单选题 Whether to award Paul a pay raise ______ depends on his further improving his sales performance.
  • (A) or not
  • (B) or so
  • (C) or else
  • (D) or again


【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[理由] 本句测试下列固定结构:
whether or not 是否……
[例] I don't know whether he is going to stay here or not.
(我不知道他是否会留下来。)
[注意]
上列结构中,or not也可省略或置于whether之后,故上句也可改写为:
I don't know whether(or not)he is going to stay here.
(我不知道他是否会留下来。)
根据上述,(A)应为正选
(B)or so表“左右”,须与数字连用。
[例] I think we need fifty thousand dollars or so for this project.
(我想这个计划我们需要5万元左右。)
(C)or else表“否则”,视为连接词。
[例] You should study hard, or else you'll fail the test.
=You should study hard; otherwise you'll fail the test
(你应该用功,否则你无法通过考试。)
*上列两句中,or else是连接词,故之前置逗号。但是otherwise是连接性副词(有连接词的意思,却仍不视为连接词,只作副词),故之前应接分号,以连接两句。