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5-8单元重点单词讲练
【重点讲练】U5
要点 1：endangered
endangered濒危的
(1) danger n. 危险 in danger 处于危险中 out of danger 脱离危险
(2) endanger v. 危及；使遭受危险
(3) dangerous adj. 危险的
【典例分析】
1.The girl is in . 这个女孩处于危险之中。
【答案】danger 名词。In danger 处于危险中。
2.It is to play with fire. 玩火是危险的。
【答案】dangerous
3.Pandas are animals.熊猫是濒危动物
【答案】endangered
4.When one walks in a forest alone at night, he may be______ because there are many______ animals around them.
A. dangerous; in danger B. dangerous; dangerous C. in danger; dangerous D. in danger; in danger;
【答案】C句意： 当一个人晚上独自在森林里行走时，他可能是因为周围有许多危险的动物而有危险。第一个空，in danger，有危险，第二个空，animals是名词，其前是形容词，dangerous，是形容词，危险的 ， 故选C。
要点2 weigh
(1) weigh表示“称……的重量”，是及物动词；表示“重(多少)”，是不及物动词。例如：
He weighed the fish. 他称了这条鱼。
Do you often weigh yourself? 你经常称体重吗?
He weighs 60 kilos. 他体重60公斤。
【拓展】
（1）weight是名词，意为“重量，体重”。例如：
What’s your weight? 你体重是多少？
（2）比较：by weight 和 in weight
by weight表示“按重量”，in weight表示“重量上”。例如：
(3)常用于以下表达中：
①What’s the weight of...? 意为“……的重量是多少？”
②put on/lose weight 意为“长胖/减肥”

【典例分析】
1.用weight 和weigh填空
1）Please____________ the apples.
2）How much does the elephant __________?
【答案】weigh weight
2. How heavy are you?(同义改写)
=What’s ________ ___________?
=_________ _________ do you __________
【答案】your weight How much weigh
3.—How much does a young panda ________?
—Its ________ can be 35 kilograms.
A. weigh; weight B. weigh; weigh C. weight; weight D. weight; weigh
【答案】A
【解析】第一空前面有助动词does, 后接动词原形weigh, 第二空前面是形容词性物主代词Its, 后接名词weight。故选A。
要点 3
as much as...+不可数名词，表示具体的数量，意为“多达；……之多；整整”，强调“多”。
【举例】
In fact， it cost me as much as 100 dollars. 事实上，它整整花了我100美元。
【拓展】
(1)表示模糊的数量时，as much as意为“与……一样多”。有时much后面可接被修饰的名词(不可数)。
(2)表示程度时，as much as意为“尽量；尽最大努力(可能)”，其后常接possible或one can。此外，as much as还可意为“与……一样(的程度)”。
I have helped you as much as I can. Now it is up to you. 我已尽我所能地帮助你了。现在该看你自己了。
【典例分析】
1．为了比赛，他有时一个星期要跑60英里。
Sometimes she runs _________ _________ _________ 60 miles a week for the race.
【答案】as much as
2.为了学习好英语，你要尽可能多的记单词。
In order to study English well, you should remember English words ________ _________ _______ _________.
【答案】as many as possible
要点4
hear of意为“听说，听到”，相当于hear about。 例如：
I have never heard of him. 我从来没听人说起过他。
【拓展】hear; hear of与hear from的辨析：
(1) hear“听见，听说”。当“听见”讲时，强调结果，可直接带宾语或用于hear sb. / sth. do/ doing sth.意为“听见某人/某物（在）做某事”，当“听说”时，后面常接从句。例如：
I heard that she passed the exam. 我听说她通过考试了。
(2) hear of“听说，得知”，后面接名词或代词，指听到某人或某事的存在或消息。例如：
Jim disappeared and nobody heard of him. Jim不知去向，没有人再听到他的消息。
(3) hear from“收到……来信”，后面常接人作宾语。例如：
Have you ever heard from your pen pal? 你是否收到过笔友的来信。

【练一练】
一、单项选择。
1. Don’t look around. You should do the test ______ your own.
A. in B. on C. of D. at
【答案】B
【解析】考查固定搭配。on one’s own 独自地。=by oneself 故答案选B
2. It’s kind _______ you to help me with my Maths.
A. with B. to C. for D. of
【答案】D
【解析】考查it’s +adj. +of/for to do这种结构。当形容词形容人的性格品质时用of。如kind silly clever。。。当形容词表示事物性质时用for。如important，interesting exciting等。这里kind，故选D
3.An adult panda _________ 100-150 kilograms. That is to say, its _________ is 100-150 kilograms.
