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Section A
考点① Life is full of the unexpected. 生活中充满了意外。
be full of=be filled with,意为“充满,装满”。其中full是形容词filled是动词fill的过去分词。be full of强调“满满的”状态;be filled with强调动态的过程。
Her eyes were full of tears.
= Her eyes were filled with tears.
她眼泪汪汪的。
拓展:full作形容词,还可意为“吃饱的”。
I can’t eat any more. I’m full.
我不能再吃了,我吃饱了。
考点② By the time I got up, my brother had already gotten in the shower.当我起床时,我哥哥已经在洗澡了。
by the time意为“到……时为止,在……以前”,引导时间状语从句,主句常用过去完成时。过去完成时表示“过去的过去”。
By the time I came in, Tom had written his name on the blackboard.
当我进来时,汤姆已经把他的名字写在黑板上了。
注意:若by the time 后的从句表示将来发生的事情,则主句用将来完成时。
By the time they get there, we’ll have finished the work.
当他们到达那里时,我们将已经完成这项工作了。
考点③ I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first. 我本打算上楼,这时我决定先去买杯咖啡。
be about to do sth.意为“正要或将要做某事”,在时间上指最近的将来,它比be going to do指更近的将来,不能再加明确的将来的时间状语。
The sun is about to sink in the west.
太阳正要西下。
注意:be about to 不能与tomorrow, next week等明确将来时的时间状语连用。。
考点④ We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rising above the burning building.我们直愣愣地盯着燃烧的大楼上升的黑烟,无法相信(这一切)。
(1)stare用作不及物动词,意为“盯着看;凝视”,常用于短语stare at,意为“凝视……;盯着看……”。
It’s impolite to stare at others.
盯着他人看是不礼貌的。
拓展:stare还可用作可数名词,意为“注视;凝视”。
The mother looked at her baby with a warm stare.
这位妈妈温柔的注视着她的婴儿。
(2)above此处用作介词,意为“在……上面”。指“高于……”,但不与另一物接触,无“垂直”之意,表示地理、空间的位置,反义词是below。
拓展:
①over意为“在……正上方”,指一物体在另一物体的垂直上方,但与另一物体不接触,反义词是under。
②on意为“在……上面”,指一物体在另一物体上,有接触。
There is a desk on the ground. A light is over the desk.
在地上有一张书桌,它的正上方有一盏灯。
考点⑤ …everyone else had already shown up. ……其他人已经到达了。
show up意为“赶到;露面”。
He said he would come to the party, but he didn’t show up.
他说要来参加聚会,但是没有露面。
拓展:
show sb. sth.
=show sth. to sb.给某人看某物。
show sb. around… 带某人参观……
(be)on show 展出,展览
考点⑥ By the end of the school day… 到学校日结束时……
by the end of后跟名词或名词性短语,意为“到……结束时;到……为止”,常和完成时连用。
Let me know by the end of the week.
这周末前给我回音。
I had finished the work by the end of last month.
到上个月末,我已经完成哪像工作了。
拓展:
1.in the end意为“最后;终于”,一般单独放于句末。
2.at the end of后跟名词或名词性短语,意为“在……末端\尽头”。
Section B
考点① What happened to Dave on April Fool’s Day? 戴夫在愚人节发生了什么事?
sth. happens\happened to sb.意为“某人出了某事(常指不好的事)”。
A car accident happened to Jack yesterday.
昨天杰克出了车祸。
拓展:sb. happens\happened to do sth.意为“某人碰巧做了某事”。
I happened to meet Mr. Chen on my way home.
我在回家的路上碰巧遇到了陈老师。
考点② By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out. 当人们意识到这个故事是个骗局时,全国所有的意大利面条都已卖光了。
sell out意为“卖完;卖光”,be sold out是其被动式,意为“被卖光”。
The little girl didn’t sell out her matches.
小女孩没有卖完她的火柴。
That style of clothes has been sold out.
那种款式的衣服已被卖光了。
注意:sell动词,意为“卖”,当表示“某物卖得好”时应用主动语态表示被动,即:sth. sells well。
This kind of bread sells well.
这种面包卖得很好。
All the skirts ____ . They ________ very well.
- sold out; are sold
- sell out; have sold
- have been sold out; sell
- have sold out; sell
答案:C
考点③ Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story, and fear spread across the whole country.
威尔斯使它听起来如此真实以至于数百人相信了这个故事,恐惧传遍了整个国家。
hundreds of意为“数以百计的”表示概数。与具体数字连用时,用“数词+hundred”。当表示不确定的泛指数目时,要用hundreds of。
The sun was shining. Hundreds of people were lying on the beache.
阳光灿烂,数以百计的人躺在海滩上。
About three hundred of them have left there.
他们当中约有300人已经离开了那儿。
助记:模糊数字两有(有s,有of), 具体数字两无(无s,无of)。
提示:类似hundred用法的词还有:thousand“千”;million“百万”;billion“十亿”。
After the Asian Games, ______ people came to Guangzhou for a visit during holidays.
- thousand
- thousands
- thousand of
- thousands of
答案:D
考点④ Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day?
为什么超市在一个愚人节就用光了意大利面条?
run out of意为“用完,耗尽”,相当于use up,主语一般是人。
They have run out of water.
他们已经将水用完了。
Our money has been used up.
我们的钱花完了。
辨析:run out of后跟宾语,主语通常是人。run out后不跟宾语,其主语通常是时间、金钱等,不可用被动语态。
Our money has run out.
考点⑤ the most embarrassing joke 最尴尬的笑话
embarrassing形容词,意为“使人害羞的(难堪的货惭愧的)”,修饰或描述物,表示物具有的性质。。
She asked a lot of embarrassing questions.
她问了许多令人难堪的问题。
拓展:embarrassed意为“窘迫的;害羞的”时,其主语通常是人,表示人的感受。
助记:一言巧记:The embarrassing problem makes the man look very embarrassed.
这个尴尬的问题让这个人看上去很尴尬。
考点⑥ Well, last year, on the first day of school, my sister put a piece of paper on my back that said “Please say hello.”
哦,去年,在开学的第一天,我姐姐把一张写有“请打招呼。”的纸放在我背上。
piece可数名词,意为“张,件,片……”,其复数形式为pieces。a piece of…表示“一张\一件\一片\一首\一条”,常用来修饰不可数名词表达数量。
a piece of bread 一片面包
two pieces of 两片面包
注意:“two\three…pieces of+不可数名词”作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。
助记:
a piece of的一词多义:
考点⑦ When I woke up that morning…那天早上当我醒来的时候……
woke的原形为wake,wake up是“动词+副词”结构的短语,意为“叫醒,唤醒,醒来”。当代词作宾语时,只能放在wake和up之间;若是名词作宾语,放在up之前或之后均可。
I usually wake up at 6:30.
我通常6:30醒来。
The laughter of children wakes me up.
孩子们的笑声把我吵醒了。
辨析:wake与awake, wake常用词,多作不及物动词。awake正式用词,多为不及物动词,也可用作形容词,意为“醒着的”,通常作表语,其反义词为asleep。