语法考题考查but的四个热点 一、直接考查连词but在语境中的用法即要求考生根据试题的语境（看其是否有转折意味）来确定连词but的正确使用。这类考题通常会将连词but与连词and, so, or等结合起来考查。同学们做题时要注意比较，尤其要注意比较各个连词填入句子后，比较句意的逻辑性和通畅性。如：http://yingyu.chazidian.com1. 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【解析】D。or的意思是“否则”“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【解析】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【解析】C。“有人打电话来找我”与“没有人知道我在这里”是转折关系，故填but。二、利用but的转折语境考查其他知识点即根据题干中连词but的转折性语境来确定相关知识点的选择。此时尤其要注意前后相关信息的对比、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【解析】C。由于句中用了转折连词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【解析】D。句中的badly不是表示“糟糕地”，而是表示“很”“非常”，这样用的badly主要与表示“想要”或“需要”的词语或短语（如want, need, be in need of等）连用。如：Our school is badly in need of English teacher. 我们学校急需英语教师。/ He wants to buy a new car badly. 他很想买辆新车。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【解析】D。比较：“could+have+过去分词”的意思是“本来可以”“本来应该”“本来能够”；“must+have+过去分词”的意思是“一定已经”；“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”。根据句意，显然只有D最佳。三、考查but的相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【解析】D。题目考查not…but…的用法，其意为“不是……而是……”。全句意为：两代人之间引起的误解往往不是他们的(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【解析】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态，也不是事物表象给人的感觉，而是其本来的样子。四、考查连词but与定语从句的相互干扰大家知道，在含有定语从句的复合句中，我们是不能在主句与从句之间使用并列连词的。但是，命题者有时却会利用连词but与定语从句的相互干扰性来考查考生的辨别能力。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【解析】A。此题考查it is...that…这一强调句句型。句意为：我不介意她批评我，我反对的是她批评我的方式。由于句中使用了并列连词but，所以绝对不能选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【解析】A。用it代替前面整句话的内容。但若去掉but，则选which。