A. weight; weight B. weighs; weighs C. weight; weigh D. weighs; weight
【答案】D
【解析】考查词语辨异。Weigh动词“称重”“重多少”; weight名词“重量”。三单现故答案选D
4.I think you should stop______ these silly things.
A.do B. to do C. doing D. did
【答案】C
【解析】考查stop用法。Stop to do 停下来做某事。 Stop doing 停止做某事。句意：我认为你应该停止做这些傻事。
5.It’s very ______ to play in the crowded street.
A. danger B. endanger C. endangered D. dangerous
【答案】D
【解析】考查4个词辨异。A. danger 危险。名词。 B. endanger 使处于危险中。动词 C. endangered 濒临灭绝的。形容词。 D. dangerous 危险的。形容词。根据句意选 D
6. To _____ animals means to keep animals safe from harm, hunger or illness.
A. protect B. provide C. promise D. protest
【答案】A
【解析】考查词义辨异。A. protect 保护。 B. provide提供 C. promise承诺 D. protest反抗，对抗。根据题意保护动物意思是保护动物安全免受饥饿，疾病伤害。故答案选A
7. The _____ is the way a person, an animal, a plant, et， behaves in a particular situation.
A. behaviour B. appearance C. amount D. file
【答案】A
【解析】句意：行为是指人、动物、植物等在特定情况下的表现方式。答案选A
8. —Can you show me the _____? I want to order something to eat.
—Here you are.
A. book B. menu C. computer D. record
【答案】B
【解析】考查单词辨异。句意：你能给我看一下菜单吗？我想吃点东西。B符合题意。
9. —Her son _____ two days ago. She couldn’t find him.
—_____ poor she is!
A. set off; What a B. went missing; How a C. went missing; How D. set off how
【答案】C
【解析】句意：她的儿子两天前失踪了。她找不到他。-她多可怜啊！答案选C
10. The population of that country ________ doubled from 30 million in the 1980s to 60 million today.
A. has B. have C. had D. will have
【答案】A
【解析】这里考查population的用法。Population做主语时用单数，这里是现在完成时，故选A。注意：表述人口多或少，用“big”“large”“small”修饰，不用much或many修饰。问人口多少时用what’s the population of …不能用how many/much。
【重点词汇】U6
要点 1：complaint
【拓展】
(1)complain vt. 投诉；抱怨
He complained that the exam was too hard. 他抱怨考试太难了。
2)complain vi. 投诉；抱怨(后面+to/about/of)
I’ve really got nothing to complain of. 我确实没有什么可抱怨的。
(3)complain to s B. about sth. 向某人抱怨某事
He complains to the police about the noise from the bar. 他向警察投诉酒吧噪音(扰民)。
【点对点练习】
1.The woman kept ______________ (complain)about the noise from her neighborhood last night.
2.They’ve received a number of______________ (complaint)from customers about their poor service.
【答案】1.complaining 动词 2.complaints 名词。抱怨。
要点 2
feed v. 给(人或动物)食物；喂养(过去式和过去分词分别为fed, fed)
【例句】
He feeds the fish twice a day. 他每天给鱼喂食两次。
【拓展】
(1)feed on sth. 以……为食
Pandas don’t feed on grass. 熊猫不吃草。
(2)be fed up with... 厌烦……；厌倦……
I am fed up with the noise made by machines. 我厌倦了机器弄出的噪音。
【点对点练习】
1.Blue whales are the largest and heaviest animals in the world, but they _______ the smallest sea animals.
A. feed in                              B. feed to                              C. feed on                              D. fed on
【答案】C
【解析】句意： 蓝鲸是世界上最大最重的动物，但它们吃最小的海洋动物。A插入，B向……提供饲料，C以为食，一般现在时，D以为食，一般过去时，根据 smallest sea animals，可知是把最小的海洋动物当食物，描述客观事实用一般现在时，故选C。
要点 3 choice
名词为choice,意为“选择”。
常用于:
①make a choice to do sth. “选择去做某事”
I made a choice to make a nice card for my mother.
