类似短语：more and more 越来越；larger and larger 越来越大；more or less 或多或少

　　more than 超过，不仅仅；no more than仅仅；once more = once again 再一次

　In recent years most people think the further we go for a journey, . .

A. our holiday will be better B. our holiday will be the better

C. the better our holiday will be D. the better will our holiday be

　He told us that that the work was finished.

A. more or less B. more than C. no more than D. the more or less

　He is (不仅仅) a teacher.

5. compare A with B 把A和B 作比较

　compare A to B 把A比作 B

　e.g. Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.

　　Compare this one with that, you'll see the difference

　n. comparison

6. cause vt.导致、引起，可用于cause sb. to do sth.

拓展：cause 作名词 起因 原由，表具有明显的原因和起因，与of 搭配。

　　　reason 用于说明某事的理由，与介词for搭配

The police are still searching for the the fire.

A. reason of B. cause of C. reason for D. cause for

There is no for being late. You should have come here an hour earlier.

A. reason B. cause C. way D. need

7. regret 懊悔，忏悔

　regret to do 遗憾要去干某事

e.g. I regret to tell you that you failed in the exam.

regret doing 后悔做了某事

e.g. We've always regretted selling the farm.

思维拓展：和regret类似的用法：

　try to do sth.努力.企图做某事； stop to do停下来去干某事；forget to do 忘记要做某事

　try doing尝试做某事； stop doing 停止正在做的事情； forget doing忘记曾经做过；

mean to do打算干某事； go on to do继续去做另一件事； remember to do记住去做某事； mean doing 意味着干某事； go on doing 继续做同一件事； remember doing记得做过某事

　You were too hard to him, you will regret those words.

A. having said B. to say C. to speak D. to have spoken

　When did you go to Shanghai? I remember there when I was a child.

A. having taken B. to be taken C. taken D. having being taken

　How I regret (waste) so much time playing when I should have studied.

"I wish I had not made that mistake" has the similar meaning to " I regret that mistake."

A. having made B. to make C. made D. not to have made

8. inform vi.通知，告诉，获悉 常和介词of ,about 连用

e.g. They came round and informed us of their decision.

well-informed意为"灵通的"，"了解的",可作表语, 定语和宾补.

　It's very kind of you to keep me well what is going on there .

A. informing from B. from informing of C. informed of D. from informed about