齐国斌
笔者在批改作业时经常发现有学生在非谓语动词考题上误判、盲选或蒙猜,原因是学生不能理顺非谓语动词的逻辑关系,不能分辨非谓语动词是及物还是不及物。为帮助学生深刻领会该知识点用法,笔者以本班56名学生的同类错题为遴选源,列举并剖析了八种错答率较高的题型,希冀对学生解答此类考题有所帮助。
1.V-ing分词与V-ed分词用法辨析
【题例】 himself with necessary knowledge and skills, the young man went to the job market with much confidence.
A.Equipped,30% B.Equipping,30%
C.Having equipped,35% D.Being equipped,5%
【解析】本题正答项为C,正答率35%。选A的同学或许不知Equipped是过去分词还是过去时、是表主动还是表被动,选B的学生则误认为Equipping发生的时间与谓语动词went发生的时间同步,而选D的同学则未能区分V-ing一般被动式与V-ed分词的构成与用法。
【说明】himself作Having equipped的逻辑宾语是本题题眼,懂得此理的同学便会立即排除A、D,锁定B、C。因为B、C两项的逻辑主语与主句主语同为The young man,且本身也是及物动词,又是主动陈述关系;此外,“使他自己具备必需的知识与技能”在先,“满怀信心去人才市场”在后都确定V-ing的完成式形式C项为正答。
2.V-ed分词与V-ing分词作伴随状语区别
【题例】The spokesman was seated in front of all the journalists at the press conference,_______ to answer all kinds of questions.
A.prepared,8% B.preparing,82%
C.to be prepared,4% D.having prepared, 6%
【解析】本题A是正答项,但仅有8%的同学选对答案,B项最具迷惑性和干扰性,也是错答率最高的选项,主要是学生不能正确区分prepare与prepared的词性。
【说明】本题旨在考查V-ed分词作伴随状语在语境中的运用,是and he was prepared to answer all kinds of questions并列句的简略形式。be prepared to do sth意为“已经作好做……的准备,尤其隐含随时应付意想不到事情的发生”,而prepare to do ....意思仅为“准备做……”。
3.V-to do一般被动式与完成被动式的用法差异
【题例】Mr Li was reported ______ in that country when he was having holidays there last year.
A.being badly treated,20% B.to have been treated badly,26%
C.to be treated badly,48% D.treating badly,6%
【解析】本题正确项为B,正答率为26%。此处,48%学生知道V-to do与Mr Li构成逻辑被动,但在“was reported”与“to be treated”两动作孰先孰后问题上则纠缠不清,以致错选C;