我选择为妈妈制作一张精美的卡片。
②have no choice but to do sth. “除了做某事之外别无选择”
拓展choose
(1)作为动词，意为“选择；挑选”。常用于以下表达中：
①choose (sb.)to do sth. “选择(某人)去做某事”
Tom chose to stay home watching TV. 汤姆选择待在家里看电视。
②choose sb.as... “选择某人作为……”
My classmates chose me as their monitor. 我的同学们选择我当班长。
【点对点练习】
1. ① We go to the store to ___________ (挑选) presents for our friends.
② It’s my____________ (choose), not yours.
【答案】① choose 动词 ② choice 名词
2.我别无选择只得呆在家里。（完成句子）
I had _______ _______ ______ ________ __________ stay at home.
【答案】no choice but to
3.你必须在我们之间作出选择
You have to ________ _______ ________ between us.。
【答案】make a choice
要点 4： nearly
nearly adv.几乎；差不多
【例句】
It was nearly eight o’clock. 快8点了。
【辨析】nearly与 almost
(1)在肯定句中，两者通常可以互换。
He is almost as tall as his father.=He is nearly as tall as his father. 他差不多与他爸爸一样高。
(2)almost强调“差一点……就”(=very nearly), 可用于no, none, nothing等词前面，而nearly则无此用法; 但almost不能用not修饰。
Almost no one(=Hardly anyone)believes him again. 几乎没有人再相信他了。
【点对点练习】
1—This summer is very hot.
—Yes, but it’s not _________ as hot as last summer.
A. nearly B. almost C. near
2.His grandma is ___________ (near) 90 years old.
【答案】1.A nearly一般与not连用。 2.nearly 几乎，差不多。
要点5 hold
Hold them in our arm.抱着他们
Hold 抓住；握住；拿住
hold的其他含义：
Hold 是动词，意为“举行，举办，召开”，常可以用have来替换，过去式和过去分词均为held。
hold a meeting举行会议
hold a concert举行音乐会
hold a sports meeting举行运动会


hold
保持；维持
How long will this fine weather hold?
这样的好天气能维持多久？
抓住；握住；拿住
He held the thief by the arm.
他抓住那个小偷的胳膊。
容纳；包含
Our classroom can hold more than fifty students.
教室能容纳50多个学生。
支撑……的重量
The chair can’t hold your weight.
这把椅子不能承受你的重量。
短语
catch hold of抓住； hold on（电话）别挂断；稍等

【点对点练习】
1. The Olympic Games _____every four years.
A. are held  B. were hold  C. are holding  D. will hold 
【答案】C
【解析】：hold是动词。从本题句意知是一般现在时的被动语态，句意是“奥林匹克运动会每四年被举行一次”故此小题选C。
【练习】
一、单项选择
1. The reason ________ his success is simple: keep on trying new things.
A. In B. on C. for D. from
【答案】C
【解析】the reason for 表示：。。。的原因。
2. ______ the school rules, everyone should attend school on time.
A. According to B. Close to C. Next to D. In front of
【答案】C
【解析】According to 根据。。。。符合题意。
3. They say Amy is a responsible girl who _______ her family and friends.
A. asks for B. leaves for C. waits for D. cares for
【答案】D
【解析】A. asks for 请求。。。要求。。。 B. leaves for 前往。。。 C. waits for等待。。。D. cares for关心，照顾。这里用D符合题意和语境。
4. Alex lost the book borrowed from the library, so he had no choice but _______ for it.
A. pay B. pays C. paying D. to pay
【答案】D
【解析】have no choice but to do 别无选择。固定搭配。故选D。
5. We like him not only because he teaches us ________ but also he treats us _________.
A. good; friendly B. well; kindly C. good; kindly D. well; friendly
【答案】B
【解析】修饰动词用副词。故这2空都要用副词。friendly 作形容词用，故AD选项排除，所以答案选B。
6. It’s his ________ that made him welcome in his new company.
A. money B. responsibility C. difficulty D. difference
【答案】B
【解析】考查字义辨异。A. money钱 B. responsibility责任 C. difficulty困难 D. difference差别。故B符合题意。
7. --How can you improve your English so much?
