答案:rather than
Ⅲ. 单句语法填空(不多于3个单词)
1. Take an umbrella with you. You can't risk________(catch) in the rain.
答案:being caught 考查非谓语动词。句意:随身带把雨伞吧。你不能冒淋雨的危险。risk后接动名词而不跟不定式作宾语。be caught in被困于,遭遇。
2. So softly did he whisper________none but Jane heard what he said.
答案:that 考查so...that结构。句意:他如此温和地小声说话以至于除了简之外没有人听见他说了什么。so...that...引导结果状语从句时,如果so+adj./adv.置于句首,主句要用部分倒装。
3. It is said that The Legend of Zhen Huan is________(like) to be a hit in America.
答案:likely 考查be likely to do结构。句意:据说《甄嬛传》有可能在美国大获成功。likely的主语可以是人,也可以是物,可用于sb./sth.be likely to do sth.结构。
4. [2013·宜昌高二检测]Equipped with the latest facilities, today's schools are quite different from________ of the past.
答案:those 考查代词辨析。句意:如今的学校配备了最新的教学设备,和过去的学校迥然不同了。代替的是同名但不是同一个内容的复数名词schools,用those。