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12.1.3 代词与修饰词间的呼应

三、代词与修饰词间的呼应
(一)不定代词与名词的一致 不定代词another修饰可数名词单数,而other则修饰可数名词复数或不可数名词

  1. White spots in [A] a person's fingernail are caused by [B] bruises or [C] other minor injury [D] .
  2. Mineral prospectors use [A] their knowledge [B] of geophysics to locate [C] deposits of oil,uranium(铀), and another [D] valuable minerals.
  3. "Cool Jazz" emerged when [A] tenor saxophonist Lester Young, guitarist [B] Charlie Christran,and another [C] musicians made major changes [D] in jazz improvisation.

(二)不定代词much, (a) little, less, least, a great deal/amount of修饰不可数名词; many, (a) few, both则修饰可数名词的复数形式, a great variety of后面接可数名词或不可数名词均可, every, each, one, none则修饰单数名词;all可修饰可数和不可数名词,但修饰可数名词时须用复数

  1. At one time [A] many person [B] believed [C] that some forked twigs had supernatural powers [D] .
  2. The general sales tax has been [A] a major source of income for state governments, much [B] of which derive more than half [C] of their [D] budgets from it.
  3. Electing [A] honest and competent individuals to public office [B] is really [C] the responsibility of every peoples [D] in a democratic society.

(三)人称代词与名词的呼应 人称代词I(me), he(him), she(her), it都是代替前边的单数名词,而they(them), we(us)则是代表复数的,you既可代表单数,也可代表复数,但表示泛指的时候,我们汉语用"我们"来表示,而英语则用"he"或"one"来表示。

  1. The leaves of the red maple(槭树) are highly [A] poisonous to horses and when ingested [B] can kill [C] it [D] within fifteen hours.
  2. The continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the North American Rockies that divides [A] the waters [B] flowing into [C] the Atlantic Ocean from it [D] flowing into the Pacific.
  3. Mahogany(桃花心木) is often considered [A] the finest cabinet wood [B] because they [C] has most of the qualities desired [D] for furniture making.

(四)物主代词与名词的呼应 my, our, his, her, its, their要与代替的名词在数上一致

  1. The welfare department, as well as the other social services, will have _____ budget cut.
    [A] their
    [B] his
    [C] its
    [D] our
  2. Women have always [A] worked in the United States,and hers [B] work has been [C] indispensable in the expansion [D] of American industry.
  3. Dolphins are warmblooded; that is, its [A] body temperature always stays [B] about the same, regardless [C] of the surroundings [D] .

(五)反身代词与其所代成分间的呼应

  1. Behavior modification techniques work [A] best [B] with problems that manifest itself [C] in overt(公开的,明显的) actions [D] .
  2. Since the beginning of recorded history humans have been known [A] to seek [B] good health and the means to [C] cure itself [D] of illness.

(六)指示代词与所代名词间的呼应 this和that指代单数名词或不可数名词,而one只指代可数名词单数。these、those和ones指代复数名词(而且those还可作先行词,可以有定语从句,those表示"那些人")。one...another表示"一个......另一个";the other表示两者中的另一个;the others表示一个整体中的"另外一些"。one和those后边还可以跟who引导的定语从句,one代替名词单数,those代替名词复数

  1. She invited all _____ who had been in her class last term.
    [A] that
    [B] those
    [C] one
    [D] ones
  2. These [A] problem had to be [B] solved,so he had to work [C] overtime for five consecutive [D] days.
  3. An internationally famous ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员) [A] , Maria Tallchiaf demonstrated [B] that the quality of ballet in the United States could equal those [C] of the ballet in Europe [D] .