常用的连词有:because, for, as, since。现简单介绍它们的用法,如下表:
28 24 they are adjusting to their new bodies and a whole host of new intellectual and emotional challenges, teenagers are especially self-conscious and need the confidence that comes from achieving success and knowing that their accomplishments are admired by others.
A. If B. Although C. Whereas D. Because
正确答案 D
妙语点睛 本题考查状语从句的连词用法。空格后面的从句是对主句的解释,构成逻辑上的“因果关系”,故D正确。
精品译文 青少年在不断调整,以适应身体、智力和情感上出现的一系列新的变化和挑战,因此他们非常敏感,并且需要有自信心,而这些自信心主要来自于获得成功以及知道自己的成绩被别人认可。
29 Theories centering on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior 22 they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through interaction with others.
A. before B. unless C. until D. because
正确答案 D
妙语点睛 本题考查状语从句的连词用法。空格后的从句是对前面主句的解释,构成逻辑上的“因果关系”,故D正确。
精品译文 研究个人的理论认为,青少年之所以犯罪 是因为 他们在过去并没有因为其不轨的行为而受到相应的惩处,或者通过和其他人的交往而沾染了犯罪行为。
常用的介词有because of、due to、owing to。因为是介词,所以后边只能接名词,不能接从句。请比较:
30 We had an accident because of his carelessness.由于他的粗心大意,我们出了车祸。
31 We had an accident due to his carelessness.(注意:不能说due to he was careless。)
32 Owing to his carelessness, we had an accident.
in that基本意思是“原因就在于……”,其引导的从句要放在主句后边,而且主句通常是在作比较。例如:
33 The girl is like her mother in that she also has very delicate feeling.
精品译文 这个女孩很像她妈妈,原因在于她感情也很细腻。
34 Britain's press is unusual in that it is divided into two very different types of newspaper: the quality press and the popular press.
精品译文 英国报业与众不同,原因就在于它的报纸分为内容严肃的大报和通俗的小报两种截然不同的类型。
35 Mercury differs from other industrial metals in that it is a liquid.
精品译文 水银不同于其他工业金属,原因就在于它是液态的。
请看下面的真题例句:
36 Hydrogen is the fundamental element of the universe ______ it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced.
A. so that B. but that C. in that D. provided that
正确答案 C
妙语点睛 本题考查原因状语从句的特殊连词用法。
精品译文 氢元素是自然界的基本元素,因为它为其他元素的构成提供了基础。
37 Vitamins are similar because they are made of the same elements—usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sometimes nitrogen. They are different 46 their elements are arranged differently.
A. in that B. so that C. such that D. except that
正确答案 A
妙语点睛 本题考查原因状语从句的特殊连词用法。
精品译文 各种维生素的相似之处在于它们都是由相同元素组成的,通常是碳、氢、氧,也有氮。而它们的不同之处在于,这些元素的排列方式不同。
这些连词与since相近,它们都有“鉴于某个事实,考虑到……”的意思。
38 Seeing that it's raining hard, we'll have to stay here for the night.
39 They did the job very well, considering that they had no experience.
40 Given that they are inexperienced, they've done a good job.
41 Now that the semester is finished, I'm going to rest a few days and then take a trip.
42 Now that you are sixteen, you can get a driver's license.