2012 届高考英语陷阱题总结归纳——非谓语动词 ◆典型陷阱题分析◆ 1
Everyone in our class was working hard and doing what we could _______ a good college
enterB
to enter C
enteringD
entered 【陷阱】容易误选 A
有的同学一看到空格前的情态动词 could 就断定此处应填动词原形 enter
【分析】其实正确答案应是 B
此句为省略句,即在 could 后省略了动词 do,若把句子补完整应为 Everyone in our class was working hard and doing what we could do to enter a good college
即句中的不定式短语(to enter a good college)是用作目的状语的,而不是与情态动词(could)一起构成谓语
请再看类似例句: (1) They did what they could to comfort her
他们尽量安慰她
(2) They did everything they could to save her life
他们尽一切力量拯救她的性命
(3) He studies as hard as he could to catch up with his classmates
他拼命学习以便赶上他的同学
值得指出的是,这也并不是说今后只要遇到类似结构的题就一定选带 to 不定式
请看以下试题: (4) He ran as fast as he could _____ to catch the early bus
to hopeB
hope C
hopingD
hoped 此题的答案是 C 不是 A,其中的