Question

It sounds like something is wrong with the car’s engine. ________, we’d better take it to the garage immediately.

A. Otherwise          B. If not         C. If so          D. But for that

Answer

C

【解析】

试题分析：考查省略句。在英语中，通常使用so代替与上文意义相同的一句话，用not代替和上文意义相反的一句话。句意：听起来好像汽车的发动机坏了，如果这样，我们最好立刻就去修理厂。本句中so代替something is wrong with the car’s engine。故C项正确。

【名师点睛】

1 if any ------- 明确了范围：

Tom, please lend me a book on the history of China IF ANY

IF ANY==if you have any books of the sort I mention.

2 if anything ------没有明确范围：

Please give me something to drink IF ANYTHING

IF ANYTHING == if you have anything / if there is anything that I can drink.

3 if so ------指代某个明确的动作或者上文同样的一件事情：

I - Will Tom come tomorrow?

- I think so.

- If so, i Will tell him what I think of his travel plan.

If so== if he comes tomorrow

【举一反三】

〖09江西〗Some of you may have finished unit one. _____ , you can go on to unit two.

A. If you may B. If you do C. If not D. If so

〖答案〗D

〖考点〗省略句的用法。

〖解析〗If so = If you have done that / so你们中的一些人可能已经完成第一单元, 如果是这样的话, 你们可以继续第二单元。

考点：考查省略句