典型省略句考題分析

請看下面的考題：

I want to improve my English, but I don’t know _________. What can you suggest?

A. when                   B. how                     C. why                     D. where

【分析】此題應選 B，其余三項均有可能誤選，其實此句為省略句，補完整應為 … but I don’t know how to improve my English. 請看以下類似試題：

(1) I think the door is locked, but I’d better go and make sure it _________.

A. does                     B. has                       C. was                     D. is

答案選D，為 …and make sure it is locked. 之省略。

(2) Dr Black comes from either Oxford or Cambridge. I can’t remember _________.

A. where                  B. there                    C. which                  D. that

答案選C，為I can’t remember which city he comes from. 之省略。

(3) Some of the answers were correct, but I don’t remember _________.

A. where                  B. what                    C. which                  D. that

答案選C，I don’t remember which 后省略了 ones (were correct)。

(3) He didn’t sell half as many computers as he thought he _________.

A. had                      B. was                      C. would                  D. sold

答案選C，為He didn’t sell half as many computers as he thought he would sell. 之省略。

(4) I touched the door to see if the paint was still wet, and it _________.

A. did                       B. was                      C. had                      D. might

答案選B，為…and it was wet. 之省略。