近年来高考题中多次出现对形容词、副词考点的考查,而侧重语境考查的题目占较大比重。答此类题目时不仅仅要理解形容词和副词的词义,而且对语境的正确理解更为重要。请看如下高考考例:
1. To understand the grammar of the sentence, you must break it _______ into parts. (湖北2005)
A. down B. up C. off D. out
点拨: 选A。 这是动词break与副词搭配的用法比较。根据语境,可知break和要填的副词搭配应该有“分解”的含义,而break down和break up 都有“分解”之意。再分析语境可知这里谈的是句子的分解,而只有break down 的隐含义为“分解以利于理解”,符合语境。
2. John is very lazy. He falls _______ behind in his studies. (广东2005)
A. very B. far C. more D. still
点拨: 选B。根据语境可知far behind的意思是“远远落在后面”, far 是副词,修饰其后的介词短语。
3. At times, worrying is a normal, _______ response to a difficult event or situation — a loved one being injured in an accident, for example.(上海2005)
A. effective B. individual C. inevitable D. unfavorable
点拨:选C。分析题干的语境可知,既然“worrying”是对困难的一种正常反应,那么这种现象的发生就是自然的,也是“不可避免的”。
4. Your uncle seems to be a good driver; _______, I wouldn’t dare to travel in his car.
(江西2005)
A. even so B. even though C. therefore D. so
点拨:选A。第一分句提供了两个重要信息:一是“好司机”,二是“好像是”,前者表明可以信赖,后者则为说话留有余地;第二分句是dare的否定式。能够符合这样的逻辑关系的只有even so,即:即使这样,我也不敢坐他的车。
5. The committee is discussing the problem right now. It will _______ have been solved by the end of next week. (江苏 2006)
A. eagerly B. hopefully C. immediately D. gradually
点拨:选B。 既然“现在正在讨论”,那么这个问题在一定时间内得到解决是“有希望的”。比较四个选项,你会发现A、C、D在逻辑上都讲不通,可知答案是B。