Unit 6 Detective stories(1)
第六单元 侦探小说
重点难点
1. Why are you dressed like that, Eddied? 埃迪,为什么你穿成那样?
2. I’m a detective. 我是一个侦探。
★detective用作名词,意为“侦探”。如:
①He is a private detective. 他是一名私人侦探。
②His father is a detective. 他父亲是一位侦探。
★detective用作形容词,意为“侦探的”。如:
①My brother likes reading detective novels. 我弟弟喜欢看侦探小说。
②Have you seen that detective film? 你看过地部侦探片了吗?
★detect用作动词,意为“侦察”“侦查(罪案等)”“察觉”。如:
①This police officer’s job is to detect fraud. 这位警官负责侦查欺诈案。
②Mr. Green said that detecting the murder was his duty.
格式先生说侦查这起谋杀案是他的责任。
③Can you detect any change in the room? 你发现房间里有什么变化吗?
3. No, this is much more serious. 不,这要严重多。
★serious用作形容词,意为“庄重的”“严肃的”。如:
①He looks very serious. 他看上去非常庄重。
②I want to have a serious talk with you. 我要和你严肃地谈一下。
③He was serious about his future. 他很认真地面对未来。
★serious用作形容词,意为“重大的”“危险的”。如:
①The mistake is not very serious. 错误并不十分严重。
②That is a serious problem. 那是个重大的问题。
③He has a serous illness. 他患了重病。
★seriously用作副词,意为“严重地”“严肃地”“认真地”。如:
①Three people were seriously injured in the accident. 在那事故中有三人严重受伤。
②His mother is seriously ill. 他妈妈病得很重。
③It’s time you started to think seriously about the future. 是认真考虑你前途的时候了。
④Don’t look at me so seriously. 别那样一本正经地看着我。
4. My food has gone missing. 我的食物不见了。
★go可用作连系动词,意为“变成”“处于……状态”,后接形容词,而且多指不好的变化。如:
①The food has gone bad. 食物变质了。
②I can’t understand how I went wrong. 我搞不清是怎么走错路的。
③His face went red with anger. 他气得满脸通红。
④What can be done in order to make sure that no one in the world goes hungry?
为了确保世界上没有人挨饿,人们可以做些什么呢?
★look是表示感觉的连系动词,意为“看不去、看起来”。用作连系动词,后面接形容词做表语。如:
①He looks quite strong. 他看起来很强壮。
②She looked very upset when she heard that she had failed the exam.
听到考试不及格时,她看起来很难过。
③He looks very happy today. 他今天看上去很开心。
【注】与look类似的还有sound, smell, taste, feel,这几个词都可表示某一事物给人的感觉怎样。如:
④Your answer doesn’t sound right. 你的回答听起来不大对。
⑤The meat smells bad(terrible). 这肉变味了。
⑥Your forehead feels hot. 你的前额摸上去有点热。
⑦The dishes my mother cooks taste delicious. 我妈妈烧的菜味道很好。
⑧His idea sounds strange, but think it over and you will find it reasonable.
他的想法听起来奇怪,但仔细一想,你会发现它很有道理。
⑨The material feels soft like silk. 这料子摸上去像丝绸一样柔软。
★become, get, grow, turn, 等也作连系动词,意思多为“转变”“变得”,后接形容词,一般指逐渐变化的过程。如:
①He became sad when he heard the news. 听到这消息,他变得很伤心。
②They never knew that the population problem would become so serious.
他们根本不知道人口问题会变得这么严重。
③Hurry up! It’s getting dark. 快点,天就要黑了。
④The days get shorter and the nights get longer. 白昼变短了,而夜晚变长了。
⑤The more they though about it, the angrier they grew. 他们越想越气愤。
⑥Leaves turn brown in autumn. 树叶到秋天就变黄了。
⑦He turned pale at the thought of the matter. 想到这件事情,他脸色变得苍白。
5. missing的用法
6. Many people like to read detective stories because they are exciting.
许多人喜欢看侦探小说因为这些故事刺激。
★excited表示“兴奋的”“激动的”,它在句中作表语,通常指人的感觉,许多时候与介词about和at连用。如:
①What are you so excited about? 什么事使你这么激动?
②The boy is excited about/at the football match. 男孩对这场足球赛感到非常兴奋。
③He was very excited about / at finding such big bird eggs.
他对找到如此大的鸟蛋感到很兴奋。
★exciting也为形容词,意为“令人激动的”“令人兴奋的”,它在句中多作定语或表语,常指事物的情况。如:
①What exciting news it is! 这是多么振奋人心的消息呀!
②I’ve never seen such an exciting match before! 以前我从没见过如此激动人心的比赛。
③I found her too excited to say a word. 我发现她激动得说不出话来。
④It was exciting to talk to her. 和她交谈是一件令人兴奋的事。
7. Read the detective’s report and his notes on the suspects.
读一下侦探有关犯罪嫌疑人的报告和笔记。
★report用作名词,意为“报告”“报导”“汇报”。如:
①He made a report on the problem. 他对这个问题作了报导。
②Her report was very interesting. 她作的报告非常有趣。
③I will write a report this evening. 今晚我要写一个报告。
④Did you watch the news report of the accident? 你看了那次事故的报道了吗?
★report用作动词,意为“报告”“报道”“传达”“汇报”。如:
①All accidents must be reported to the police. 所有的意外事故都要报告警方。
②Some people reported having seeing the boy. 有几个人说曾经见过那个男孩。
③The event wasn’t reported in the newspaper. 这事件没有在报纸上报道。
④I’ll report to you if he comes back. 他回来的话,我就向你报告。
★It is reported that…意为“据报道……”。如:
①It is reported that the number of the tigers is increasing. 据报道,老虎的数量在增加。
②It is reported that the murderer has been caught. 据报道,那个凶手已经抓到。
【注】It is said that…意为“据说”。如:
③It is said that he has come back from England. 据说他从英国回来了。
④It is said that he has passed the driving test. 据说他通过了驾驶考试。
8. note的用法
★note用作名词,意为“笔记”“记录”“便条”“纸币”等。如:
①You must listen to the teacher carefully and take notes in class.
在课堂上,你必须认真听老师讲,并记好笔记。
②I should look at my notes. 我得看看我的笔记。
③I left a not to him to tell him to attend the meeting in afternoon.
我留下一张便条叫他下午来开会。
④She said that she would send him five ten-pound notes.