--Nothing difficult. The _________ you work at it, the _________ progress you’ll make.
A. harder; much B. more hardly; more C. harder; greater D. harder; great
【答案】C
【解析】the+比较级， the +比较级，表示“越来。。。越”hardly 几乎不，hard 努力地，激烈地。故答案选C。
8 Your _____ are the duties that you have because of your job or position.
A. responsibilities B. rights C. choices D. reply
【答案】A
【解析】A. responsibilities 责任 B. rights 权力 C. choices 选择 D. reply 回答。句意：你们的责任是因为你们的工作或职位而承担的责任。
9.--- Is your pet dog faithful   you?
--- Sure. I care   it every day.
A. for; with B. to; for C. with; of D. at; after
【答案】
【解析】考查固定搭配。Be faithful to 对。。。忠诚。 Care for 关心，照顾。
10.Because of water pollution, more than ten people in the village   cancer last year.
A. caught of B. died of C. made of D. heard of
【答案】B
【解析】die of 因。。而死。
【重点词汇】U7
要点 1. unknown known
unknown adj. 未知的
【拓展】
(1)know v. 知道，过去式和过去分词分别为knew, known。
I don’t know anything about him. 我对他一无所知。
2)be known for=be famous for 因……而闻名
(3)be known as=be famous as 作为……而闻名
【点对点练习】
1.Kunming is known _________ Spring City.
A. as B. for C. by
2.Though we have seen her before, her name remains _____________ (know).
3.爱因斯坦因他的相对论而闻名。（完成句子）
Einstein _______ _________ _________his Theory of Relativity.
=Einstein ________ _________ ________ his Theory of Relativity.
4.爱因斯坦以一位伟大的科学家而著称。
Einstein _______ ________ _________ a great scientist.
=Einstein ________ ________ _________ a great scientist.
【答案】1.A be known as 以。。。（身份，职业）而闻名。另一个意思是：被。。。称作为。故选A。
2.unknown未知，不出名的。 3.was known for=was famous for 4.was famous as=was known as
要点 2. damage
damage v.毁坏；破坏
【例句】
The bridge was badly damaged by the earthquake. 桥被地震损坏得很严重。
【辨析】damage, destroy与ruin
damage, destroy 和ruin都有“破坏”的意思。damage 通常是指部分性地损坏，暗示损坏后价值、功能等会降低；destroy 通常指彻底地毁掉或毁灭，暗示无法或很难修复；ruin 指彻底地毁坏，破坏的原因通常是自然现象、年龄、疏忽等。
Smoking will damage your health. 抽烟会损害你的健康。
【拓展】
(1)表示“毁坏”意思时，damage还可用作名词，且是不可数名词。
The flood caused serious damage to the crops. 洪水对庄稼造成了严重的损害。
【点对点练习】
用damage, destroy和ruin的适当形式填空
1. The bus was badly _____________ when it hit the wall.
2.The building was ______________ in the earthquake.
3.The crops are nearly _______________ by the continuous rain.
4.The fire __________the building.
5.The flood caused serious__________ to the crops.
6.Smoking will _________your health.
【答案】1.damaged 2. destroyed 3.ruined 4. destroyed 5. damage (名词) 6 damage
要点3
（1）explain　v. 解释；说明
Can you explain to us how to use the computer?
你能向我们解释一下怎样使用这台电脑吗？
(2)explain＋that/how/why从句，意为“(向某人)解释/说明……”。
(3)explain (to sb.)＋疑问词＋动词不定式
【典例分析】
1．(1)根据汉语意思完成句子
①请您把第三段给我们解释一下好吗？
Will you please ________ the third paragraph________ ________？
②请跟我说明从哪里开始以及该如何做。
Please ________ ________ ________ ________ to start and how to do it.
【答案】① explain to me ②explain to me where
(2)用所给词的适当形式填空
Sally loves chocolate. That ________(explain) why it's hard for her to lose weight.
【答案】explanation
要点 4. wonder
wonder v. 想知道；想弄明白
【拓展】
(1)wonderful adj. 精彩的
Welcome to the wonderful world of Disneyland! 欢迎来到精彩的迪士尼世界!
