核心詞匯
1.If you fired John,it would be difficult to____________(雇用)a cook like him.
2.The government is planning to ____________(改革)the tax system.
3.A red sky at night____________ (表明,暗示)fine weather the following day.
4.The____________(大多數(shù))of students were in favor of the suggestion that they go for a picnic the next day.
5.We are strongly against____________(種族的)discrimination in areas such as employment.
6.He____________(溜)into the room when no one was noticing him.
7.You’d better____________(抓住)the chance,or you’ll regret.
8.She had looked everywhere for her children,but they were________________(到處)to be found,which made her very worried.
9.____________,she took no notice of the____________mistakes in the accident.(apparent)
1. hire 2.reform 3.indicated 4.majority 5.racial ,6.slipped 7.grasp 8.nowhere 9.Apparently;apparent,10.applicants;apply;applications
10.All the ____________can____________in person or by letter and at the same time should hand in their ____________before May 5th.(apply)
高頻短語(yǔ)
1.________________ 繼續(xù)存在;繼續(xù)生存
2.________________ 用……辦法;借助……
3.________________ 習(xí)慣于新的生活方式、工 作等
4.________________ 堅(jiān)持;維持;沿襲(風(fēng)俗、 傳統(tǒng)等)
5.________________ 背靠背
6.________________ 與……合作或一起工作
7.________________ 畫線;標(biāo)出……界線
8.________________ 包括;吸收
9.________________ 許多;很多
10.________________ 申請(qǐng);請(qǐng)示得到
1.live on 2.by means of... 3.make a life 4.keep up 5.back to back 6.team up with 7.mark out 8.take in 9.a great/good many 10.apply for
重點(diǎn)句式
1.________________,the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie,who wanted to find a better form of transport than horsedrawn trams.
纜車系統(tǒng)建立于1873年,是由安德魯哈利迪發(fā)明的,他試圖找到一種比馬拉軌道車更好的交通方式。
2.______________before long the mix of nationalities be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups,but simply a mixture of many races and cultures.
人們認(rèn)為,要不了多久,多種國(guó)籍的混合將會(huì)非常之大,以至于不可能存在一種明顯主要的種族或文化群體,而只是多種族、多文化的混合體。
重點(diǎn)句式
3.________________California elected to become the thirtyfirst federal state of the USA in 1850,it was already a multicultural society.
到1850年加利福尼亞成為美國(guó)第31個(gè)州的時(shí)候,它已經(jīng)是一個(gè)有著多種文化的社會(huì)了。
4.However,________________that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.
然而,很可能至少在15000年前美洲土著人就住在加利福尼亞了。
1.Built in 1873 2.It is believed that 3.By the time 4.it is likely
知識(shí)詳解
1 .means n. 手段;方法
(回歸課本P2)Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times.
科學(xué)家們認(rèn)為這些遷居者通過(guò)一條史前時(shí)代曾經(jīng)存在的大橋穿越北極地區(qū)的白令海峽到達(dá)美洲。
by this means用這種方法
by means of通過(guò),用,借助于
by no means決不,一點(diǎn)也不
(放在句首時(shí),句子用部分倒裝語(yǔ)序)
by all means務(wù)必,不惜一切地;
(用于交際英語(yǔ)表示同意)當(dāng)然可以,沒問(wèn)題
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[例句探源]
①Every possible means has been tried,but none worked.
=All possible means have been tried,but none worked.
各種可能的辦法都嘗試了,但沒有一種奏效。
②(朗文P1277)Millions of Chinese rely on bicycles as their important means of transportation.
自行車是數(shù)百萬(wàn)中國(guó)人賴以出行的重要交通工具。
③(朗文P1277)By all means,drink plenty of water while exercising.
當(dāng)然,鍛煉的時(shí)候多喝水。
④By no means am I satisfied with my present job.
我對(duì)目前的工作一點(diǎn)也不滿意。
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1.(2010年高考江蘇卷)-Do you think their table tennis team will win the first place at the coming Asian Games?
-________.Ours is much stronger than theirs.
A.Of course B.It depends
C.Don’t mention it D.By no means
解析:選D。句意:“--你認(rèn)為他們的乒乓球隊(duì)在即將到來(lái)的亞運(yùn)會(huì)上會(huì)獲得冠軍嗎?--絕對(duì)不會(huì),我們的球隊(duì)比他們的球隊(duì)要強(qiáng)大得多。Of course當(dāng)然可以;It depends視情況而定;Don’t mention it 不用謝;By no means絕對(duì)不會(huì),絕不。根據(jù)句意可知答案為D項(xiàng)。
2.眾所周知,電話是一種有用的通訊工具。
As is known to us,the telephone is ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.
答案:a useful means of communication
2 .majority n. 大多數(shù);大半
(回歸課本P2)Of the first Spanish to go to California,the majority were religious men,whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.