她说她将给他寄去五张十磅的钞票。
⑤You must learn to make(take) notes in class. 你必须学会在课堂上记笔记。
★note用作动词,意为“记下”“写下”“注意”。如:
①The policeman noted the driver’s name and address. 警察记下了司机的名字和地址。
②Drivers must note road signs. 司机必须注意看路标。
③Please note that the book must be returned in a week. 请注意这本书必须在一周内归还。
9. We have four suspects. 我们有四名嫌疑人。
★suspect和作可数名词,意为“嫌疑犯”。如:
①When the man was found dead, the police caught two suspects.
当发现那人死后,警察抓住了两名嫌疑犯。
②He is one of the suspects. 他是嫌疑犯中的一个。
★suspect用作动词,意为“怀疑”“猜想”。如:
①Do you suspect me? 你怀疑我吗?
②He suspected me of taking his money. 他怀疑我拿他的钱。
③I suspect him to be a pickpocket. 我猜想他是个扒手。
10. height的用法
★height用作名词,意为“高度”“身高”。如:
①What is the height of the mountain? 这山有多高?
②He is two meters in height. 他身高二米。
③The aircraft was flying at a height of 2,000 feet. 飞机在2000英尺的高空飞行。
11. untidy的用法
untidy为形容词,意思是“不整洁的”“邋遢的”。是tidy的反义词。如:
①What an untidy room! 多乱的房间啊!
②This is an untidy garden, isn’t it? 这花园很乱,不是吗?
③Although he is a famous scientist, he looks so untidy.
尽管他是一位著名的科学家,但是他看起来比较邋遢。
12. Police have confirmed that the victim was a computer programmer.
经警察确认受害者是一位计算机程序员。
confirm用作动词,意为“证实”“证明(报告,意见等)的正确性”。如:
①The report was later confirmed. 后来,这份报告得到了证实。
②Please send an E-mail to confirm your arrival date.
请发一封电子邮件确认一下你的抵达日期。
③When asked, she confirmed that she was going to retire.
有人问她时,她肯定了她将要退休。
④Our teacher confirmed that little Tom had been ill in hospital 3 days before.
我们的班主任已经证实小汤姆三天前就生病住院了。
⑤His illness confirmed my suspicions. 他的生病证明了我的猜疑属实。
13. He was last seen leaving his office in New Town at about 7 p.m.
人们最后一次看见他大概是在下午7点他离开新镇办公室的时候。
动词leave除表示“离开”以外,还有以下几种用法。
★leave用作动词,意为“留下”“丢下”。如:
①Better take off your shoes and leave them outside. 最好把鞋子脱掉,放在外面。
②He left his umbrella in the train. 他把伞忘在火车上了。
★leave表示“剩下”,大多情况下用作被动语态或过去分词形式。如:
①In the past no trees were left in or around the village.
=In the past there were no trees left in or around the village.
过去这个村里及周围没剩下一棵树。
②I’ve got three tickets left for tonight’s film. 今晚的电影票我有三张多余的。
③Is there any water left in the thermos. 热水瓶里还有水吗?
④Twenty dollars of income a week doesn’t leave much for saving.
每周20美元的收入剩不了多少可以攒的。
★leave用作动词,表示“使……(处于某种状态之中)”,接宾语+宾语补足语。如:
①Leave the door open when you go out. 出去时,不要关门。
②His illness left him very weak. 他生病以后,身体很虚弱。
③Those men covered their faces with a piece of black cloth, leaving only their eyes exposed.
那些人用一块黑布遮住脸,只露出他们的眼睛。
④We left her standing there happy and excited.
我们让她一个人站在那儿,她显得既愉快又兴奋。
【注】我们说leave作“遗忘”解时通常带一个地点状语或时间状语,这是因为缺了状语句子意思不能完整。如:She left the book. 一句意思显然不明确,非得说She left the book in my room the other day. 意思才完整。
14. Police believe that the murder took place between 9 p.m and 1 a.m last night.
警察确信这起凶杀案发生于昨晚9点到凌晨1点之间。
believe的用法见Unit 2
15. take place的用法
请参见Unit 4
16. They are not sure whether the victim was killed somewhere else and then dumped in Valley Town, or killed at the place where he was found.
他们怀疑被害人是否被害于别的什么地方然后移尸到峡谷镇还是被害于现场。
whether用作连词,表示“是否”,有疑问的含义。一般情况下whether和if可以互换,都可放在ask, know, see, learn, understand, wonder等词的后面引导宾语从句。但在以下几种情况中通常只能用whether。如:
★whether用在介词后的宾语从句中。如:
①It depends on whether he’s ready. 这取决于他是否准备好了。
②I’m not interested in whether you’ll come or not. 你来不来我都不感兴趣。
★whether与or not连用。间或也可用if…or not。如:
①I couldn’t decide whether or not to go to the party. 我不能决定是否参加晚会。
②I wonder whether I’ll catch the last bus or not. 我不知道能否赶得上末班公共汽车。
★whether从句在句首时,不能用if。如:
①Whether you see her or not, phone me later. 无论你是否看见她,过后打电话给我。
②Whether it is good or not, I can’t say. 我说不上这是好还是不好。
★whether引导主语从句、表语从句或同位语从句时,不能用if。如:
①Whether he’ll come is very important. 他是否会来非常重要。
②The question is whether they will arrive on time. 问题是他们会不会准时到来。
③The question whether we should go there must be decided then.
我们是否应该去那儿这个问题必须迅速作出决定。
★whether与不定式连用时,不能用if。如:
①Please tell me whether to close the window. 请告诉我是否要关窗户。
②He doesn’t know whether to stay at his uncle’s. 他不知道是否该留在叔叔家。
17. else的用法
参见Unit 1
18. dump的用法
★dump用作动词,意为“堆放”“倾倒”“丢弃”,尤其指随便地,不负责任的堆放或倾倒。如:
①Don’t dump that sand in the middle of the road. 不要把沙子倒在路中间。
②They dumped their bags on my floor and left. 他们把袋子胡乱放在我的地板上就走了。
③We must stop them from dumping waste in the river.
我们必须阻止他们向河里倾倒废物。
【注】dump用作名词,意为“垃圾场”。
19. We are asking anyone who saw anything suspicious last night to contact us.
我们迫切希望昨晚看到任何可疑现象的人与我们联系。
★suspicious用作形容词,意为“有疑心的”“表示怀疑的”“可疑的”,与of或about连用。如:
①I was very suspicious about his words. 我对他所说的话有怀疑。
②What he said made the police suspicious. 他说的话引起了警察的怀疑。
③I’m very suspicious that she was not at home on the evening the murder.
