the majority.

②They had a large majority the other party at the last election.

(4)用括号内所给词的适当形式填空

①The majority of people (prefer) peace to war.

②The majority of the damage (be) easy to repair.

解析：(1) 选B。 考查means作主语时谓语动词的形式。means意为"方式，方法"，单复数形式相同，被every修饰时谓语动词用单数形式；被all修饰时谓语动词用复数形式。

(2)Majority (3) ①in ②over

(4) ①prefer/prefers ②is

4. occur

vi. 发生；存在；出现

常用结构：

occur to (主意或想法突然)浮现于脑中;被想起，被想到

it occurs to sb. to do sth. 使某人想到做某事

it occurs to sb. that ... 某人想到......

Just then an idea occurred to me. 就在那时我想起了一个主意。

It suddenly occurred to me that I had left my umbrella upstairs.我突然想到我把伞忘在楼上了。

易混辨析

happen/occur/take place

happen是一般用语，尤其指偶然发生，表示"碰巧、恰好"的意思。

occur 文言意味较浓,常指某特定事物的发生，也可以表示某种想法出现在人的头脑中。

take place 指事先计划或预料到的"发生"，此外还有"举行"的意思。

New things are happening all around us.

新事物在我们周围不断发生。

The explosion occurred at 5:30 a.m.

爆炸发生在早上5点30分。

When will the basketball game take place?

篮球赛何时举行？

高手过招

单项填空

It suddenly to the detective that the millionaire was probably murdered by his own daughter.

Happened B. occurred C. thought D. took place

解析：选B。由空格后的to可知，选B。occur to 一个想法突然呈现......。

5. indicate

vt. 指出；标示；表明；暗示

I asked him where my sister was and he indicated the shop opposite.我问他我姐姐在哪，他指了指对面的商店。

Research indicates that men find it easier to give up smoking than women.研究显示男人比女人更容易戒烟。