在首批移居加州的西班牙人中,大部分是宗教人士,他們的職責(zé)是向原居住人民傳授天主教。
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[例句探源]
①The majority of students find it quite hard to live on the amount of money they get.
大多數(shù)學(xué)生認(rèn)為靠他們掙得錢生活很難。
②(牛津P1220)In the nursing profession,women are in a /the majority.
女性在護(hù)理行業(yè)中占大多數(shù)。
【溫馨提示】 (1)單獨(dú)用作主語(yǔ),謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)、復(fù)數(shù)均可。
③(牛津P1220)The majority was/were in favour of banning smoking.
大多數(shù)人支持禁煙。
(2)單獨(dú)用作主語(yǔ),如果后面的表語(yǔ)是復(fù)數(shù),那么謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞也用復(fù)數(shù)。
④The majority who attended the meeting yesterday are students.
昨天參加會(huì)議的大多數(shù)是學(xué)生。
⑤The majority of the damage is easy to repair.
這次的損失大部分容易補(bǔ)救。
⑥The majority of people seem to prefer computer to TV.
多數(shù)人喜歡電腦勝過(guò)電視。
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3.完成句子
(1)Don’t worry about the present situation in the world;________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ (大多數(shù)人喜歡和平而不是戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)).
答案:the majority of people prefer peace to war
(2)Among the members of the committee those who are in favour of the plan are ________ ________ ________(占大多數(shù)).
答案:in a/the majority
3 .occur vi. 發(fā)生;出現(xiàn)
(回歸課本P5)Yes.It didn’t occur to me that...
是的,我沒想到……
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[例句探源]
①I was going along the street looking for a place to park when the accident occurred.
我正沿街尋找停車點(diǎn)時(shí),突然發(fā)生了事故。
②(牛津P1377)It didn’t occur to her to ask for help.
她沒想到請(qǐng)別人幫忙。
③(遼寧高考)When Babbage was working at Cambridge,a new idea occurred to him.
在劍橋工作時(shí),巴比奇想到了一個(gè)新主意。
④ It occurred to her that she should adopt the homeless child.
她突然想到她應(yīng)該收養(yǎng)這個(gè)無(wú)家可歸的孩子。
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4.-Why are you so late?
-I was on half way when it________to me that I had left my notebook home,so I had to fetch it.
A.occurred B.hit
C.happened D.reminded
解析:選A。It occurred to me that...意為“我突然想起……”。hit打擊(不與to搭配);happen發(fā)生(指具體事件);remind提醒(不與to搭配)。
4 .make a life 習(xí)慣于新的生活方式、工作等
(回歸課本P2)Some died or returned home,but most remained in California to make a life for themselves despite great hardship.
有些人死了或回家了,但是大多數(shù)人留在了加利福尼亞謀生,盡管困難重重。
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come to life變得更有趣;變得活躍
live/lead a...life過(guò)著……生活
come back to life蘇醒過(guò)來(lái),恢復(fù)生機(jī)
bring...back to life使……蘇醒過(guò)來(lái)
make/start a new life開始新生活
make a living by 靠……謀生
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①Some people from the country find it hard to make a life in big cities.
一些來(lái)自農(nóng)村的人發(fā)現(xiàn)很難習(xí)慣大城市的生活。
②(朗文P1188)They moved out West to make a new life there.
他們遷往西部去開始新生活。
③(牛津P1166)The match finally came to life in the second half.
比賽在下半場(chǎng)終于精彩起來(lái)。
④The old couple made a living by selling vegetables.
這對(duì)老夫婦靠賣菜維持生活。
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5.Soldiers who fought all the way to the faraway places couldn’t come back,and they had to________a life on the foreign lands.
A.make B.come
C.bring D.lay
解析:選A?疾閯(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)搭配。句意:一路拼殺到很遠(yuǎn)的地方的士兵們無(wú)法歸來(lái),于是他們就只得在異國(guó)他鄉(xiāng)謀求生活。只有make a life搭配正確;而come to life;bring sb./sth.to life不構(gòu)成搭配,所以A項(xiàng)正確。
5 .a great many 很多,許多(修飾可數(shù)名詞)
(回歸課本P8)Saw some interesting temples here,a number of markets and a great many restaurants.
參觀了這兒一些有趣的寺廟,不少的集貿(mào)市場(chǎng)和許多餐館。
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①(牛津P1230)I’ve known her for a great many years.
我認(rèn)識(shí)她好多年了。
②A great many of us don’t like speaking English in class.
我們當(dāng)中許多人不喜歡在課堂上講英語(yǔ)。
【溫馨提示】 a good/great many 后接復(fù)數(shù)名詞,但a good/great many后接of 時(shí),必須加限定詞,如these/those/the/one’s等,然后再加名詞復(fù)數(shù)。
③A good many of the/those students in our class have passed the exam.
我們班中有很多學(xué)生通過(guò)了考試。
6.________the houses were knocked down in the earthquake.