谋杀案当晚她不在家,此点非常可疑。
★动词doubt也作“怀疑”解,doubt可接名词或代作宾语,还可以接宾语从句。如:
①They doubt him before. 他们以前曾怀疑过他。
②I doubt whether what he said is true. 我怀疑他所说的是否属实。
③I don’t doubt that he can swim across the river. 我相信他能游过河去。
④I doubt that he can do the job well. 我不相信他能把这项工作做好。
★doubt作名词时可接同位语从句。用于否定句时可接that引导的同位语从句;用于肯定句时,后接whether引导的同位语从句,whether不可以用if替换。如:
①There is no doubt that he will give you some advice on your study.
毫无疑问,他会就你的学习给你作一些指导的。
②There is no doubt that she will marry him. 毫无疑问,他一定会娶他。
③There is some doubt whether they will win the match.
他们会不会赢得这场比赛还不能肯定。
★doubt作名词常与介词about, of, as, to, on等连用。如:
①I have no doubt of his honesty. 对于他的诚实我毫不怀疑。
②There is no doubt about it. 此事无可怀疑。
③He has his doubts as to this being true. 他怀疑这事是否真实。
④No one has any doubt on this point. 这一点没有人会怀疑。
20. contact的用法
★contact用作动词,意为“联系”“联络”“接触”。如:
①Where can I contact you tomorrow? 明天我在哪里跟你联系?
②Please tell me how I can contact you. 告诉我怎样与你联系。
★contact用作名词,意为“联系”“联络”“接触”,相当于touch,常与介词with连用。如:
①Have you been in contact with him these days? 你近来与他联系过吗?
②I’ll try to get in contact with him tomorrow. 明天我将设法与他取得联络。
③You should keep in contact with him. 你应该与他保持联系。
21. Valley Town’s top detective峡谷镇最好的侦探
★top用作形容词,意为“最高的”“杰出的”“第一位的”“最好的”。如:
①He is a top student in our class. 他是我们班上尖子学生。
②He lives on the top floor. 他住在顶层。
③Don’t drive at top speed. 不要以最高时速开车。
④He won the prize as a top director. 他获得了最佳导演奖。
⑤Have you read the top news in today’s newspaper?
你看了今天报纸上的头条新闻了吗?
★top作名词用,意为“顶”“顶部”“上部”“顶盖”“顶点”。如:
①There is a tower at the top of the hill. 山顶上有一座塔。
②The top of a table is red. 一张桌子的桌面是红色的。
③Please read Line 9 from the top. 请看正数第9行。
④The bottle top is broken. 瓶盖坏了。
⑤It’s comfortable to sit in a carriage without a top. 坐无篷的马车很舒服。
⑥Please take the top of the table. 请坐上座。
⑦The government tops will hold an important meeting tomorrow.
政府高级官员明天要开重要的会议。
⑧The top of the crop only makes up 30%。 收成中最好的部分仅占30%。
22. We are particularly interested in hearing from anyone who saw anything unusual near Upper Street.
我们还特别想向昨晚在阿佩尔街附近看到任何可疑之处的人了解情况。
particularly的用法参见Unit 5
23. Detective Jones said that the victim was attacked with a knife and bled to death as a result.
约翰侦探说受害者是遭到了刀的袭击,因而流血致死。
★attack用作及物动词,意为“攻击”“(疾病等)侵袭”。如:
①The wolves attacked the villages yesterday. 昨天狼群攻击了村民。
②His remarks were attacked in the newspaper. 他的言论在报纸上受到抨击。
③This disease attacks most crops. 这种疾病侵袭了大部分庄稼。
④He is easy to be attacked with a disease. 他很容易生病。
★attack用作不及物动词,表示“攻击”。如:
①They will attack next month. 他们将于下个月进攻。
②The enemy attacked at night. 敌军在夜间发起攻击。
★attack用作名词,意为“攻击”“进攻”“(疾病等)侵袭”。如:
①They made a surprise attack and seized the city. 他们突然袭击并占领了那座城市。
②He had a heart attack last night. 昨天夜里他心脏病突发。
24. as a result的用法
参见Unit 4
25. There was also evidence of a struggle. 还有博斗痕迹。
★evidence用作不可数名词,意为“证明”“证据”“证词”。如:
①An important piece of evidence has been found. 发现了一条重要证据。
②There is some evidence to suggest that he was there on the night she was murdered.
有一些证据证明她被谋杀当晚他在现场。
③Running away was evidence of his guilt. 他逃走就证明了他是有罪的。
④Her statement to the police was used in evidence against him.
她向警察所作的口供,成了指控他的证据。
★evidence还要作“形迹”“迹象”“征兆”解。如:
①There is evidence of his having slept here. 这儿有他睡过的迹象。
②There was no evidence of a struggle in the room. 房间里找不出博斗的痕迹。
★in evidence意为“显眼”。如:
①The police were much in evidence whenever the President made a public appearance.
每当总统在公开场合露面时,到处都可以看到警察。
②Her red hair was much in evidence in the crowd. 她那一头红发在人群中格外醒目。
③He’s the sort of man who likes to be very much in evidence at important meetings.
他是非常喜欢在重大会议上出风头的那种人。
26. struggle的用法
★struggle用作名词,意为“争斗”“费劲”。如:
①Don’t give up without a struggle. 不要没有经过努力就放弃。
②There people were hurt in the struggle. 有三人在这场争斗中受伤。
③It was a struggle for her to make him understand. 她费了好大劲才使他理解。
④With a struggle, she controlled her feelings. 她竭力控制住自己的感情。
★struggle作为不及物动词,意思是“艰难地进行,挣扎着……”。如:
①She struggled and struggled, but could not get on her feet. 她拼命挣扎着,却无法站稳。
②The chick finally broke through the shell and struggled out.
小鸡终于破开蛋壳,挣扎着钻了出来。
③The old granny struggled against the snowstorm to the hospital.
老奶奶在暴风雪中艰难地向医院走去。
★struggle作为不及物动词,意思是“(与某人)争斗,博斗,打斗”,常与with或for连用。如:
①The shopkeeper struggled with the thief. 店主与窃贼搏斗起来。
②The couple first quarreled and later they even struggled.
那对夫妇先是争吵,后来竞争打了起来。
③He has been struggling with illness for many years. 他与疾病搏斗了好多年。
④We should struggle for our ideal. 我们应该为理想奋斗。
⑤The two leaders are struggling for power. 那两个人正在争夺权力。
★fight的原义是“打仗,战斗”,也可引申为一般的“斗争”,指力图战胜某人或某事物。fight可作及物动词用,意思是“和……作战(作斗争,打)”;fight可作不及物动词用,其后跟against, with, for等介词引起的短语。fight for表示“为……战争(斗争、奋斗)”;fight against表示“为反对……而斗争,和……作斗争”;fight with表示“和……斗争”(此时相当于),还有“和……在一起战斗”的意思。如:
①We are fighting for peace. 我们在为和平而战斗。
②Thy fought with the Italians in the last war and against them in this.
