Unit 18 Mainly revision
【例1】 Who is the greatest man___________?
A.alive B.lived C.living D.lives
答案与提示:有些学生可能会把这道题的答案误选为C,而正确答案是A。本题旨在考察alive和living的区别。alive和living都是形容词,都有“活着的;有生气的”之意。alive更多地指人,在句中常作表语或后置定语;living可指人也可指物,在句中作表语或前置定语。正是因为有些考生不了解alive作定语时必须后置,才会犯下错误。因此掌握同义词之间的区别也是很重要的。望同学们在今后的学习中多留心,注意对比。
【例2】按要求改写下列各句,每空一词,缩写词算一词
1. The box is too heavy for me to carry. (改为同义句))
The box is ______ heavy ______ I can’t carry it.
2. Where will they spend their summer holidays next year? She didn’t know. (改为含有宾语从句的复合句)
She didn’t know ________________________ their summer holidays the next year.
3. “Have you returned the books to the library?” she asked me. (改为含有宾语从句的复合句)
She asked me ______ I ____________ the book to the library.
4. Where is the beautiful picture? You bought it last Sunday. (合并为带有定语从句的复合句)
Where is the beautiful picture _______________ last Sunday?
5. He spent two days repairing the radio. (改为同义句)
It ______ him two days ____________ the radip.
答案与提示:
l. so, that(so...that意思是“如此……以致于……”。引导结果状语从句。)
2.where,they,would,spend(主句的主语是一般过去时态,宾语从句中的谓语要用相应的过去时态。该句须用过去将来时态。)
3.if/whether,had,returned(一般疑问句改为宾语从句须用 if或whether引导。该句的主语是一般过去时态,因此句中宾语从句的谓语用过去完成时态。)
4.that/which,you,bought(that/which为关系代词,在定语从句中做宾语可省略。)
5.took,to,repair(spend的主语必须是“人”,宾语可以是钱、精力、时间等。其后用on+名词或in(可省略)+动名词形式,不接动词不定式。例如:
He spends a lot of money on books.他平时将很多钱用在买书上。
I spent two hours (in) doing my homework.我做作业用了两个小时的时间。
take表示“花费”时,其主语一般是“一件事”。例如:
It took me ten minutes to go to the post office. 到邮局用去了我十分钟的时间。(it为形式主语,真正的主语是动词不定式。)