语法考试试题考查but的四个热门
1、直接考查连词but在语境中的使用方法
即需要考生依据考试试题的语境（看其是不是有转折意味）来确定连词but的正确用。这种考试试题一般会将连词but与连词and, so, or等结合起来考查。同学们做题时应该注意比较，特别应该注意比较每个连词填入句子后，比较句意的逻辑性和通畅性。如：
1. You have failed two tests. You’d better start working harder, ||||||||| you won’t pass the course.
A. and B. so C. but D. or
【分析】D。or的意思是“不然”“要不然”，只有此词填入空格，句意最通顺。
2. They wanted to charge $5, 000 for the car, ||||||||| we managed to bring the price down.
A. but B. so C. when D. since
【分析】A。前后两分句之间是转折关系，故用but。
3. —Somebody wants you on the telephone.
—||||||||| no one knows I’m here.
A. For B. And C. But D. So
【分析】C。“有人打电话来找我”与“无人了解我在这里”是转折关系，故填but。
2、借助but的转折语境考查其他要点
即依据题干中连词but的转折性语境来确定有关要点的选择。此时特别应该注意前后有关信息的对比、对照或互为相反义。如：
1. He has made a lot of films, but ||||||||| good ones.
A. any B. some C. few D. many
【分析】C。因为句中用了转折连词but，所以要填few与前面的many相对比。
2. It’s hard for him playing against me. I’ve got nothing to play for, but for him, he needs to win so |||||||||.
A. far B. well C. little D. badly
【分析】D。句中的badly不是表示“糟糕地”，而是表示“非常”“很”，如此用的badly主要与表示“想要”或“需要”的词汇或短语（如want, need, be in need of等）连用。如：Our school is badly in need of English teacher. 大家学校急切需要英语教师。/ He wants to buy a new car badly. 他非常想买辆新车。
3. I told your friend how to get to the hotel, but perhaps I ||||||||| have driven her there.
A. could B. must C. might D. should
【分析】D。比较：“could+have+过去分词”的意思是“本来可以”“本来应该”“本来可以”；“must+have+过去分词”的意思是“肯定已经”；“might+have+过去分词”的意思是“本来可以”“本来可能”；“should+have+过去分词”的意思是“本来应该”。依据句意，显然只有D最好。
3、考查but的有关结构或句式
如考查not…but…, not only…but (also)…等句式的搭配和运用。如：
1. Between the two generations, it is often not their age, ||||||||| their education that causes misunderstanding.
A. like B. as C. or D. but
【分析】D。题目考查not…but…的使用方法，其意为“不是……而是……”。全句意为：两代人之间引起的误解总是不是他们的(不同)年龄，而是他们所受的(不同)教育。
2. Reality is not the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, ||||||||| the way they actually are.
A. as B. or C. but D. and
【分析】C。此题也是考查not…but…结构。全句意为：现实不是你想象出来的事物的状况，更不是事物表象给人的感觉，而是其本来的样子。
4、考查连词but与定语从句的相互干扰
大伙了解，在含有定语从句的复合句中，大家是不可以在主句与从句之间用并列连词的。但，命题者有时却会借助连词but与定语从句的相互干扰性来考查考生的分辨能力。如：
1. I don’t mind her criticizing me, but ||||||||| is how she does it that I object to.
A. it B. that C. this D. which
【分析】A。此题考查it is...that…这一强调句句型。句意为：我不在意她批评我，我反对的是她批评我的方法。因为句中用了并列连词but，所以绝对不可以选D。
2. The doctor advised Vera strongly that she should take a holiday, but ||||||||| didn’t help.
A. it B. she C. which D. he
【分析】A。用it代替前面整句话的内容。但若去掉but，则选which。