在上次大战中他们和意大利人一起作战,而在这次战争中却和他们进行战斗。
27. “The victim obviously put up a good fight,” said Detective Jones.
“很明显,受害者进行了殊死搏斗,”约翰侦探说。
★obviously用作副词,意为“明显地”“显然地”“清楚地”,相当于clearly。如:
①Obviously he can tell the difference between them. 显然他无法区别两者之间的不同。
②The girl kept shouting and crying, obviously mad. 那女孩不停地哭喊,显然是疯了。
③Obviously, you didn’t read it. 你明显没有读过它。
★obvious用作形容词,意为“明显的”“清楚的”“显而易见的”。如:
①It’s quite obvious that he is lying. 很明显他是在撒谎。
②It is obvious that he was killed. 显然他是被杀死的。
③It is quite obvious that he didn’t do it himself. 显然他没有亲自去做。
28. put up的用法
★put up意为“(在战斗、比赛中)进行(抵抗、斗争等)”“进行反抗”,常用于put up a fight短语。如:
①They surrendered without putting up much of a fight.
他们没怎么抵抗就投降了。
②In the end he was arrested without putting up much of a fight.
最后他没有经过多少反抗就被捕了。
③The old lady put up a fight / struggle against her attacker.
那位老妇奋力反抗袭击她的人。
④The thief was caught without putting up of a fight.
那小偷没有进行反抗就被抓了。
★put up是固定短语,意思是“建造”“建成”“搭建”。如:
①A modern hospital was put up last year in my hometown.
去年,我家乡建造了一座现代化的医院。
②They put up many tall building last year. 他们去年盖了许多高楼。
③A paper factory has been put up in my home town. 我的家乡建立了一家造纸厂。
④We must put up a shed here. 我们必须在家搭个棚子。
★put up是固定短语,意思是“升起或举起事物”。如:
①Put up your hand if you want to ask a question. 若要提问题就把手举起来。
②She has put her hair up. 她把头发挽在头上。
③Every Monday morning all the students collect on the playground to put up the national flag.
每周一早晨所有的学生集中在操场上升国旗。
④Put up your hand if you come up with an idea. 如果你想到了办法就举手。
★put up还要表示“向某人提供食宿;获得食宿安排,暂住”的意思。如:
①We can put you up for the night. 我们可以招待你过夜。
②Will the school put up the students? 学校为学生提供食宿吗?
③That night we put up in a peasant’s home. 那一夜我们住在一位农民家。
★put up可用来表示“挂起,张贴”。如:
①A new notice has been put up. 已经贴出来一张新的通告。
②He took down the old picture and put up the new one.
他把旧画拿了下来,挂上一幅新画。
③Why not write a note and put it up on the tree? 为什么不写张纸条张贴在树上呢?
★put on可用来表示“穿上(衣服)”“上演(戏剧)”。如:
①He put on his coat and hat and went out. 他穿上大衣,戴上帽子出去了。
②She put on her glasses and began to read the letter. 她戴上眼镜,读起信来。
③Has the play been put on at this theater? 这个剧院上演过那部剧吗?
④What do you think of the play put on by the students? 你觉得学生演出的那出戏怎么样?
★put on可用来表示“伸出”“扑灭”。如:
①He put on his hand in welcome. 他伸出手表示欢迎。
②The doctor asked the boy to put his tongue out. 医生叫孩子把舌头伸出来。
③She put the light out and went to sleep. 她关上灯睡觉了。
④The fire was put out soon after it broke out. 大火烧起来不久就被扑灭了。
★put away表示“收起来”“保存”。如:
①Let’s put our Christmas Sins away and keep them a while.
我们还是把圣诞礼物暂时保存起来吧。
②Don’t forget to put those old painting away. 别忘了把那些旧画收起来。
③Put away you coats in summer. 夏天时把大衣收起来。
★put off表示“推迟”。如:
①The meeting has been put off because of the rain. 大会因大雨而延期举行。
★put one’s heart into…表示“全神贯注于……”。如:
①You can do anything well if you put your heart into it.
如果你全身心地投入,你什么都能做好。
②He put his heart into his work and didn’t notice me.
他全神贯注地工作着,并没有注意到我。
★put的其他常见用法。如:
①It’s time to put an end to the meeting. 会议结束的时间到了。
②I’m sorry to put you to so much trouble. 给你添了这么多麻烦,实在抱歉。
③The murderer was put to death. 那杀人犯被处决了。
④Put the baby to bed when it is asleep. 孩子睡着了就送他上床。
⑤I may have been wrong but put yourself in my place.
我也许错了,但你设身处地替我想一想。
29. It is possible that there was more than one attacker. 凶手可能不止一个人。
★more than与数词连用,意为“多于”“大于”“超过”,相当于over。如:
①I have known him for more than twenty years. 我认识他已超过二十年了。
②More than ten policeman turned up at the spot where the accident happened.
十多位警察出现在出事地点。
③There were more than 100 people at the party. 有100多人参加了聚会。
④I have been there more than once. 我不止一次去过那儿了。
⑤There are more than fifty students in our class. 我们班上有五十多位学生。
★more than意为“不只是”“不仅仅是”“远不止”,相当于not only,后面跟名词。如:
①Kate was more than a teacher. She also did what she could to take care of her pupils.
凯特不仅仅是位教师,她还尽其所能照顾她的学生。
②Tom and Jack are more than classmates. They are close friends.
汤姆和杰克远不止是同班同学,他们是知心朋友。
③She was much more than a friend to me. 对我而言,她远远不止是个朋友。
★more than意为“非常”“十分”常用来修饰形容词和分词,相当于very。如:
①When I asked them for help, they were more than glad to come.
当我向他们求助时,他们非常乐意地来了。
②They were more than happy to see us come back from the expedition.
看到我们远征而归,他们异常高兴。
★no more than意为“仅仅”“只有”“只是”,相当于only或just,后接名词或数词。如:
①All his education added up to no more than one year.
他接受的所有的学校教育只有一年。
②Their new flat has no more than 60 square metres. 他们的新居只有60平方米。
③It’s no more than a guess. 这只不过是猜测而已。
④He ate no more than a piece of bread for breakfast. 他早餐仅吃了一块面包。
★not more than意为“至多”“不超过”,相当于at most。如:
①Lying on the ground was a peasant boy of not more than seventeen.
