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We all thought it ____ that we had no chance of seeing the film star. A. a sorry B. was a pity C. very pity D. a pity 答案为 D。能否选 B 呢？
出题者只注意了一种句型: think + 宾语 + 宾语补足语(A), 而忽略了另一种句型 think + that 宾语从句(B)。选项 D 属于句型 A(it 为形式宾语), 选项 B 属于句型 B:
A. 1. Do you think it necessary? 你认为这是必要的吗？
B. 1. I think it's going to rain. (OELD) 我看要下雨了。
I don't think so/I think not
Is he going to the movies? ____
A. Yes, I think. B. No, I don't think so. C. No, I don't think. D. No, I think not. (《英语中考强化训练》，上海交大出版社，p.5)
书上给的答案是 B。但我认为 D 也是正确的。
同意你的意见。下面的实例足资证明：
Do you think it will rain? Yes, I think so. No, I think not. (ALD) 你认为会下雨吗？是的，我认为会下雨。不，我认为不会下雨。 更详细的情形，请见 I hope not, I suppose not。
didn't think $^{1}$
She thought she had done fairly well, but she didn't think she had won. 我从英语教科书中学到 think 的否定式 + (that) 宾语从句, 否定要转移到从句中去。上句中的 didn't think 是否也把否定转移到宾语从句中去呢?
think 等动词的一般现在时的否定式(don't think)通常把否定转移到宾语从句中去,见 transferred negation。但是,think 的一般过去时的否定式(didn't think)有时是表示“没有料到”的意思。这时并不发生否定的转移,而是否定 think 本身的:
We didn't think we'd be this late. 我们没有料到我们会来得这么晚。
Little did he think that I would be there as well. 他一点儿也没有料到我也去了那里。
He didn't think my appointment would generate such intense political fallout. (Hillary, Living History) 他没有料到对我的任命会引发那么剧烈的政治反应。
有时则是表示否定的转移,尤其是主语为第一人称时:
… and he asked me what I thought. I did not think he should run and told him so. (Hillary, Living History) ……我认为他不应当参选，我便坦白地告诉了他。
[句意]她认为她表演得相当好，但没有料到她会获胜。
didn't think $^{2}$
——Come on, Peter. I want to show you something.
—Oh, how nice of you! I ____ you ____ to bring me a gift.
A. never think; are going B. never thought; were going
C. didn't think; were going D. hadn't thought; were going(全国高考,90-37)
标准答案为 B, 但我认为 C 也是正确的。请分析。
你的看法是正确的。C无论在语法上，还是在语义上都是站得住脚的。关于选C的正确性，请见think³(didn't think¹)。请注意，选C的意思是：我没有想到你会给我带来礼物的。（见transferred negation⁴）
I( we ) think 用作插入句
He made another wonderful discovery, ____ of great importance to science.
A. which I think is B. which I think it is
C. which I think it D. I think which is(上海高考,98-21)
答案为 A。但是对于 which I think is of great importance to science 的结构我怎么也看不明白。
I think 是个插入句。插入句可以插入到一个语法结构业已完整的句子里去。它的语义特点是: 对句子的内容作一些附加说明。它的语法特点是: 把它去掉之后, 句子的结构和语义都是完整的。拿上面的句子来说, 去掉 I think 之后句子仍是完整的:
He made another wonderful discovery, which is of great importance to science. 再如：
Marie looked at Sophie. ‘We knew we had to protect our grandchildren, and we did what we thought was best.’ (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 玛丽注视着索菲说：“但我们知道，
我们必须保护好孙子孙女，于是采取了自认为最可靠的办法。”（《达·芬奇密码》）常常用于插入句的动词还有 suppose, know, hope, believe, guess, find, say。插入句是各类标准化英语考试的常考题型，应熟练掌握(参见 parenthesis)。
The pen I ____ I ____ is on my desk, right under my nose.
As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think ____.
Sometimes we are asked ____ we think the likely result of an action will be.
The physicist has made a discovery, ____ of great importance to the progress of science and technology.
, parenthesis。
They also hoped to find a new continent which they thought existed in the Indian or Pacific Ocean. [《高中英语教科书》第三册(上),人教社,p.8] 为什么 which 从句中出现了两个谓语 thought 和 existed?
which 从句中的 they thought 应分析为插入句, 见
____ you have seen both fighters, ____ will win? A. Since ... do you think who B. As ... who you think C. When ... whoever D. Since ... who do you think(上海高考,95-19) 答案为 D。但是,我一直没有弄清 who do you think will win 的结构。
请阅读 interrogative sentence, suggest 条目之后再回过头来做下面的英语试题: ——What do you think made Mary so upset? ——her new bicycle. A. As she lost B. Lost C. Losing D. Because of losing(上海高考97-13)
A. As she lost B. Lost C. Losing D. Because of losing(上海高考97-13)
混合疑问句中的 do you think 见 interrogative sentence