大学英语四级连接词精解大学英语四级核心词汇精解第七部分连接词一、通过真题复习连接词的积极意义：连接词是连词成句的功能词，各种句子结构都是依靠连接词构造而成。

因此，学习连接词也要结合句子学，在句子中感受连接词的功能和用法。

学生在学习的过程中，首先要熟练掌握各种连接词的功能；其次要正确理解两个分句间的逻辑关系。

在写作过程中，学生如果能够准确地选用恰当的连接词，能使作文增色不少。

在做此类题目时，学生需要仔细分析语法结构和句子含义，从而才能选择合适的连接词。

二、真题练习：1. The London Marathon is a difficult race. _________________________________________ ;6.C)A) Therefore B) Furthermore Accordingly D) Nevertheless 2. She had a tense expression on her face____ s he were expecting trouble. (03,9)B) asD) now thatas a poet, I do A) even though C)even as3. ___ I admire David thoughnot like him as a man.(03,12) A) Only ifMuch asB) If only D) Asmuch4. A good many proposals were raised by delegates, _ was to be expected. (03,12)A) as B) so what D) thatC)the C)5. I 'll accept any jo_b_ __ I don 't have to get early. (94,1)A) lest C)incase up B) as long as D) though___the danger from enemy action, people had to cope with a severe shortage ofclothing, fuel, and almost everything. (03,6)A) As far as B) As long as C) As well asD) As soon as7. Scientists say it may be five or ten yearsit is possible to test this medicine onhuman patients. (95,6)C)A) since B) before after D) when8. Not that John doesn't want to help you,it's beyond his power. (95,1)A) but that B) for that C) and that D) in that9. Rod is determined to get a seat for the concertA) as if B) even if C) provided D) whatever10. Don't let the child play with scissors he cuts himself. (03,6)A) in case B) so thatC) now that D) only if11. These two areas are similar ___ they both have a high rainfall during this season. (99,1)A) to that B) besides that C) inthat D) except that12. I think I was at school, __ I was stayingwith a friend during the vacation when Iheard the news. (00,6)A) and then B) even soC) or else D) or so13. Doing your homework is a sure way to improveyour test scores, and this is especiallytrue _____________ it comes to classroomtests. (96,1)A) when B) sinceC) before D) after14. Although he knew little about the largeamount of work done in the field, hesucceeded ____ other more well-informed experimenters failed. (98,1)A) which C) what D) where15. John seems a nice person. _ , I don ' t trust him. (97,6)A) Even though B) Even soTherefore D) Though much is known about what occursduring sleep, the precise function of sleep and its different stages remains largely in the realm of assumption. (03,1) A) BecauseB) ForD) While17. __ is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer. (93,6)A) That B) Which As D) It18. Many patients insist on having watches withthem in hospital, they have no schedules to keep. (03,12) A) forB) sinceB) thatC)16.C) SinceC)C) asif D) even though19. He was punished _____ he should make the same mistake again. (01,6)A) unless B) provided C) ifD) lest20. Liquids are like solids __ they have a definite volume. (95,6)A) in that B) for that C) with that D) at that三、练习精解：1. ［答案］ D［注释］ A) Therefore 因此，所以；B) Furthermore 而且，此外；C) Accordingly 于是，从而，所以；D) Nevertheless 尽管如此，然而，不过。

根据题意，D 应为正确答案。

［译文］伦敦马拉松是一项艰巨的比赛。

尽管如此，每年还有数以千计的运动员参加。

2. ［答案］ B［注释］ A) even though 即使；B) as though 好象，引导从句用虚拟语气。

根据题意，B 应为正确答案；C) even as 正巧在⋯⋯的时候，正如；D) nowthat 既然。

［译文］她神色紧张，好象预料到了麻烦。

3. ［答案］ C［注释］ A) only if 只要，可以引导条件状语从句；B) if only 要是⋯⋯就好了，可以引导虚拟条件句；C) much as 如同，可以引导比较状语从句。

例句：The house was very much as I' remembered it 。

但是在本句中，前后两句的意思显然形成对比关系：我仰慕他的诗才，但是不喜欢他这个人。

所以，本句是由as 引起的倒装结构，C 应为正确答案。

D) as much 不单独使用，一般用在as⋯as⋯结构中。

［译文］尽管我仰慕他作为诗人的才华，但是不喜欢他这个人。

4. ［答案］ A［注释］本题测试连接词as 的用法。

根据题意，本题显然测试由as 引导的类比结构，所以A 为正确答案。

从应试技巧上讲，B), C), D) 都不能引导如本句的结构，而as 在句中相当于主语的功能［译文］不出所料，代表团提出了很多建议5. ［答案］ B［注释］ A) lest 以防，以免，可以引导目的状语从句，或者表示虚拟的目的状语从句；B) as long as 只要，可以引导条件状语从句。

根据两个分句间的语义逻辑，B 应为正确答案。

C) in case 万一，可以引导条件状语从句；D) though 尽管，可以引导让步状语从句。

［译文］只要不用早起，我愿意做任何工作。

6. ［答案］ C ［注释］ A) as far as 就⋯⋯，至于⋯⋯。

这个连接词一般不单独使用，而是与其他表达构成常用句型，如，as far as I ' m concer就ne我d 来说；B) as long as 只要，可以引导条件状语从句；C) as well as 既有，也，可以引导相类似的情况或事物。

根据题意，人们既要应付来自敌人的进攻，还得应付其他困难，所以C 为正确答案。

D) as soon as 一⋯⋯就⋯⋯，可以引导时间状语从句。

［译文］人们既要应付来自于敌人行动的危险，还要应付食品，衣物，燃料等几乎所有物资的严重短缺。

7. ［答案］ B［注释］本题测试连接词before 的用法。

before 可以构成句型：It is/has been/may be + time + before ⋯. 这个结构在翻译时，要译为“多长时间之后，什么事情才发生”，所以B 为正确答案。

［译文］科学家说，要过5 到10年之后，这个药物才能在人身上试用。

8. ［答案］ A［注释］ A) not that ⋯, but that 构成⋯一个句式结构，意为“不是因为⋯⋯，而是因为⋯⋯”，所以A 为正确答案。

B) 和C)的形式不存在。

D) in that 因为，可以引导原因状语从句。

［译文］不是约翰不想帮你，而是他没能力帮你。

9. ［答案］ B［注释］应试要点：测试句间连接词的题，首先要确定主从句之间的逻辑关系；其次，熟悉常用连接词的语法功能。

A) as if 好象，仿佛，可以引导真实或虚拟两种比较状语从句；B) even if 即使，虽然，可以引导让步状语从句。