躺在地上的那个农家男孩最多十七岁。
②There are not more than ten apples on the table. 桌子上至多有十个苹果。
③Not more than ten students can answer this question. 不超过十个学生回答这个问题。
★no more…than,意为“两者同样不”“与……一样不”,用于程度上的比较,其作用相当于neither…nor。如:
①Jack is no more diligent than John. 杰克和约翰谁都不勤奋。
②This novel is no more interesting than that one. 这本小说和那本小说都没趣。
③He is no more a good player than I am. 他和我一样都不是好球员。
④I am no more satisfied than she is. 我和她一样不满意。
⑤He can not speak French any more than I can. 他不会说法语,我也不会。
★not more…than意为“不及”“不如”,强调前者不比后者更……。如:
①She is not more beautiful than Mary. 她不比玛丽漂亮。
②She was not more pleased than I was. 她没有我那样高兴。
30. Detective Jones added that the police are now checking the scene for fingerprints and other clues.
约翰侦探说警察正在核实现场发现的指纹和其他线索。
★add用作动词,意为“补充说”“接着说”。如:
①“I quite agree.” he added. 他补充说“我十分同意。”
②“Don’t come back again.” he added. “别再回来了。”他又说。
③“Do bring your homework here tomorrow,” he added.
他补充说:“明天务必把作业带来。”
④He added that we would have an English exam tomorrow.
他接着说我们明天要英语考试。
★add用作及物动词,意为“加”“增加”“添加”。如:
①If you add 50 to 60, you will get 110. 50加60等于110。
②The fire is going out. Please add some wood. 火要熄灭了,请加点柴火。
③If the tea is too strong, add some more hot water. 如茶太浓,再加点开水。
★add…to…意为“给……增加(添加)……”。如:
①Will you add more sugar to your coffee? 你的咖啡要多加些糖吗?
②Please add my name to the list. 请在名单上加上我的名字。
③The teacher added a note to my composition. 老师给我的作文加了评语。
④He wanted to add his name to the letter. 他想在信上加签他的名字。
★add to意为“增加”“增添”“增进”。如:
①I believe that this visit will add to our understanding of your country.
我相信这次访问将增进对贵国的了解。
②Her singing added to the enjoyment of the evening party.
她的演唱给晚会增添了不少乐趣。
③The news added to his anxiety. 这个消息增添了他的忧虑。
④This added to our difficulties. 这会增加我们的困难。
★add up(sth.)意为“加起来”“合计”。如:
①The waiter didn’t add up the bill correctly. 服务员把账单加错了。
②If you add up all these figures, they will come to quite a big sum.
如果你把这些数字加在一起,将会得出一个非常可观的数目。
★add up to意为“总计达”“加起来总共”。如:
①The number of the students in our school adds up to two thousand and five hundred.
我们学校学生总计达两千五百人。
②The bill should add up to about $40. 账单总数约40美元。
③The figures add up to 365. 这些数字加起来总共是365。
31. check的用法
★check用作名词,意为“核对”“支票”。如:
①They made a check on his calculation. 他们核对他的计算。
②They gave a document a quick check. 他们很快地审核了证件。
③His father gave him a check for fifty dollars. 他的父亲给他一张五十元的支票。
④He was observed using a check for $1,500 as a bookmark.
有人见他把一张一千五佰美元的支票当作书签。
★check用作动词,意为“检查”“核对”。如:
①She checked the door locks before she left. 她离开之前检查了一下门锁。
②Check you work through for mistake before you hand it in.
把你的功课从头看一遍,看看是否有错误,然后交上来。
③Can you check that we’ve got everything that’s on the list?
单子上的东西是否都准备好了,你去检查一下好吗?
32. “He was charged with breaking into several computer systems over the last year,” said Detective Johes.
“去年他被指控非法闯入几家电脑系统,”约翰侦探说。
★charge…with意为“指控”“控诉”“告发”“(因某事)谴责(人)”。如:
①The police charged the man with stealing the money. 警察指控这个人偷了钱。
②He was charged with murder. 他被控犯谋杀罪。
③They charged that the police had beaten three students to death.
他们指控警察打死三名学生。
★charge…with意为“指示”“委以某人责任”。如:
①The teacher charged me with calling the names. 老师指派我点名。
②He charged me with the task. 他把那任务委派给我。
★charge用作动词,意为“收费”,常可与for连用。如:
①He charged me ten yuan for mending my watch. 他要我付10元修表费。
②We charge $25 per night for a single room. 单人房间每晚收费25美元。
③Do you charge for postage and packing? 你们要收打包费和邮费吗?
★charge用作名词,意为“价钱”“费用”。如:
①The charge for cleaning the curtains was $ 10. 清理窗帘的收费为10美元。
②What are the charges like in that hotel? 那个旅馆的住宿收费是多少?
③These books are free of charge. 这些书是免费的。
★in charge of是一个习惯短语,意为“负责”“主管”。如:
①She is in charge of the baby. 这婴儿由她负责照料。
②The school is in charge of Professor Li. 这学校由李教授负责。
③Miss Li is in charge of our class. 李老师是我们的班主任。
④I’d like to speak to the person in charge. 我想跟你们的负责人尽句话。
⑤Who is in charge of the office while Jack is away?
杰克不在的时候由谁主管办室?
33. So far, the only suspect is a short, thin man, who was seen running down Upper Street at 10 p.m last night.
到目前为止,唯一的嫌疑人是一个矮的、瘦小的人,有人看见他昨晚10点的时候沿着阿佩尔街跑。
★so far意为“到目前为止”,相当于up to now,常和现在完成时连用,有时和一般现在时连用,可放在句首句尾。如:
①So far everything is all right. 到目前为止,一切都好。
②He said he would telephone but we haven’t heard from him so far.
他说要打电话来,但我们到现在还没有关于他的音讯。
③So far, I have understood the lesson. 到现在为止,功课我会了。
④I can only help him so far. 我能帮他的仅止于此。
★so far as用作连词,表示“就……限度”“到……程度”的意思。如:
①So far as I know, they are studying in the same school.
据我所知,他们在同一个学校上学。
②So far as I know, people began to use balloons as a kind of flying machine in the 18th century.
就我所知,人们是在18世纪开始把气球作为一种飞行器的。
★as far as表示“远到……”的意思,既可用于肯定句,也可用于否定句;当用作连词时,意为“就……限度”,与so far as同义。如:
①We took a walk as far as the river yesterday evening.
我们昨晚散步一直散到河边。
②In the long jump, he can only jump as far as three metres.
