I see four kinds of pressure working on college students today: economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, also not least but last, self-induced pressure.
本题重点考查并列连词的用法。句中提到有四种压力,画线部分前面是三个并列 的名词词组,后面也是一个名词词组,都是在具体说出这四种压力,因此画线部分应 该是一个并列连接词。不应该是一个语义上不通的短语。四个选项中能够表示并列的 连词就只有A和B选项,但A选项的意思是“或者” ,与句子的意思不符,故选B。
[参考译文]我认为当今大学生面临四种压力:经济压力、父母的压力、同辈的压力以及 自己对自己的压力。
[语法拓展] 英语中的平行结构:平行结构指的是内容相似,结构相同,无先后顺序,无因果关 系的并列句。其中一种形式就是连词连接两个对等的词和对等的结构,如并列连词 and, but, as well as, or, or else, both...and..., neither...nor..., either...or..., not only...but (also)… rather than, as...as...等,以及从属连词than。平行结构注意事项如下:
① 所连接的谓语形式必须一致。
e.g. Gunpowder was discovered in the twelfth century, but not used in warfare until two hundred years later.火药是在12世纪发现的,但直到两百年后才用于战争。
② 所连接的词或短语形式必须一致。
e.g. Your semester grade is based not only on how well you do on each test, but also on how you participate in class.你的学期成绩不仅基于你每次测试的成绩,而且也要基于你在课堂上的表现。
We often go to the countryside as well as to factories.我们经常去乡下和工厂。
I would much rather go to the countryside than stay here.我宁愿去乡下而不愿待在这儿。
③ 连接的非谓语动词形式必须一致。
e.g. Some find swimming more enjoyable than sitting at home reading.有些人发现游泳比坐 在家里读书更令人开心。
He was engaged in writing a letter rather than reading the newspaper.他在写信,没有读报纸。
④ 所连接的句子结构必须一致。
e.g. She is pleased with what you have given and all that you have told him.她对你的付出和 告诉她的一切感到满意。
The purpose of the research had a more different meaning for them than it did for us.与我们相比,研究目的对他们有更加不同的意义。