(2)wonderfully adv. 精彩地
Listen! How wonderfully the girls are singing! 听！女孩们唱得多么精彩啊!
(3)no wonder=It’s no wonder that 怪不得
No wonder he jumped out of the car.=It’s no wonder that he jumped out of the car. 怪不得他当时跳车了。
【点对点练习】
1. I _________ if you would like to go out with us tomorrow.
A. wonder B. want C. wonders
2.Do you think his speech is very _____________ (wonder)?
3.怪不得他当时跳车了(完成句子)
_________ ___________he jumped out of the car.=It’s no wonder that he jumped out of the car.
4.长城是世界上的奇迹之一。(完成句子)
The Great Wall is _________ __________ _________ ________ in the world.
【答案】1.A wonder 想知道，疑惑。 2.wonderful 3.No wonder 4.one of the wonders
要点5 as soon as possible 尽可能快
as...as possible 意为“尽可能……”，两个as 之间必须是形容词或副词的原级，
相当于as...as one can/could。
【点对点练习】
1.Write it _____ possible and try not to make any mistakes.
A. as careful as B. as carefully as C. more careful D. less careful
【答案】B as…as之间跟形容词或副词的原级。这里用副词原级。
2.We must speak English________ possible after class.
A. as many as B. as soon as C. as much as D. as more as
【答案】C句意：课后我们必须尽可能多说英语。as…as之间跟形容词或副词的原级，more是many/much的比较级，首先排除D答案；as soon as possible尽可能快地，是从时间的角度来表达的，也不符合题意；many修饰可数名词，much修饰不可数名词，English是不可数名词，需要由much来修饰，故答案为C。

【练一练】
1. They all why the little girl could sing so difficult an English song.
A. wondered B. believed C. wanted D. expected
【答案】A
【解析】句意：他们都想知道为什么这个小女孩能唱如此难的英语歌。因为后面是疑问的事情。所以用wonder。疑问，想知道。答案选A
2. He _______ the invitation to a party, but he didn’t _______ it.
A. received; receive B. received; accept C. accepted; accept D. accepted; receive
【答案】B
【解析】receive是客观上的“接收”。“收到” accept主观上的“接受”，指从内心里愿意接受。
3. She was ________ and ran away at once when she saw a dog barking at her.
A. excited B. exciting C. frightened D. frightening
【答案】C
【解析】excited 激动的 frightened 害怕的。加ed的形容词修饰人。根据句意故选C。
4. I completed the report well _______ your help.
A. because of B. as C. since D. because
【答案】A
【解析】because of后面接名词或名词短语。 故选A。
5.Linda   to go to the cinema with us, although she was free last night.
A. promised B. refused C. agreed D. decided
【答案】B
【解析】考查词语辨异。A. promised 承诺 B. refused拒接 C. agreed同意 D. decided决定。
根据句意：琳达拒绝和我们一起去看电影，尽管她昨晚有空。故选B
6. They felt _______ about the _______ story.
A. frightened, frightened B. frightening, frightened
C. frightened, frightening D. frightening, frightening
【答案】C
【解析】frightened 是形容词，意为“惊吓的；害怕的”，用于修饰表示人的名词或代词。frightening 也是形容词，意为“令人害怕的；恐怖的”，用于修饰表示事物的名词或代词。答案选C
7. The children were so happy to ____ some birds’ eggs in the forest.
A. invent B. discover C. inventing D. discovering
【答案】B
【解析】discover表示发现客观存在的但以前不为人知的事物，也可以表示发现已为人知的事物的新的性质或新的用途。Invent。发明原来不存在的东西。故选B
8. Tom's family are worried about him because they haven't _______letters from him for a long time.
A. collected B. accepted C. received D. written
【答案】C
【解析】receive是客观上的“接收”。“收到” accept主观上的“接受”，指从内心里愿意接受。Collect 收集。 根据题意选C。
9. --- Please don't make too much _________. The little baby is sleeping upstairs.
--- We are so sorry.