在跳远中,他只能跳到三米。
③I can’t throw a javelin so far as / as far as he. 我掷标枪不如他掷得远。
④As far as I know he has passed the exam. 就我所知,他已经通过了考试。
34. A witness reported that he was breathing heavily and had blood on his shirt.
一个目击者说,他喘得厉害,并且T恤衫上有血。
★breathe用作动词,意为“呼吸”“喘气”。如:
①We can’t breathe without air. 没有空气我们就不能呼吸。
②It’s good for the health to breathe deeply. 作深呼吸对身体有益。
③She was breathing heavily. 她气喘吁吁。
★breath用作名词,意为“呼吸”“一口气”。如:
①He blew his breath against the mirror. 他把气吹到镜子上。
②He often takes a deep breath. 他经常用一次深呼吸。
③Let’s go outside a moment for a breath of fresh air.
我们出去走一会,吸一口新鲜空气吧。
④We ran so fast that we were out of breath. 我们跑得太快而喘不过气来。
35. However, the suspect had evidence to prove that he was at another place at the time of the crime and insisted that he was not guilty.
但是犯罪嫌疑人有案发时在另一场所的证据。并且坚持说他是清白的。
★prove用作动词,意为“证明”“证实”。如:
①Can you prove your theory to us? 你能向我们证明你的理论吗?
②How did you prove that he was the robber? 你如何证明他就是那名强盗?
③I am unable to prove the truth of what he said. 我不能证实他所说的话。
④She proved herself to be an able secretary. 她表现出自己是一位能干的秘书。
★prove可用连系动词用,接to be时,常省去to be而直接跟形容词或名词。如:
①It proved (to be) a terrible mistake. 这被证实是个严重的错误。
②What he said proved (to be) right. 他所说的证实是对的。
③This book proved (to be) interesting. 这本书很有趣。
④The plan proved (to be) a success. 这计划结果成功了。
36. insist的用法
关于insist的用法详见Unit 5
37. reward的用法
★reward用作名词,意为“报酬”“奖赏”“酬谢”“报答”“奖金”。如:
①He worked hard without any hope of reward. 他努力工作却不期待报酬。
②He was given a medal as a reward for his good service.
他因为良好的服务而获得一枚奖章。
③They offered a reward of $2000 for information about their missing son.
他们悬赏2000美元,找寻失踪的儿子。
④She got nothing as a reward for her kindness. 她的好心没有得到一点报答。
⑤As a reward for passing his exams, he got a new bike from his parents.
作为对他考试及格的奖赏,他父母给他买了辆新的自行车。
⑥The police are offering a big reward for information about the murder.
警察为获得这一凶杀案的线索而重金悬赏。
★reward用作动词,意为“报答”“酬谢”“奖赏”。如:
①I will reward you later. 我以后再答谢你。
②How can I reward your kindness? 我如何才能报答你的好意呢?
③He rewarded the boy for bringing back the lost dog.
他奖赏了那个男孩,因为他找回了走失的狗。
④His parents bought a bike to reward him for passing the exams.
他的父母买了一辆自行车给他,奖励他考试及格。
38. The police investigation
警察调查
★investigation用作名词,意为“调查”“搜查”“研究”。如:
①The police have finished their investigations into the crime.
警方已经完成了对这件罪行的调查。
②The matter is still under investigation. 这事件仍在调查之中。
③The police are making (carrying out) investigation into this accident.
警方正在对这起交通事故进行调查。
④They made investigation into the cause of the fire. 他们对失火原因进行了调查。
★investigate用作动词,意为“调查”“研究”,相当于look into。如:
①The police began to investigate the murder. 警方开始调查这起谋杀案。
②Who is going to investigate the cause of accident? 谁去调查这起事故的原因?
③A murder was reported and the police were sent to investigate.
凶杀案发生后,警察被派去调查。
【注】investigator用作名词,意为“调查者”。
39. Commonly confused verbs常见易混淆动词
★commonly用作副词,意为“通常地”“普遍地”“一般地”。如:
①He is commonly known as “Joe”. 人们通常叫他“乔”。
②Women commonly live longer than men. 女性通常比男性长寿。
★common用作形容词,意为“普通的”“常见的”“平凡的”,强调“普通”,并含有不高贵,地位低下之意味,其反义词为rare,有比较级的变化。如:
①He wasn’t a hero but just a common man. 他不是英雄而是一个普通人。
②This sort of weather is quite common. 这种天气非常常见。
③A dog is one of the commonest pets. 狗是最常见的宠物之一。
④This flower is common is spring. 这种花在春天很常见。
⑤It’s a common mistake. 这是常见的错误。
⑥Pine trees are common in many parts of the world. 松树在世界上许多地方都很常见。
★common作形容词用,还要表示“共有的”“共同的”的意思,没有比较级变化。如:
①Parks in town are common property. 城市中的公园是公共财产。
②A great interest in music was common to them.
他们对音乐都有着共同的强烈兴趣。
③English is often used as the common language at the international meetings.
在国际会议上,常把英语作为共同语言使用。
④Britain and American share a common language. 英语和美国使用同一种语言。
★in common意思为“和……有共同之处”,常用have…in common这一结构。如:
①They are brothers, but they have nothing in common.
他们是兄弟,但彼此之间毫无共同之处。
②The twins have a lot in common. 这两个双胞胎有许多共同之处。
③What we have in common is the habit of early rising.
我们所共有的一点就是有早起的习惯。
【注】in common with引导的短语,意为“和……一样”,在句中用状语。如:
④In common with most educated people, he prefers classical music to jazz.
如同大多数受过教育的人,他也喜欢古典音乐而不喜欢爵士音乐。
⑤In common with many other boys, he liked baseball.
他和很多其他的男孩一样喜欢棒球。
★ordinary用作形容词,意为“通常的,普通的”,指由于与一般事物或人的性质和标准都相同,毫无奇特之处,因而显得“平常”“平淡无奇”。如:
①Although she was rich, she was always in ordinary clothes.
尽管她很富有,但她总是穿着平常的衣服。
②He is an ordinary worker. 他是普通工人。
③He is an ordinary looking person. 他是一个相貌平常的人。
④They live in an ordinary house. 他们住在一所普通的房子里。
★usual用作形容词,意为“通常的。平常的,惯例的”,表示按惯例,通常如此,即习惯性。如:
①She arrived later than usual. 她比平时晚来一些。
②As is usual with children, they soon got tired. 孩子们一贯如此,他们很快就厌倦了。
③You made the usual mistakes which all beginners make.
你犯的就是那些初学者老犯的错误。
④It is usual for him to sit up late at night. 他对熬夜已习以为常。
★general用作形容词,侧重“普遍的、大体的、概括的”之意,表示在大多数人或物中流行并受到关注。如:
①I have got the general idea of what he said just now.
我已明白了他刚才所说的大体意思。
②It is a matter of general interest. 这是一件引起大众兴趣的事。
40. confuse的用法
★confuse用作动词,意为“把人弄糊涂”“使迷惑”“混淆”。如:
①The difficult question confused me. 这人难题使困惑。
②People were confused by a lot of information. 人们被大量的信息弄糊涂了。
③They confused me by asking so many question.
他们提了这么多问题,把我都弄糊涂了。
④I often confuse Lee with his brother. They look very much alike.
我常把李和他弟弟弄混淆了,他们十分相似。
★confused用作形容词,意为“糊涂的”“迷惑的”“不清楚的”“难懂的”。如:
①The old lady easily got confused. 这个老太太容易糊涂。
②I thought I knew what to do, but now I’m confused.
我原以为我知道我该做什么,可是现在我被搞糊涂了。
【注】confusion为名词,意为“迷惑”“混淆”“混乱”。
41. ‘Hear’ means to be aware of sounds.
‘Hear’的意思是听到的结果。
★aware用作形容词,意为“知道的”“意识到的”“觉察到的”,可与of连用。如:
①He wasn’t aware of the danger. 他没有意识到有危险。
②I am aware of the difficulties you face. 我知道你面对的困难。
③I suddenly felt aware of somebody watching me. 我突然感到有人在注视我。
④I am aware that you will face difficulties. 我知道你将要面对困境。
42. When you look at something, you concentrate and pay attention on that thing.
当你看见某事物后,你会引起注意。
★concentrate用作动词,意为“集中(思想、注意力等)”“专心于”,常与on连用。如:
①I can’t concentrate on anything when I am hungry. 我饿了就无法集中精力。
②He concentrated on finding somewhere to live. 他集中精力找住处。
③Be quiet. I’m trying to concentrate. 安静点,我在试图集中精力。
④I must concentrate on my new task. 我必须专注于我的新工作。
【注】concentration用作名词。
43. You watch something that is changing, moving or developing.
你观看事物的变化,移动或发展。
★develop用作动词,意为“发展”“开发”“养成”“发育”“使……产生”。如:
①I believe that sports can develop mind and body. 我想运动有益身心发展。
②The city has developed into the center of industry. 这个城市已发展为工业中心。
③He developed an interest in collecting stamps. 他培养了对集邮的兴趣。
④She has developed the good habit of making notes while reading.
她养成了读书时记笔记的习惯。
⑤We must develop new sources of energy/markets of medicine.
我们必须开发新能源/药品市场。
⑥But later, people developed a way of printing. 不过后来人们开发了一种印刷术。
★develop可用来表示“显(影)”“冲洗(胶片)”解。如:
①Photographers return and the photos are quickly developed.
摄影记者回来了,照片很快洗印出来。
②I think these photos will look nice when they are developed.
我想这些照片洗出来以后将会很好看。
【注】developed countries意思是“发达国家”,undeveloped countries意思是“不发达国家”,developing counties意思是“发展中国家”。
44. no criminal record没有犯罪记录
★record用作名词,还要表示“记录”“成绩”。如:
①A doctor keeps a record of his patients’ illness. 凡是医生都记录病人的病情。
②He makes (keeps) a record of his everyday expenses. 他把自己每天的开支都记了下来。
③Do you know who set up the world record for the high jump?
你知道谁创下了跳高的世界记录?
④He broke the world record for the long jump? 他破了跳远的世界记录。
★record用作名词,其读音为/′rek〕 : d/,意为“唱片”。如:
①He made his first record for his mother’s birthday when he was 17.
17岁时,他为他母亲生日灌了第一张唱片。
②Turn off the TV set and let’s put on (play) some records.
把电视机关了,让我们放些唱片听听。
③Have you heard my new record? 你听过我的新唱片了吗?
★record用作动词,意为“记录”“录音”。再如:
①The next year another song was recorded. 第二年又录制了另一首歌。
②I have recorded his lecture. 我已将他的讲演记录下来了。
③When he died is not recorded. 他何时过世并没有记载下来。
④I recorded the concert so that I can hear it tomorrow.
我把音乐会录音下来,以便明天好听。
45. worth一词的用法
★worth用作形容词,意为“价值”“值得”,可以作表语或后置定语,后接表示时间、金钱、精力等意义的名词。如:
①Each question is worth one point. 每个问题得一分。
②My car is worth $3000. 我的汽车值3000美元。
③But I don’t think my car is worth anything. 但我却认为我的车一文不值。
④I didn’t accept a bike worth 300 yuan as my birthday present.
我没有接受一辆价值300元的自行车作为生日礼物。
★be worth doing表示“……值得做”,这里doing为主动形式,但有被动的含义。如:
①The film is worth seeing again. 这部电影值得再看一次。
②What is worth doing is worth doing well. 值得做的事就值得做好。
③This book is well worth reading. 这本书很值得一看。
④This museum is well worth visiting. 这个博物馆很值得参观。
同步测试
一、单项选择
1. An old friend of my sister’s always helps my brother and with English.
A. I; our B. me; ourselves C. I; my D. me; our
2. “Which would you like to drink, coffee or orange juice?”
“ . Please give a cup of tea.”
A. Neither B. Both C. All D. None
3. The little boy ate a big meal he said he wasn’t hungry.
A. if B. though C. because D. as
4. How did the accident happen?
You know, it difficult to see the road clearly because it .
A. was; was raining B. is; has rained
C. is; is raining D. will be; will rain
5. The window was broken. Try to who has broken it.
A. find B. look C. find out D. look for
6. “I forgot to bring my notebook.” “ . You can borrow some paper from me.”
A. Help yourself B. I’m sorry C. No problem D. So careless
7. “I want to know if your son will go to Ann’s party.” “If your son does, so .”
A. is he B. will mine C. does he D. does mine
8. Did you enter for high hump or 400-metre race?
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the
9. Susan’s parents have bought a large house with a swimming pool. It be very expensive.
A. must B. can C. mustn’t D. can’t
10. We are told everywhere. It’s our duty to keep our school clean and tidy.
A. not to make much noise B. not to throw waste paper
C. to draw D. not to spit
11. “How about going hiking this weekend?” “Sorry. I prefer rather than .”
A. to stay at home; go out B. to go out; stay at home
C. staying at home; go out D. going out; stay at home
12. More and more foreigners want to their companies in Dalian.
A. clean up B. look up C. pick up D. open up
13. I wonder you would like to come to my birthday party.
A. that B. whether C. that if D. that whether
14. “I’ve forgotten to bring my bread.” “Never mind, you can have .”
A. some of us B. us some C. some of ours D. some of you
15. We must try our best to stop to pollution a happier life.
A. from living B. to live C. living D. live
16. The following are all traffic signs except .
17. Liu Xiang won the men’s hurdles at the Athens Olympics is the first person in Asia.
A. who; 110-metre B. that; 110-metres
C. /; 110 metres D. /; 110 metre’s
18. useful the information he gave us is!
A. What an B. How an C. What D. How
19. of the teachers in our school is 130; of them are young.
A. a number; two thirds B. the number; most
C. the number; three fourth D. a number; some
20. In the exam, the you are, mistake you’ll make.
A. more careful; the fewer B. more careful; the more
C. more careful; the more D. more carelessly; the fewer
21. “Who told you about Dad’s illness?” “The doctor in .”
A. connection B. turn C. public D. charge
22. My dictionary . I have looked for it everywhere but still it.
A. has lost; don’t find B. is missing; don’t find
C. has lost; haven’t found D. is missing; haven’t found
23. Everything has wrong.
A. go B. come C. gone D. become
24. Great change have in my hometown these years.
A. happened B. taken place C. broke out D. happened to
25. The soldiers the enemy’s attack.
A. put up B. put down C. put off D. put up with
26. Usually carelessness to failure.
A. leads B. happens C. gets D. agrees
27. Trees of this kind are so that they can be seen everywhere.
A. much B. common C. usual D. normal
28. He to lead us the way, which surprised us.
A. supplied B. offered C. provided D. asked
29. When I returned to the classroom, I found my watch .
A. going B. losing C. missing D. missed
30. Mr. Smith us some good on the study of physics.
A. gave; advice B. gave; advices C. made; advice D. made; advices
二、用括号中所给词的正确形式填空。
1. He is just five feet in (high).
2. My brother likes reading (detect) stories.
3. It is reported that one of the (murder) has been arrested.
4. Her sudden (die) surprised her friends.
5. (obvious), he is telling a lie.
6. The bank was (rob) last night.
7. I am sure that the film is worth (see).
8. The thief was seeing (break) into the house through the window.
9. His father used to smoke very (heavy).
10. Of all the boys, he is the (bright).
三、用括号中所给动词的正确形式填空。
check, come, confirm, charge, bleed, hear, prove, attack, see, find out, offer
1. It’s said that the police the clues of the crime.
2. They have that the young man was the murderer who the doctor with a knife.
3. The woman that he was at the place where the crime took place.
4. Jack with breaking into Mr Brown’s and stealing much money.
5. The little boy to climb into the room through the window.
6. “ he from his friend?” “Not yet.”
7. Without getting any help, the little boy to death as a result.
8. Can you the answers to the question from the passage?
9. He me the used car for only 100 dollars.
10. I wonder whether he or not.
四、完形填空
Man has a big brain. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists once thought that men are different from animals 1 they can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys, and birds can learn too. They are beginning to understand that men noises when they are afraid, or angry or unhappy. Apes(类人猿) can understand something 2 than human, one or two of them have learnt 3 words. But they can’t join words to make sentences. They can’t think 4 us because they have 5 language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has 6 build a modern world because he has language. 7 child can speak his own language very well he is four or five, 8 no animal learns to speak. 9 do children learn it? Scientists do not really know. 10 happens inside our body when we speak? They do not know. They only know that man can speak because he was a brain.
( )1. A. after B. if C. before D. because
( )2. A. quickly B. quicklier C. more quickly D. quicker
( )3. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
( )4. A. as B. about C. like D. over
( )5. A. not B. a C. no D. some
( )6. A. to able to B. be able to C. able to D. been able to
( )7. A. Each B. Every C. One D. All
( )8. A. or B. so C. and D. but
( )9. A. How B. What C. Why D. Which
( )10. A. Where B. When C. What D. How
答案与提示
一、1. D help sb. with sth. 的用法
2. D neither指三者中一个都不是。neither指俩者中一个也不;both指俩个都;a;;指三个或三个以上都
3. B 此处表示转折。
4. A 事故发生时天正在下雨,所以用过去进行时。
5. C 表示努力查找。
6. C 日常用语。
7. B 倒装句。If引导条件状语从句,主句用一般将来时。
8. D 冠词用法。
9. A must表示推测,意思为“一定,准是”,可能性很大。can表示可能小。mustn’t表示“不允许,禁止”。can’t表示“不可能”或“可能”。
10. B tell sb. not to do sth. 的被动语态形式。
11. A 固定词组的用法。
12. D 建立,开放
13. B whether引导宾语从句。
14. C 双重名词所有格,表示我们的面包中的一些。
15. B 此处不能理解成固定词组stop sb. from doing sth.的用法。应理解成用不定式表示目的。
16. B 这个标志表示“朝上放置”的意思。
17. A 刘翔是亚洲第一人。who引导定语从句修饰Liu Xiang。
18. D the information he give us是主语。
19. B the number表示数量。作主语时,谓语应用单数形式。most指代老师。
20. C 从逻辑上理解。越不小心,错的越多。
21. D charge用作名词,作“管理;负责;责任”讲。in charge“负责”,in connection“取得联系”,in turn“轮流”,in public“当众”。
22. D find通过搜索、体验、努力“找到,发现某人或某物”。
23. C go作连系动词,意为“变成;变得(表示主语由一种状态变成另一种状态,通常表示不好的变化)。”往往用于以下短语:go bad, go hungry, go mad, go wrong, go straight等等。
24. B take place不及物动词,无被动语态,表示必然性的“发生”或指布置、策划好的某事而后举行。
25. A put up sth.是固定短语,意思是“(在战斗、比赛等中)进行(抵抗、斗争等)”。
26. A lead to“导致”的意思。
27. B 该题考查词义辨析。本句意思是“这种树如此常见以致于到处都能见到。”tree是可数名词不能由much修饰,故排除A,common指“常见的”,usual常指“习惯的”,normal表示“正常的,平常的”,故选B。
28. B offer to do是“主动做某事”的意思,其他动词没有这样的搭配。
29. C 表示“丢失”,要用missing或lost,而不能用missed或losing。
30. A advice表示“建议”时是不可数名词,没有复数形式;表示“提建议”要用动词give而不用make。
二、1. height 2. detective 3. murderers 4. death 5. Obviously
6. robbed 7. seeing 8. breaking 9. heavily 10. brightest
三、1. are checking 2. confirmed, had attacked 3. proved
4. was charged 5. was seen 6. Has; heard 7. bled
8. find out 9. offered 10. will come
四、1. D 表示原因。
2. C 比较。
3. B 从后文理解,应当是猿人知道一些单词。
4. C 不能像人类一样思考。
5. C 因为猿人没有语言。
6. D be able to有各种时态,此处应用现在完成时。
7. C 指小孩这一类人。
8. D 表示转折。小孩能学说话,但是动物却不能。
9. A 此处表示一种方式,怎样学说话。
10. C happen的主语应是sth.。