A.A great many B.The number of
C.A great many of D.A great deal of
解析:選C。名詞前有the,these,those及my,your等物主代詞時(shí),a great many后要加of。
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6 .take in 包括;吸收;理解;欺騙
(回歸課本P8)It’s a 79km roundtrip that takes in all the famous tourist spots.
這是一次往返79公里的旅行,它涵蓋了所有著名的旅游景點(diǎn)。
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take away拿走,使離開;消除(病痛等)
take down記下來(lái); 拆掉
take for(錯(cuò))當(dāng)作;(誤)以為
take off起飛;匆匆離去;脫下;大獲成功
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①(牛津P2059)He was homeless,so we took him in.
他無(wú)家可歸,我們便收留了他。
②(遼寧高考)Don’t be taken in by products promising to make you lose weight quickly.
不要被許諾能使你快速減肥的商品所欺騙。
③This is the total cost of the holiday,taking everything in.
這是假期的全部費(fèi)用,一切都包括在內(nèi)。
④The students find it easy to take in what you teach.
學(xué)生們覺得你教的課容易領(lǐng)會(huì)。
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7.完成句子
(1)I needed a minute to ________ ________(理解) what he had told me.
答案:take in
(2)Sometimes I think he wants to ________ ________(掌管) the world.
答案:take over
7 .apply for 申請(qǐng)
(回歸課本P8)From 1882 to 1940 Angel Island was a famous immigration station where many Chinese people applied for right to live in USA.
從1882年到1940年,天使島就成為著名的移民居住區(qū),在那里,許多中國(guó)人申請(qǐng)?jiān)诿绹?guó)的居住權(quán)。
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①(朗文P82)Some of the children seem unable to apply what they have learned.
有些孩子似乎不會(huì)應(yīng)用他們所學(xué)的知識(shí)。
②You can’t apply for the job until you have satisfied certain conditions.
在符合一定的條件之后你才能申請(qǐng)這份工作。
③(朗文P82)I wish Sam would apply himself a little more to his schoolwork.
真希望薩姆能再專注于學(xué)業(yè)。
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8.Due to the fact that he failed to adapt himself to the present job,he________ ________ ________ ________(申請(qǐng)另一個(gè)工作).
答案:applied for another one
句型梳理
1【教材原句】 That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.(P2)
這就是今天有超過(guò)40%的加利福尼亞人把西班牙語(yǔ)作為第一或第二語(yǔ)言的原因。
【句法分析】 句中的why引導(dǎo)的是表語(yǔ)從句,注意以下句式的區(qū)別:
(1)That’s why...那就是為什么……(why從句表示結(jié)果)
(2)That’s because...那是因?yàn)椤?because從句表示原因)
(3)The reason why...is/was that...……的原因是……(表語(yǔ)從句常用that引導(dǎo),而不用because)
①Tom came late for the meeting.That was because he was ill.
湯姆開會(huì)遲到了,那是因?yàn)樗×恕?/p>
②Tom was ill.That was why he came late for the meeting.
湯姆病了,那就是他開會(huì)遲到的原因。
③The reason why Tom came late for the meeting was that he was ill.湯姆開會(huì)遲到的原因是因?yàn)樗×恕?/p>
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9.(2011年石家莊檢測(cè))Is this the reason________she explained in the report for her success in the job?
A.what B.that
C.how D.why
解析:選B。考查定語(yǔ)從句。因此處關(guān)系詞代替先行詞在定語(yǔ)從句中作賓語(yǔ),故此處只能用that,which或省略。
10.The reason________death was feared was________no man could experience it twice.
A.why;that B.why;because
C.why;why D.because;that
解析:選A。句意:人們之所以恐懼死亡,是因?yàn)闆]有人能經(jīng)歷兩次。
2【教材原句】 However,it_is_likely_that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.(P2)
然而,土著美國(guó)人有可能在一萬(wàn)五千年前就在加州生活著。
【句法分析】 本句中it為形式主語(yǔ),真正的主語(yǔ)為that從句。
It is likely that...……是可能的,此句型可轉(zhuǎn)化為:sb./sth.be likely to do sth.某人/物可能做某事。
①She’s very likely to ring me tonight.
=It’s very likely that she will ring me tonight.
她今晚很可能給我打電話。
②It is likely that the weather will be fine.
=The weather is likely to be fine.
天氣可能會(huì)很晴朗。
11.It is most ________that the environmentalists will come to the area to investigate the possible damage caused by the serious pollution.
A.likely B.perhaps
C.possibly D.probably
解析:選A。句意:很有可能環(huán)境保護(hù)者會(huì)到這個(gè)地區(qū)調(diào)查嚴(yán)重污染所造成的潛在的破壞。句型It is likely that... 中的 likely為形容詞,而不是副詞,B、C、D三項(xiàng)均為副詞形式,與句式不符。
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