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They suggested that the work be started at once.中，因为有suggest一词，它后面要用虚拟语气，should +动词原型，should常常可以省略（比如本句）。 又由于work不可能自己开始，所以要用被动语态，即：be动词+ 过去分词，所以，就是They suggested that the work be started at once你可以看一下suggest的用法，里面有例句：suggestKK: []DJ: []vt.1. 建议,提议[+v-ing][+(that)][+wh-]I suggest our going to the park on Sunday.我建议我们星期天去公园。The dentist suggested that she (should) come another day.牙医建议她改天再来。2. 暗示;启发[+(that)]Her expression suggested pleasure.她面露喜色。3. 使人想起,使人联想到[(+to)]That cloud suggests a boat to me.那朵云使我联想到船。关于英语中的省略：省略在语言中，尤其在对话中，是一种常见的现象，它可以使语言简铅宽迅洁明了。英语里被省略部分一般可以在句子中补上，但有时省略结构已成定型，如把省略部分补上，反而不合乎习惯。本节所涉及的内容是有关考研试题中常见的句法上的省略。 例1: We hope the measures to control prices, taken by the government, will succeed. A. when B. as C. since D. after [答案] B. as [注释]本句是as引导的特殊巧薯状语从句的省略型，翻译时作定语从句处理，可理解为省略了they have been。 [译文]我们希望，政府采取的控制物价的措施将会取得成功。 例2: The business of each day, selling goods or shipping them, went quite smoothly. A. it being B. be it C. was itD. it was [答案] B.be it [注释]本题是省略whether和might后主谓倒装的让槐此步状语从句，恢复后应为whether it might be selling goods or shipping them。 [译文]每天的业务，不管是卖货还是运货，都进行得很顺利。 例3: The project requires more labor than because it is extremely difficult. A. has been put in B. have been put in C. being put in D. to be put in [答案] A. has been put in [注释]本题可理解为than后省略了the labor that的比较状语从句。 [译文]这个项目需要的劳动力比已经投入的还多，因为项目任务十分艰巨。 例4: Though in San Francisco, Dave Mitchell had always preferred to record the plain facts of small�town life. A. raised B. grown C. developed D. cultivated [答案] A. raised [注释]本题虽然是词汇试题，但though连接的是省略的让步状语从句，省略了主语和助动词he was。 [译文]虽然Dave Mitchell长在旧金山，但他总是宁愿记录小镇生活的平淡事实。 例5: Jean Wagner's most enduring contribution to the study of Afro�American poetry is his insistence that it in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference. A. is to be analyzed B. has been analyzed C. be analyzed D. should have been analyzed [答案] C. be analyzed [注释]本题答案是省略should的虚拟语气，因为主句中insistence是欲望名词，故同位语从句中谓语须用虚拟语气。 [译文]吉恩·华格纳对美国黑人诗歌研究的不朽贡献是他主张不仅要用世俗的，而且应该用宗教的观点来分析研究美国黑人诗歌。 例6: Just as the soil is a part of the earth, the atmosphere. A. as it is B. the same is C. so is D. and so is [答案] C.so is [注释]本题测试just as..., so... (就像……一样，……也……)句型的用法。jsut as..., so...引导对比从句，在so引导的分句中往往省略一些句子成分。本题如恢复，则应为so the atmosphere is a part of the earth。 [译文]就像土壤是地球的一部分一样，大气也是地球的一部分。 例7: No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything going on in the world. A. it is B. as is C. there is D. what is [答案] C. there is [注释]以there be为谓语动词的定语从句中，如关系代词作主语，则往往省略。 [译文]没有人会有时间去读或听讲述世界上发生的每一件事情。
