近年NMET单项填空中几个值得注意的命题现象
（为评述方便，NMET单项填空试题采用全真序号。）
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i.NMET 单项填空中的进行时态命题
ii.NMET 单项填空中的倒序命题
iii.NMET 单项填空中较难掌握的情态动词命题
iv.NMET98 单项填空中的模糊命题
v.NMET98 单项填空中值得关注的一种命题
vi.NMET98 单项填空命题呈现的一些特点小结
i.NMET 单项填空中的进行时态命题
【NMET98】
20.Shirley________a book about China last year but I don'tknow whether she has finished it.
A. has written B. wrote
C. had written D. was writing
题解：进行时可表一时的动作，而不表动作的结束。若选用B， 意思则是“去年Shirley写了一部有关中国 的书。 ”这样一来就与题干的后半部分所交待的事实发生矛盾。
答案：D
24.——Hi, Tracy, you look tired.
——I am tired. I ____________ the living room all day.
A. painted B. had painted
C. have been painting D. have painted
题解：（1）题干中的"all day"有强调作用，使用现在完成进行时与之配合使用。
（2）观察下面句子中现在完成进行时的用法。
They have been meeting together weekly now for two years.
答案：C
【NMET97】
10. I first met Lisa three years ago. She _________ at aradio shop at the time.
A. has worked B. was working
C. had been working D. had worked
题解：题干中的'at the time=three years ago'， 与过去时态连用；选用过去进行时暗含‘暂时’之意 。选项C、D均用于过去的过去，与题意不符，故不用。
答案：B
16.—Is this raincoat yours?
—No, mine ________ there behind the door.
A. is hanging B. has hung
C. hangs D. hung
题解：i.选项A中的进行时含暂时之意，如：
Your coat is hanging in the hall.
ii.选项C中的一般时则表状态，表“某地挂有某物”之意，如：
（1）The picture hangs now in my library.
（2）Above it hung an oil painting by Beryl.
iii. 选项B中的完成时应使用其被动语态形式：has been hung，而且句子主语也要变化，如：
All the walls have been hung with my pictures.
答案：A
【NMET95】
I don't think Jim saw me; he(B)into space.
A. just stared B. was just staring
C. has just stared D. had just stared
【NMET94】
I don't really work here; I(C)until the new secretaryarrives.
A. just helped out B. have just helped out
C. am just helping out D. will just helped out
ii.NMET 单项填空中的倒序命题
【NMET98】
9. Dr.Black comes from either Oxford or Cambridge, I can'tremember _________.
A. where B. there C. which D. that
题解：（1）该题实际上依然存在着在两者之间进行选择的意味。
（2）将选项C代入题干，即正常表述顺序：
I can't remember which university (or town) Dr Black comesfrom, Oxford or Cambridge.
应语为：He comes from Oxford.
19.——I stayed at a hotel while in New York.
——Oh, did you? You with Barbara.
A. could have stayed B. could stay
C. would stay D. must have stayed
题解：选项A"could have stayed"表示“原本能待在一起，但却没待”的意思，暗含责备或惊讶的意味。 此题从语法上来说，属于“混合型虚拟语气”的范畴。与第9题的命题思路一样， 出于口语化的需要，将原本 正常表述的内容，从中间断开，将后半段提到前面先说。
请见下面的演示。
—I stayed at a hotel while in New York.
—You could have stayed with Barbara (if you had stayed inNew York, but in fact you stayed a t a hotel while in New York).
类例：——I knew a little about French while in Paris.
——Oh, did you? You could have helped your parents.
答案：A
【NMET94】
22.Rather than _________ on a crowded bus, he alwaysprefers ________ a bicycle.
A. ride;ride B. riding;ride
C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding
测试结构：prefer+to do sth +rather than +do sth
答案：C
iii.NMET 单项填空中较难掌握的情态动词命题
【NMET98】
13.——When can I come for the photos?I need them tomorrowafternoon.
——They ________ be ready by 12:00.
A.can B.should C.might D.need
题解：（1）选项B"should"表示“按理应当…；估计…”。
①They should be there by now, I think.
②The poems should be out in a month at most.
③We needn't get ready yet; the guests shouldn't come foranother hour.
（2）选项A"can"表示“允许”，用在此情境中， 应为顾客所说，是上一句的继续。
答案：B
11.—Can I help you?
—Yes. I bought this radio here yesterday, but it _____.
A.didn't work B.won't work
C.can't work D.doesn't work
题解：i. 'it won't work' （就是不响）应用在下面语境中：Although we've tried several times , it won't work.
ii.'it can't work' （不可能响）→指损坏，失去效力的情形。
'it doesn't work'（不响）→指没工作的状态，与损坏无关。
iv.NMET98 单项填空中的模糊命题
【NMET98】
8. I hate _________ when people talk with their mouthsfull.
A. it B.that C.these D.them
题解：这是it的较难的用法。it在题中指代的内容十分模糊，可以认为指某种情形，如：
Thus when he spoke, it was in a sharper voice.
下面是it其他的较难的用法。
（1）I take it you have been out.
（2）Let me come and stay. You can put it that it wasarranged before.
（3）You may depend upon it they are valuable.
（4）Legend has it that Wu Sung is buried at Hangchow.
答案：A
v.NMET98 单项填空中值得关注的一种命题
23.Cleaning women in big cities usually get ________ bythe hour.
A.pay B.paying C.paid D.to pay
题解：（1）usually get paid=are usually paid;get=be
（2）get paid=get their pay
（3）由于动词get兼有行为动词与系动词两种用法，pay 兼有动词与名词两种用法，又由于pay用作名词时 ， 要与冠词或相当于冠词的词连用，使得该题答案的判断过程甚为复杂。
答案：C
vi.NMET98 单项填空命题呈现的一些特点小结
1.从基本概念角度命题：
① 从比较角度命题，如第14题。
② 从强调句式角度命题，如第22题。
③ 从状语从句角度命题，如第16题。
④ 从分词短语用作状语角度命题，如第25题。
⑤ 从动词语态角度命题，如第23题。
⑥ 从动词短语角度命题，如第12题。
⑦ 从动词时态角度命题，如第20、24题。
⑧ 从动词辨义角度命题，如第17题。
2.重视从概念外延角度命题：
① 从指代角度命题，如第6题。
② 从模糊角度命题，如第8题。
③ 从交际角度命题，如第15题。
④ 从情态角度命题，如第13题。
⑤ 从倒序角度命题，如第9、19题。
⑥ 从句式角度命题，如第18题。
⑦ 从省略角度命题，如第10题。