A. voice B sound C. noise D. song
【答案】C
【解析】A. voice 嗓音，人的说话的声音。 B sound 声音，总称 C. noise 噪音 D. song歌声。这里C“噪音”符合题意。
10. If you want to learn English well，you should practice it possible．
A．as many as B．as much as C．as soon as D. as sooner as
【答案】B
【解析】句意;如果你想学好英语，你应该多练习。
【重点词汇】U 8
要点 1. apology
apology n. 道歉
【例句】
We received a letter of apology. 我们收到了一封道歉信。
【拓展】
(1)apologize v. 道歉
Why should I apologize? 我为什么要道歉呢？
(2)make an apology to sb. 向某人道歉
(3)apologize to sb. 向某人道歉
Go and apologize to her.=Go and make an apology to her. 去向她道歉。
(4)apologize for sth. 因某事道歉
We apologize for the late departure of this flight. 我们为这次航班的延迟起飞而道歉。
(5)apologize to sb. for sth. 因某事向某人道歉
We apologize to you for our impoliteness. 我们为我们的不礼貌行为向您道歉。
【点对点练习】
1.We received a letter of___________（ apology）
2.We have _____________（ apology） to you for our impoliteness
3—It’s hard for me to make_________ （ apology） to others.
4.我为我所说的向他道歉。
I _________ ________ __________ to him for what I said.
【答案】1.apology 2.apologized 3.apologies 4.made an apology

要点 2. Excuse
excuse n.借口；辩解
【例句】
There is no excuse for such behaviour. 不要为这样的行为找借口。
【拓展】
(1)excuse v. 原谅；宽恕
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got work to do. 请见谅，这会儿我有工作要做。
(2)excuse for sth./doing sth. 做某事的借口/理由
His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.
他为忘记她的生日所找的理由是，他丢了日记本。
3)excuse sb. for sth./doing sth. 原谅某人(做)某事
I hope you’ll excuse me for being so late. 我希望你能原谅我迟到了这么久。
【点对点练习】
1.His_________ for being late was that there was a road accident.
A. apology B. excuse C. message
2.I wonder why he has so many__________ (excuse) every time.
3.我希望你能原谅我迟到了这么久。
I hope you’ll ________ _________ ______ ___________so late.
【答案】 1.B 2.excuses 3.excuse me for being
要点3 relax
(1) relaxed是形容词，意为“某人感到轻松、放松、不受拘束的”。指某人“感到”轻松。通常用来形容人。有类似用法的词有interested\excited\surprised\bored\tired。例如：
He is feeling relaxed. = He is relaxed. 他感到很轻松。
(2) relaxing是形容词，意为“某事情令人轻松的”，指某事或者某物“令人”轻松。通常用来修饰物或事。有类似用法的词有interesting\exciting\surprising\boring\tiring。例如：
The song is relaxing. 这首歌真使人轻松。
【点对点练习】
1. 1.Listening to some ________ songs or staying with friends always makes us ________ .
A. relaxing; relaxing B. relaxing; relaxed
C. relaxed; relaxed D. relaxed; relaxing
【答案】B
【解析】句意：和朋友们一起听着令人放松的歌曲总是让我很放松。
考查形容词辨析。relaxing令人放松的；relaxed放松的。第一空表示音乐的特点是“令人放松的”，故用-ing形式的形容词；第二空表示人很放松的状态，故用-ed形式的形容词作宾补。故选B。
2. As soon as I heard the news that I passed the driving test, I felt _____ at once.
A. angry B. relaxed C. afraid D. nervous
【答案】B
【解析】句意: 一听到驾驶考试通过的消息，我立刻感到轻松了。考查形容词不辨析。A. angry生气的; 愤怒的，发怒的 ；B. relaxed 轻松的；自在的；无拘无束的；舒适的； C. afraid恐怕；害怕的；担心的；D. nervous神经质的；紧张不安的；焦虑的。结合句意和语境可知选B。
要点4
fail的用法
（1）作为动词，意为“失败；未能及格；未能达到”，既是及物动词，也是不及物动词。
常见用法如下：
①fail（in）sth. “（在某方面）失败”，如fail (in) the exam, “考试不及格”。
②fail to do sth.“没能成功做成某事”
③fail in doing sth.“在做某事方面失败”
（2）其名词为failure,意为“失败”。
【点对点练习】
1.___________(fail )is the mother of success.
【答案】failure 名词。
2.The doctor failed ______ ________ （save）the dog.
【答案】to save
3.如果你不努力学习，你将考试不及格。
If you don’t study hard, you will_________ _________ _________ __________.
