4、省略表语。
e.g. ---- Are you thirsty? ---- Yes, I am (thirsty).
3、省略作宾语的不定式短语,只保留to。
e.g. ---- Are you going there? ---- I’d like to (go there).
He did not give me the chance, though he had promised to (give me the chance).
注意:如果该宾语是be动词或完成时态,则须在to之后加上be或have。
e.g. ---- Are you an engineer? ---- No, but I want to be.
---- He hasn’t finished the task yet. ---- Well, he ought to have.
2、省略主谓语或主谓语的一部分。
e.g. (There is) No smoking. (Is there) Anything wrong? Why (do you) not say hello to him?
为了使讲话和行文简洁,句中某些成分有时可省略。省略可分以下几种情况:
(一)简单句中的省略
1、省略主语:祈使句中主语通常省略。其它省略主语多限于少数现成的说法。
e.g. (I) Thank you for your help.(括号内为省略的词语,下同)
(I) see you tomorrow. (It) Doesn’t matter.
18. So ____ that no fish can live in it.
A. shallow is the lake B. the lake is shallow C. shallow the lake is D. is the lake shallow
17. ____ is not everybody ____ can draw so well.
A. It, all B. It, that C. There, who D. There, that
16. It was ____ I met Mr Green in Shanghai.
A. many years that B. many years before C. many years ago that D. many years when
15. Mary speaks in a low voice; ____ is difficult to know what she is saying.
A. it B. that C. so D. she
14. Was it because he was ill ____ he asked for leave?
A. and B. that C. that’s D. so
13. It was on October 1st ____ new China was founded.
A. which B. when C. as D. that