请问下面句子应填 it 还是填 itself,为什么?
To my surprise, Mary’s beautiful hair reached below her knees and made______ almost an overcoat for her.
本题答案应填反身代词 itself。这个句子是根据2011年高考英语安徽卷中的一道选择题改编来的。安徽卷的原句是:
Surprisingly, Susan’s beautiful hair reached below her knees and made itself almost an overcoat for her. 令人惊讶的是,苏珊的秀发一直垂到了她的膝盖之下,几乎就像给她披上了一件外套。
当年许多考生误用了 it 来替代 itself,主要是因为忽略了动词 made 的主语是谁。根据英语语法,当动词的宾语与句子主语指同一人或同一事物时,用作宾语的代词应用反身代词,而不能用人称代词宾语。又如:
The baby hurt itself when it fell out of bed. 婴儿从床上掉下来,受了伤。
The country armed itself in preparation for war. 这个国家已武装起来准备打仗。
The story teaches us that history often repeat itself. 这个故事告诉我们历史常常重演。
The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside. 导弹深藏于野草丛中生的山坡里。
The problem solved itself; we did nothing. 问题自己解决了,我们什么也没做。
When a computer that has a virus makes a connection with another computer, for example by email, the virus can make copies of itself and move to the other computer. 当一台带有病毒的计算机与另一计算机相连接的时候,比如通过电子邮件,病毒就可能进行自我复制并转移到另一计算机上。