核心问题 1
The teachers are busy with correcting papers. A B C D
《英语高考精典》(人民日报出版社,p.132)认为必须把 with 改为 in。您认为有此必要吗?
词典解答 1
这道判错题本身并没有错误。见 busy in doing/busy with doing。
核心问题 2
Early as it was, but a lot of people were waiting to buy new stamps in front of the post office. (上海会考,94-31)
答案为 B。但选项 B(but) 有什么错误呢？
词典解答 2
连词 but 的用法是一个常考项目，切不可掉以轻心。测试者之所以常考这个项目，是因为中国学生受汉语的干扰，常常误用这个词。汉语里常说“虽然……但是”“尽管……但是”，但是英语里却绝不可以说“Early as it was, but...”，“Although...but...”。为了不犯这种错误，可以这样来记 but 的用法：but 是个并列连词，只能用在并列句中，绝不可用在从属句中（as, although 和 though 引导的都是从属句）。见 as ，although 。