英语中副词在句子中的位置相对灵活，根据句子结构和副词种类的不同，有些可以用于从句的句首，而有些则应放在句中的动词前，或放在句尾使用。表示频率的常用副词 “never、rarely、frequently” 和强调程度的副词 “incredibly” 应该出现在句子中的哪个位置？看下面八道题中列出的八个生活场景，根据题面的要求，一一做答。

1. Which of the following sentences is correct?

a) Rarely the weather in the UK is warm in December.

b) The weather is rarely warm in the UK in December.

c) The weather is warm in the UK in December rarely.

d) The weather is warm rarely in the UK in December.

2. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct?

a) Frequently the band performed at music festivals in the summer.

b) The band frequently performed at music festivals in the summer.

c) The band performed at music festivals in the summer frequently.

d) The band performed at frequently music festivals in the summer.

3. Which of the following sentences is correct?

a) Never we managed to come to an agreement, so we didn’t buy the house.

b) We never managed to come to an agreement, so we didn’t buy the house.

c) We managed to come to an agreement never, so we didn’t buy the house.

d) We managed to come to an agreement, so we didn’t buy the house never.

4. Which of the following sentences is correct?

a) They are definitely the best football team in the world.

b) They are the definitely best football team in the world.

c) They are the best football team definitely in the world.

d) They are the best football team in definitely the world.

5. Which of the following sentences is correct?

a) What basically you’re trying to say is that you can’t make it to my party on Friday.

b) What you’re trying to say is that you can’t make it basically to my party on Friday.

c) Basically, what you’re trying to say is that you can’t make it to my party on Friday.

d) What you’re trying to say is that you can’t make basically it to my party on Friday.

6. Which of the following sentences is correct?

a) It’s expensive incredibly to stay in that hotel.

b) It’s incredibly expensive to stay in that hotel.

c) It’s expensive to stay incredibly in that hotel.

d) Incredibly expensive it is to stay in that hotel.

7. Which of the following sentences is correct?

a) She wasn’t seriously injured luckily in the accident.

b) She wasn’t seriously injured in luckily the accident.

c) Luckily, she wasn’t seriously injured in the accident.

d) She wasn’t luckily seriously injured in the accident.

8. Which of the following sentences is NOT correct?

a) I don’t want to spread gossip, but James apparently has been sacked.

b) I don’t want to spread gossip, but apparently James has been sacked.

c) I don’t want to spread gossip, but James has been sacked apparently.

d) I don’t want to spread gossip, apparently but James has been sacked.

答案

1) b, 2) d, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c, 6) b, 7) c, 8) d.