A. added B. adding C. adding up D. adding up to
[考查目标] 本题考查add及其构成短语的意思。
[答案与解析]B adding的意思是"补充(说)"。add up to意思是"加起来等于"。
4. amount n. 量,常与不可数名词连用
"the amount of + 不可数名词"表示"......的量"。
[提醒]
"a large amount of + 不可数名词"后跟单数谓语
"large amounts of + 不可数名词"后跟复数谓语
There is a large amount of / are large amounts of coal to be sent there. 大量的煤要运往那儿。
[比较] number 也意为"量",但它指可数的事物的"数目,数量"。the number of ......的数目 / numbers of / a number of 大量的 后跟复数名词
5. case的用法
▲ 搭配:
① as is often the case 这是常有的事
② as the case stands 在目前的情况下,就现有的情况而论
③ in this / that case 如果是这样/那样的话
④ in any case 无论如何,总之
⑤ in case (that)-clause 假使。如果,万一
⑥ in case of 万一......,如果发生......
⑦ (just)in case 以防(万一)
⑧ in most cases 在大多数情况下
【考例】(2005广东)You'd better take something to read when you go to see the doctor ____ you have to wait.
A. even if B. as if C. in case D. in order that
[考查目标]考查 case 构成的短语的用法。
[答案与解析]C 句意:"当你去看医生的时候最好带点东西读以防等待"。in case 意为"万一";even if意为"即使";as if,意为"好像";in order that 意为"为了......"。就高考而言,除了 in case 之外,意为"以防万一"的引导词还应掌握-,for fear that 和lest。
6. defeat 的用法
▲ 构词:defeatist n. 失败主义者
▲ 搭配:suffer a defeat战败;遭受挫败
▲ 辨析:defeat;beat;conquer 这组动词的一般含义是"打败"。
defeat 的含义是"打败",但被打败者不一定服输。例如:The public bet a lot of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. 公众为门杜萨下了一大笔赌注,但是他被击败了。
beat则表示彻底"打败",而且被打败者完全服输了。
例如:It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and become Champion of England. 直到1790年第三次比赛时,他才最后打败汉弗莱斯,而成为英国的冠军。
conquer 更可强调"把对方征服",而且被征服者或被征服的国家为征服者所有,可以任意支配,特别指"获得
对人、物或感情的控制。例如:Some countries may be defeated but can never be conquered. 有的国家可能被打败,但决不能被征服。
【考例】-- Who ____ the team from No. 2 Middle school? -- I'm not sure. Perhaps the team from the nearby county.
A. defeated B. won C. beat D. gained
[考查目标]本题考查defeat的常见用法。
[答案与解析]A defeat 意思是"打败",后面跟的是表示"人"或"组织"的名词或代词。
7. depend 的用法
▲ 搭配: