sound like听起来像/sound waves声波
from the south从南方来/go to the south去南方/in the south在南方/on the south of在……南面/to the south of在……以南/south China华南
not to speak of更不用说/speak for代表……说话/speak of讲到/speak with sb.和某人谈话
1.She can——several languages.
A.say B.speak C.talk D.tell
(2002年北京市朝阳区)
解析句意:她能讲好几种语言。答案为B。表示讲某种语言应用speak。故选B。
2. Your spoken English is much better.
Thank you.My teacher often asks US——English as____
A.to speak;many B.not to speak;much
C.to speak:much D.not to speak:more
(2002年河北省)
解析句意:——你的英语口语不错。——谢谢。我们的老师常常要求只要有可能我们就要多说英语。答案为C,第一空用ask sb.to do sth.句型,第二空as...as中间接形容词的原级修饰English只能用much。
speak表示“说话”,通常是不及物。注:speak偶尔也用作及物动词,但其宾语通常只限于truth,mind,word,little,much等少数名词或代词。例:I didn’t understand what he said.我不明白他的话是什么意思。
spend…(in)doing sth.做某事花费(时间,金钱)/spend on sth.在……上花费(时间,金钱)
buy买/sell出售/unsold未销售的/pay工资/afford抽得出;供给,给与/cost成本;价钱/spend花费;付出/take花费/dear昂贵的,高价的/expense费用,花费/precious宝贵的,珍贵的/price价格;代价/value价值;重要性;益处/worth值……的,有……价值的/save储存;节省/waste浪费/goods货物/market市场/shop商店/store商店储存品,备用品;储藏/bargain交易;讨价还价/exchange交换,调换
The teacher often tells Jim and John too much time playing video games
A.not to spend B.to not spend
C.don’t spend D.doesn’t spend
(2000年上海市)
解析句意:老师告诉吉姆和约翰不要花太多的时间去玩电子游戏。答案为A。tell sb.to do sth.为固定词组,表示“告诉某人去做某事”。
sport(带,拿)娱乐,运动,运动员
do sports(进行)体育运动/make sport of sb.开某人的玩笑/outdoor sports室外运动/sports meeting运动会
play玩耍;游戏;竞赛/game游戏;运动;运动会/match比赛,竞赛/Olympic Games奥林匹克运动会/compete竞争,比赛/race竞赛,赛跑/ball球/soccer英式足球/tennis网球;网球运动/ping—pong乒乓球/jump跳;跃/run跑/rush冲;奔/track跑道;径赛/skate滑冰/gym体操;体育馆;健身馆/beam平衡木/handstand倒立/wrestling摔跤/box拳击/dive跳水/swim游泳/relay race接力赛/fly a kite放风筝
sport指“运动”是可数名词,也是不可数名词,但指“运动会”一定要用复数。
in spring在春天/in the spring of one’s life青年(时代)
stand on end倒放
start for动身前往;启程前往/from the start一开始/start+doing开始做/start out动身,出发/start to do开始做
You’d better——at once.
A.to start B.starting C.start
D.started
(2002年北京市朝阳区)
解析句意:你最好马上开始。答案为C。
do sth.故这里应用动词原形start,所以应选C。
此句为固定结构。had better在通常情况下,start后接动词时可用不定式或动名词,但在下列情况下,通常用不定式:①当start本身为进行时态时:Then she was starting to cook the dinner.然后她开始做饭。②其后为表示心理科学研究活动的动词(如like,think,know,refilize,understand等)。
stat(立,站)+ion(名词后缀)车站,站立
a police station警察局/a power station发电站/a railway station火车站/at one’s station在某人的岗位上/station agent火车站管理员/station break电台间歇/station house站上建筑物/station hospital驻地医院/station master站长/station platform站台/station wagon客货两用车,旅行汽车,小型客车/agricultural experiment station农业试验站/air station航空站/battle station战斗岗位/broadcasting station广播站/bus station汽车站/filling station加油站/fire station消防站/life—saving station救生站/main station总站/minor station小站/mountain station山问车站/outer station宇航站/patrol station巡逻站/pilot station(海)引港站/polling station投票处/post station邮局/pumping station抽水站/relay station转播台,中转台/slave station辅助电台/space station太空站/terminal station终点站/television station电视台/through station过路站/top station山顶车站/tube station地铁车站/way station小车站
stay at home呆在家里/stay up熬夜,通宵/stay in呆在家里/stay put呆在某处不动
How about going hiking this weekend?
sorry—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
(2003年湖北黄冈)
解析句意:——一这周末徒步旅行怎么样?——不好意思,我宁愿呆在家里也不出去。答案为A。prefer后面接不定式,排除C。D上句说“going hiking”徒步旅行,下句用“sorry”回答,表示不赞成出去,即宁愿“stay at home”,应选A。
keep step with sb.和某人步调一致/step by step一步一步地;逐步地/a false step错误/step aside往旁边走一步/step on踩在……上/watch one’s step谨慎,小心
stick to坚持
stop doing sth.停止做某事/stop sth.停止某事/stop to do sth.停下来去做某事/bring to a stop使停下来/stop...from doing sth.阻止……以免做某事/without(a)stop不停地/make a stop停下来/come to a stop停住/a sudden stop突然停下/full stop完全停止;句号/bus stop公共汽车站/miss one’s stop错过了站/stop at nothing不择手段/stop by顺便到某处/stop off(旅途中)中途停留;中途下车/stop one’s ears to塞住耳朵不听;掩耳不闻/stop short突然中止;突然中断/stop still完全停止
down too many trees——
A.stop to cut B.stop from cutting
C.be stopped to cut D.be stopped from cutting
(2001年安徽省)
解析句意:今天,森林几乎消失了,人们必须被制止再砍树。答案为D。
stop...from doing表示“阻止……做某事,制止……做某事”。此句是被动语态。被动语态由“be+过去分词”构成,其时态变化只有be的变化形式,过去分词部分不变。但是“be+过去分词”结构不一定都是被动语态,有些动词如be,feel,seem,look,其后面的过去分词已转化为形容词,用作表语表示某种状态,如:We are surprised at the news.我们对这个消息很惊奇。
in(on)the street在街上/across the street在街对面/cross the street横过街道
be strict in sth.对某事严格/be strict with sb.对某人严格
a strong army强大的军队/one’s strong point长处;优点/strong coffee浓咖啡/as strong as a horse强壮/be strong against强烈反对
strong in在……方面不错
be in a brown study沉思/make a study of研究/study hard努力学习
表示“在某人指导下学习(研究)某事”是study sth.under sb.,介词under不能用from替换。例:He is learning English under Miss Smith.他跟史密斯小姐学英语。
change the subject改变话题/main subject主科
another(one,two,ect.)such又(一个,两个等),这样的/such a(an)这样的一个/such as诸如……之类的东西/such...that这样……以致
Have you ever seen——big panda before?
A.a such B.such a C.so a D.a so
(2000年辽宁省)
解析句意:你以前见过这么大的熊猫吗?答案为B。固定用法,用so表示应是so+adj.+a+h。
sudden(突然地)+ly(副词后缀)突然地
a11 of a sudden突然/sudden death暴死,突然死去
in summer在夏季/in the summer of one’s life壮年/last summer去年夏天/summer holidays暑假
Can you see___sun in the daytime?
A.a B.the C.an D./
(2001年四川省)
解析:
in the sun在阳光下/sun oneself晒太阳/under the sun在天底下,在世界下
在白天你能看到太阳吗?答案为B。在表示独一无二的东西的名词前,如表示sun,sky,moon,earth,world时,前面要用定冠词the。
such+a(an)+adj.=so+adj.例:such a big chair=so big a chair这么大的椅子
星期天
sun(太阳)+day(天)星期天
last Sunday上个星期天/next Sunday下星期天
sun(太阳)+ny(多……的)晴朗的
a sunny room朝阳的房间
have supper吃晚饭
be sure of doing sth.确信做某事/be sure of sth.确信……;对……有把握/be sure to do sth.一定能做某事/be sure of oneself有信心/be sure(that)确信/for sure肯定地/make sure弄确实/make sure of肯定/sure to do一定会/sure+从句肯定
Ann is so careful that she always goes over her exercises to___
there are no mistakes.
A.100k for B.make sure C.find out D.think about
(2002年安徽省)
解析答案为B。句意:安是如此仔细,以至于她总检查她的练习题以确信不犯错。make sure是固定词组,意思是“确信”,她检查自己的练习题的目的是确信不犯错误。
“他一定会赢”的四种说法:
①He is sure to win. ②I am sure that he will win.
③He will surely win. ④It is certain that he will win
通常不说“It is sure that...”。
be surprised at sth.对某事感到吃惊/be surprised that对……感到吃惊/be surprised to do sth.对做某事感到吃惊/in surprise吃惊地/to one’s surprise使某人吃惊的是/take sb.by surprise使某人吃惊
across横渡
have a swim游泳/in the swim积极参与社交活动
go swimming去游泳/swimming things游泳用品
Look!The boys——happily in the river.
A.swim B.swam C.will swim D.are swimming
(2002年北京市海淀区)
解析句意:看,那些小男孩在河里游泳多高兴啊!答案为D。该题从look着手,断定进行时态,类似的有listen,now等。
摆桌子进餐
at table在吃饭/at the table在桌旁
take care of照料……/take hold of抓住/take sth.out把某物取出/take one’s time别着急;慢慢来/take sth.down把某物取下/take turns轮流;依次/It takes sb.+time+to do sth.某人花……时间做某事/take a breath吸一口气/take a look at看一看/take back收回/take in吸人/take off脱去(衣帽等);(1s机)起飞/take on呈现/take one’s seat就座/take part in参加,参与/take place发生/take pride in以……为自豪,对……感到满意/take the place of代替,取代/take up占去,占据/take exercise运动/take a rest休息/take a walk散步/take away拿走/take down(out,off)取下(取出)脱衣物/take food(medicine)吃食物(药)/take a train(a boat,a bus,a taxi)坐火车(船,公共汽车,出租车)/take...by surprise使……吃惊;出奇兵攻占/take a photograph(of)照一张(……的)相/take along随身带着/take an action采取行动/take an interest in对……感兴趣/take charge掌管;负责/take it easy放心好了;别着急/take possession of占有;拥有/take sides(in)站在……一边/take up arms拿起武器/take...in one’s arm(拥)抱
I’II tell you how to get to the place:you’d better___it____.
A.try;on B.get;off C.take;down D.pick;up
(2001年北京市海淀区)
解析句意:让我告诉你怎样到达那个地方,你最好记下来。答案为c。
句中的“better”后加动词原形。take down此时和write down的意思相同,同“写下,记下”的意思。
give a talk做报告/have a talk with与某人谈话/listen to a talk听报告/talk about谈论;谈到/talk of提到;谈到/talk to(with)与……谈话/talk to oneself自言自语/talk over商量
——We can use MSN to with each other on the net.
Really?Will you show me how to use it?
A.speak B.talk C.say D.tell
(2002年杭州市)
解析句意:我们在网上能用微软提供的网络在线服务互相谈话。——真的吗?你能展示给我怎样用它吗?答案为B。本题考查了几个近义词的用法。其中speak侧重于发言或讲某种语言,常用“speak to...”;talk侧重于“谈论、讲话”,常用“talk with...”;say后面常常是讲话的内容;tell意为“讲述,告诉”。say和tell后面常跟双宾语,结合题意选B。
talk作及物动词只能表示谈论某一件事,不能表达具体内容,也不能引出宾语从句。例:(×)He talked to me that he had just arrived fromBeijing.(√)He said to ille that he had just arrived from Beijing.他对我说,他刚从北京到这里。
Jim is as___as his brother as his brother.
A.tall
B.taller C.tallest
(2000年北京市西城区)
解析句意:吉姆和他的哥哥一样高。答案为A。原级比较用“as+形容词原级+as”,B、C为最高级和比较级。
have a taste尝尝/in bad(poor)taste趣味低级;不得体/of taste有修养的/taste like尝起来像/taste of有……的味道/to one’s taste合某人口味,讨某人喜欢
teach oneself自学/teach sb.sth.教某人……/teach sb(how)to do sth.教某人(怎样)做某事/teach+从句教导(说)
Our teacher,Miss Chen,——English on the radio the day before yesterday.
A.teaches B.taught C.will teach D.had taught
(2003年北京市海淀区)
解析句意:我们的陈老师,昨天在收音机里教英语。答案为B。本题考查动词的时态,由“the day before yesterday”前天,可判断用过去时态,teaches是一般现在时,taught是一般过去时,will teach是一般将来时,had taught是过去完成时,所以选B。
teach后面可跟单宾语或双宾语,宾语中可以有动词不定式、动名词或从句。
teacher女教师
teach(教,教书)+er(名词后缀)教师,老师
English teacher英语教师/team spirit团队精神
telephone for打电话叫/on(over)the telephone通过电话,在电话里/telephone number电话号码/telephone box电话亭/telephone receiver听筒/public telephone公用电话/picture telephone可视电话/movable telephone移动电话/radio telephone无线电话
communicate通信.交际/message消息,信息/letter信/envelope信封/stamp邮票/note便条,短信/news新闻;消息/deliver递送,交付;发表/mail邮件;邮递;邮寄/post邮寄,邮递;贴出/refer把……提交,送交/Internet因特网/telegram电报/call电话;通话/dial拔(电话号码)/fax(发)传真
tell a story讲故事/tell sb.about(of)告诉某人有关……/tell sb.how to do sth.告诉某人如何做某事/tell sb.sth.告诉某人某事/tell sb.to do sth.告诉某人做某事/tell...from...区分/tell(that)告诉/tell the difference between...and...辨别……和……之问的差异/to tell(you)the truth说实话
告诉某人不要做某事时,not要放在不定式符号之前。如Mother told me not to go there.妈妈吩咐我不要去那里。
have a(high)temperature发(高)烧/take one’s temperature给某人量体温
midterm examinations期巾考试/end—of.term examinations期末考试/long term长期的/come to terms达成协议
terr(怕)+ible(可……的)可怕的
less than比……少/more than比……多/other than除……之外;有别于/than usual比往常/than before比以前/more than once不止一次/no more than仅仅,只是/no other than除……外没有;只有;正是/no sooner...than刚……就/rather than与其……毋宁,宁愿……而不愿/than+(含谓语的)比较从句(than+状语)比……
在than后I与me的不同
He knows you better than I(know you).他比我更了解你。
He knows you better than(he knows)me.他了解你比了解我更多。
thank sb.for(doing)sth.(=thanks to sb.for sth.)因(做)某事感谢某人/thank goodness谢天谢地/express one’s thanks表达谢意/give one’s thanks致谢/say thanks道谢/return thanks答谢/one’s heartfelt thanks衷心的感谢/many thanks多谢/a thousand thanks多谢/thank deeply深深感谢/thanks to幸亏;由于
thankful感激的
一You look so young in red.
A.That’s all right B.Not at all
C.Thank you D.I don’t mind
(2001年甘肃省)
解析句意:——你穿红衣服看起来很年轻。——谢谢。答案为c。本题主要考查学生对受到他人称赞后如何应答的能力,答语应符合西方的文化、风俗和习惯。
①thank(感谢)通常只能以人作宾语,而不能以事作宾语。②thank sb.后通常接for短语表示原因,而不接that从句。如:Thank you for your help.谢谢你的帮助。Thank you for carrying it for me.谢谢你帮我带这东西。③“Thank.”语意比“Thank you.”要柔和,也可说Thanks a lot.Many thanks.Thank you very much.谢谢你。(礼貌语)
in order that以便/in that case假如那样的话/It is+被强调成分+that从句/like that(this)像那样(这样)/now that既然/so that以便/so(such)...that如此……以致/such that是这样……以致/that’s all right不必谢/that is to say这就是说
She was the first woman——came into power to be an emperor in China.
A.who B.whom C.which D.that
(2003年北京市西城区)
解析句意:她是中国第一位上台的女皇。答案为D。that用作关系代词引导定语从句可代表人也可代表物,且不能用于非限制性定语从句中,which,who可用于限制性定语从句中,且which代表物,who代表人。另外,在限制性定语从句中,如果先行词是all,every(thing),any(thing),some(thing),no(thing),none,little,few,much,only以及最高级或序数词或被其修饰时常用关系代词that,不用which。介词后面必须用which(指代事物)和whom(指代人),不能用that或who。
The weather in summer here is like___in Beijing.