【答案】fail in the exam
4.他今早没有赶上第一班公交车。
He ________ _______ ________ the first bus this morning.
【答案】failed to catch/failed in catching
要点 5. prepare
prepare v.使(自己)有准备
【拓展】
(1)prepared adj. 准备好的
We must be prepared for new responsibility. 我们必须准备担起新的责任。
(2)unprepared adj. 没准备好的
Although he was unprepared, he passed the test with a “B” grade.
虽然他没有充分准备好，他还是通过了考试并得了“B”。
(3)prepare for=be/get ready for 为……准备好
He told us to prepare for resisting the enemy attack.=He told us to be/get ready for resisting the enemy attack.
他让我们做好准备以抵抗敌人的进攻。
【点对点练习】
1.He was well __________(prepare)to start the game.
2.All the students are_____________ (prepare) for the final exam now.
3.学生们正忙着准备期末考试。
The students are busy _________ __________the final exam.
【答案】1.prepared 2.preparing 3.preparing for
【练一练】
一、单项选择。
1．—Bill, I planned to give you the card on Saturday, but I ________ forgot.
—That’s OK. I won’t use it until next weekend.
A．completely B．recently C．quietly D．clearly
【答案】A
【解析】句意：比尔，我本打算星期六把卡片给你，但我完全忘了。考查副词辨异。completely 完全地 recently最近地 quietly 安静地，悄悄地 clearly清楚地。根据句意选A
2.My first teacher Mrs. Jones made a big difference to my life and I’ll remember her ________.
A．never B．forever C．hardly D．recently
【答案】B
【解析】句意：我的第一位老师琼斯夫人给我的生活带来了巨大的改变，我会永远记住她的。Forever 永远，符合题意。答案选B
3.After dealing with the students’ problems with study, our teacher turned her ________ back to work again.
A．memory B．attention C．manner D．progress
【答案】
【解析】句意：在处理完学生的学习问题后，我们的老师又把注意力转向了工作上。考查名词辨异。Memory记忆 attention注意力 manner 方式，做法，举止。 Progress进步。故答案选B
4．—Could you come and spend the weekend with us?
—I’m afraid I can’t. I have to ________ my coming exam.
A．look for B．prepare for C．wait for D．send for
【答案】B
【解析】句意：我必须为即将到来的考试做准备。考查动词词组辨异。look for 寻找 prepare for准备wait for等待 send for派人去请。故答案选B
5. --- If you are tired, you can go to have a break.
--- OK, I will ______ later.
A. relax B. excuse C. present D. mix
【答案】A
【解析】句意：如果你累了，你可以去休息一下。---好的，我稍后会放松。考查动词辨异。relax 放松excuse原谅，为。。。申辩。present 呈现 mix混合。根据题意选A
6. --- ______is the programs, etc. used to operate a computer.
--- OK. I understand.
A. Software B. Technology C. Information D. Internet
【答案】A
【解析】句意：软件是用来操作计算机的程序等。考查名词辨异。根据句意选A
7. --- Sorry, I was late because of the heavy traffic.
--- That’s a(n) ______. You will be on time if you want to.
A. excuse B. reason C. promise D. rule
【答案】A
【解析】句意：对不起，我迟到了，因为交通拥挤。---那是个借口。如果你想的话，你会准时的。考查名词辨异。Excuse借口 reason理由 promise 承诺 rule规则。答案选A
8. --- What is your teacher’s advice to improve Chinese?
--- He ______ some famous books for us to read.
A. recommended B. made C. discovered D. mix
【答案】A
【解析】句意：-你的老师对提高汉语有什么建议？---他推荐了一些名著给我们读。根据句意选A
9. --- Do you want some fruit ______ milk?
--- No. Thanks.
A. taken off B. put out C. mixed with D. prepare for
【答案】C
【解析】句意：你想要一些水果和牛奶混合吗？考查动词词组辨异。taken off 脱下，起飞。 Put out扑灭 mixed with 混合 prepare for准备。根据句意选C
10. The show was wonderful. It _______ all of us.
A. hurt B. satisfied C. reached D. fed
【答案】B
【解析】句意：演出很精彩。我们都很满意。hurt 伤害。reach 到达。Feed 喂养。