Exercise Forty

　　1. ______________(很少有人不抱怨工作單調(diào)乏味)，but they will feel more bored if they do not work.

　　2. Henry has prepared a party for his girlfriend，______________(結(jié)果卻被告之她到時(shí)候不能來(lái)了).

　　3. The chief reason for the population growth is ______________(與其說(shuō)是出生率的上升，還不如說(shuō)是死亡率的下降).

　　4. True friendship foresees the needs of others ______________(而不是聲明自己的需求).

　　5. Although I liked the appearance of the house，_____________(真正讓我決定買下它的)was the beautiful view through the window.

　　1. Few people do not complain about the tedium of their jobs

　　解析：本題考查對(duì)形容詞few和動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)complain about的掌握。few作形容詞時(shí)意為"很少的，少數(shù)的"，用來(lái)修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，表示少得幾乎沒有。complain (to sb.) about sth.意為"(向某人)抱怨某事"。tedium"沉悶，單調(diào)乏味"，為不可數(shù)名詞。

　　2. only to be told that she couldn't come by then

　　解析：本題考查對(duì)"only+不定式"結(jié)構(gòu)的掌握。"only+不定式"結(jié)構(gòu)相當(dāng)于一個(gè)結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)，意為"結(jié)果卻..."，表示事情的發(fā)展令人不快或與預(yù)料相反。"被告之..."表明不定式要用被動(dòng)式(to be told)。that賓語(yǔ)從句作動(dòng)詞told的賓語(yǔ)，從句的時(shí)態(tài)應(yīng)與主句一致(couldn't)。by then在此處指"到將來(lái)的某個(gè)時(shí)候"。

　　3. not so much a rise in birth rates as a fall in death rates或more a fall in death rates than a rise in birth rates

　　解析：本題考查對(duì)能夠表達(dá)"與其說(shuō)是......，不如說(shuō)是......"的結(jié)構(gòu)及含義的掌握。"not so much...as..."和"more...than..."都可以表示"與其說(shuō)是......，不如說(shuō)是......"。

　　4. rather than proclaims one's own

　　解析：本題考查對(duì)rather than的用法。rather than可以用來(lái)連接并列成分，表示"而不是"的含義。

　　5. what really made me decide to buy it

　　解析：本題考查對(duì)what引導(dǎo)的主語(yǔ)從句的掌握。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，前半句是Although引導(dǎo)的讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，而主句中只有系表結(jié)構(gòu)，缺少主語(yǔ)，故需要翻譯的部分應(yīng)該是一個(gè)主語(yǔ)從句。what和that都可以引導(dǎo)主語(yǔ)從句，但that只起引導(dǎo)作用，不在從句中充當(dāng)成分，而what可以在從句中充當(dāng)主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)或表語(yǔ)，故本句只能使用what。