Verbs and sentence structures (II) & Using and, but, or and soA Read the article about the Galapagos Islands. Complete it using and, but, or and so and write the sentence components (S, V, O, C or P) for the parts in bold.Are you interested in visiting the most beautiful landscapes in the world? Then you must visit the Galapagos Islands! They are in the eastern Pacific Ocean.There are more than 20 volcanoes in the Galapagos Islands, (1)
13 of them are active! The volcanoes make (2) the local beaches (
) (3) special (
). The sand on the Galapagos beaches can be black, red (4)
green.These islands are famous for their rare plants and animals, such as giant tortoises. They can weigh nearly 500 kg! They are big, (5)
they move very slowly. Like many other Galapagos animals, giant tortoises don’t live anywhere else on the planet. Many of the area’s rare plants and animals give (6) useful information (
) to (7) scientists (
). These islands help scientists better understand the natural world.Today, climate change and pollution are putting the Galapagos Islands at risk, (8)
local governments are trying to protect them. We hope that they can save the Galapagos Islands.
解析：
【解析】
我们逐空结合连词用法和句子成分规则分析：
1. 空(1)：前后分句“加拉帕戈斯群岛有20多座火山”和“其中13座是活火山”是顺承并列关系，选并列连词and。
2. 空(2)：在“make the local beaches special”结构中，make后动作的承受对象the local beaches是宾语，标记为O。
3. 空(3)：形容词special用来补充说明宾语the local beaches的特征，是宾语补足语，标记为C。
4. 空(4)：句中表示沙子的颜色可以是黑色、红色或者绿色，是供选择的并列关系，选连词or。
5. 空(5)：前后分句“它们体型很大”和“它们移动非常缓慢”是转折逻辑，选转折连词but。
6. 空(6)：在“give useful information to scientists”结构中，give后动作的直接承受对象useful information是直接宾语，标记为O。
7. 空(7)：介词to后的scientists是动作的指向对象，为间接宾语，标记为IO。
8. 空(8)：前后分句“气候变化和污染正将加拉帕戈斯群岛置于危险之中”和“当地政府正尽力保护它们”是因果逻辑，选表结果的连词so。
【答案】
(1) and
(2) O
(3) C
(4) or
(5) but
(6) O
(7) IO
(8) so
【知识点】
并列连词用法
句子成分划分
宾语补足语识别
【点评】
本题结合语篇语境既考查了基础并列连词and、but、or、so的语义逻辑辨析，又同步考查英语简单句的核心成分识别，考点贴合初中英语句法基础的学习要求，难度梯度平缓，能有效检验学生对基础句法和连词用法的掌握程度。
【难度系数】
0.7