A.this B.that C.it D.its
(2001年河北省)
解析句意:这里的夏天像北京的天气。答案为B。that在这里作指示代词代指前面的the weather,常见的指示代词有:this,that,these,those,it,such等,表示“这个”,“那个”,“这些”,“那些”等。
①that可以引导主语从句。此用法的that很少被省略,尤其that在句首时绝对不可省略;而且通常把形式主语it置于句首,而将that从句置于后面。例:That he is a doctor is true.It is true that he is a doctor.千真万确,他是医生。②That’s all right.表示“不客气、没关系”,多用于当你帮助别人,别人表示感谢,或别人表示道歉时。而That’s right.表示“对的、正确的”。
例:Thank you.That’s all right.——谢谢你。——不用谢。
Whicn is——season in Beijing?
I think it’s autumn.
A.good B.better C.best D.the best
(2003年北京市)
解析句意:——北京最好的季节是哪一个季节?——我认为是秋季。
答案为D。本题考查形容词good的比较级和最高级用法。由句意判断要用最高级,形容词最高级前要用定冠词修饰,故选the best。
①表示方位的名词:east,west,south,north之前须加定冠词。②人体器官须加定冠词,如:the mouth,the teeth,the esophagus,the stomach。例:The windows in our laboratory are facing the south.我们实验室的窗子朝南。③形容词最高级用于三者或三者以上的比较,用时须加定冠词,如:China’s population is the largest in the world.世界上中国人口最多。the number of总数,总数量,后加复数名词,谓语动词用单数形式,另外,a number of意为“许多”,后加名词复数,谓语动词用复数形式。例:The number of players is reducing.运动员的数量在减少。 A number of sheep are eating grass on the hill.许多羊在山上吃草。⑤在姓氏的复数前加the,表示一家人,后面的谓语动词用复数形式。例:The Turners are having supper.特纳一家正在吃晚饭。
The doctors and nurses are doing their best to fight SARS others than___.
A.they B.them C.themselves D.theirs
(2003年上海市)
解析句意:医生和护士尽了最大努力同非典做斗争,他们考虑别人多于他们自己。答案为c。由句意推断,此处用they的反身代词,they只能作主语,them和theirs不符合句意,只能用they的反身代词themselves。
them(他们)’selves(自己)他们自己
The twins corrected the mistakes on the test papers——
A.them B.themselves C.him D.himself
(2001年上海市)
解析句意:那对双胞胎改正了试卷上的错误。答案为B。themselves是them的反身代词,反身代词是一种表示强调的代词。它由第一人称、第二人称形容词性物主代词和第二人称代词宾格词尾加self或selves而构成。如:He saw himself in the mirror.他看到镜子里的自己。
by then到那时为止/from then on从那时起/now and then不时地/since then从那以来;从此一直/till then到那时为止/before then在那以前/just then恰在那时/then and there当时当地
here and there四处;到处/over there在那里,那边/there and then当时当地/there is no doubt毫无疑问/there is no need没有必要
There are few people Oil the playground,——?
A.are there B.are they C.aren’t there D.the largest
(2001年福建省)
解析句意:没人在操场上玩,对吗?答案为A。陈述部分含有否定意义的few,疑问部分要用肯定式。类似的词还有:never,seldom,hardly,little,nobody等。
there用于句首其后使用倒装句时,谓语动词通常为go,come的一般现在时,而不能用现在进行时,又如:There goes the bell.铃响了。
(此处不能用There is going the bell.)注:若主语为代词,则不能倒装,如:There he comes now.他来了。
翻译:这些是她的。
A.These is hers. B.These are hers.
C.That is hers.D.This is hers.
(2000年江西省)
解析答案是B。these是this的复数形式,指代离说话者较近的人或物。these本身为复数,后接名词或谓语动词须用复数形式。
You can’t see many of the stars in the sky because___are too far away.
A.they B.their C.them D.theirs
(2002年北京市西城区)
解析句意:你不能看到天上的很多星星,因为它们距离我们太远了。
答案为A。stars为复数,because后为原因从句的主语,应用主格,故用they,选A。
be thick with大量的;浓浓的;茂密的
have a lot of things to do有许多事情要做/living things有生命的东西,生物/the thing is问题是/to make things worse使情况更为糟糕的是
first thing第一件事,最先
I have a 1ot of things——this weekend.
A.do B.did C.doing D.to do
(2000年上海市)
解析句意:这个周末我有好多事情做。答案为D。此题考查学生动词不定式作定语的用法。动词不定式作后置定语,具有将来含义,故本题答案为D。have sth.to do意思为“有某事要做”,主语为不定式动作的执行者。