me. 他與我是朋友。He has made friends with everyone here. 他與這兒的每個(gè)人交上了朋友。

5. She raised her finger to her lips as _________ for silence.
A. an idea B. a mark C. a sign D. a word

【陷阱】容易誤選B。

【分析】應(yīng)選C，sign與mark的區(qū)別是：sign 的意思是“跡象”、“征兆”，gesture or movement made with the hand, head, etc, used to give information, a command, etc(用手或頭等做出示意動(dòng)作以傳遞信息或命令等)；mark 的意思是 written or printed symbol or figure, line etc made as signor an indication of sth(書寫與印刷的符號(hào)或圖、線等記號(hào))。根據(jù)此二詞的語義區(qū)別以及常識(shí)可知答案為C。類似地，下面兩題的答案也是C：
(1) Those black clouds are a sure _________ that it's going to rain.
A. thing B. mark C. sign D. one
(2) Just as a famous Chinese saying goes, a timely heavy snow is a _________ of good harvest next year.
A. mark B. track C. sign D. appearance

但是，下面一題卻不能選sign，也不能選mark，而選symbol（象征）：
The lion is considered the king of the forest as it is a(n) _________ of courage and power.
A. example B. sign C. mark so-tab-count; D. symbol

順便說一句，在近幾年的高考中像這類結(jié)合詞義區(qū)別以及語境和生活常識(shí)進(jìn)行考查的試題經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)，同學(xué)們需引起注意。

6. "May I take your order now?" "We'd like three black _________ and two green _________."
A. coffee, cups B. coffees, teas C. cups of coffee, tea D. cup of coffees, teas

【陷阱】誤選C，認(rèn)為coffee和tea均為不可數(shù)名詞，不能后加復(fù)數(shù)詞尾-s，從而排除選項(xiàng)A、B、D。

【分析】選B。有的同學(xué)認(rèn)為coffee和tea是物質(zhì)名詞，不可數(shù)，不能用three coffees, two teas這樣的表達(dá)。其實(shí)，coffee既可用作不可數(shù)名詞，表示“咖啡”這種物質(zhì)，也可用作可數(shù)名詞，表示“一杯咖啡”，即在口語中three coffees就等于three cups of coffee。同樣，“三杯茶”既可說成three cups of tea，也可說成three teas；“三杯啤酒”既可說成three glasses of beer，也可說成three beers。