Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago.

与40年前相比，卫生保健的水平得到了极大提高。

Wild flowers such as orchids and primroses are becoming rare.

兰花、报春花等野花越来越稀罕了。

Opportunities such as this did not come every day.

这样的机会不是天天都有的。

活学巧用

2.单项填空

（1）This song________ our country________ a family.

提示："这首歌把我们的国家比作一个家庭。"此题考查compare to与compare with的区别，用to时表示"比作"即汉语中的拟人/拟物；用with时表示"比较"。

答案：C

（2）________things________ ink,pens,notebooks can be bought in the shop at the gate.

A.Such;as B.Such;like

C.Such;that D.Such;which

提示："诸如墨水、钢笔、笔记本之类的东西在门口的那家商店都能买到。"such和as连用。

答案：A

　　3.While the sport of Quidditch is an important part of the book and of Harry's school experience,I feel that too much time is dedicated in the film to showing it.(Page 63 lines 42~44)

　　尽管魁地奇这项运动是这部书中的非常重要的一部分，在哈利·波特的学校经历中是非常重要的一部分；但我觉得表现这项运动花费的时间太多了。

【剖析】本句是while引导的让步状语从句，主句是I feel that to much...，其中主句后又跟了一个宾语从句。

While I am willing to help,I do not have much time available.

尽管我愿意帮忙，但是没有多少时间。

She claimed to be 18,when I know she's only 16.

虽然她自称是18岁，可是我知道她才16岁。

【归纳】while引导让步状语从句时，常位于句首。when也可引导让步状语从句，常位于句末。

活学巧用

3.单项填空

（1）(2006全国高考Ⅱ，13) We thought there were 35 students in the dining hall,________in fact,there were 40.

A.while B.whether C.what D.which

提示:"我们认为在餐厅里有35名同学，然而，事实上，有40名。"以上四个词中只有while能表达转折含义。

答案:A