3.It seems that Doctor Watson ________.

　　A.is playing a joke on Sherlock Holmes

　　B.pretends not to understand what Sherlock Holmes means

　　C.doesn't understand why Sherlock Holmes asks him such a question

　　D.wouldn't like to answer Sherlock Holmes' question

　　答案:C

　　4.This short passage mainly tells us ________.

　　A.two types of English jokes

　　B.jokes which use words are useful

　　C.jokes are used to rid oneself of loneliness

　　D.jokes result from misunderstanding

　　答案:A

　　难句透视

　　1.However,some actors can astonish us with the deep feelings they can inspire in us for a character they are playing.

　　无论如何,有些演员能用他们所演的角色在我们身上激起深深情感,震撼我们。

　　剖析:该句中有两个定语从句:they can inspire in us...修饰the deep feelings;they are playing修饰a character。其中inspire作及物动词用,意为"激励,鼓舞"。

　　2.Imagine you are hungry and all there is to eat is a boiled shoe.

　　试想一下,你肚子饿了,可供食用的仅有一只煮熟了的皮鞋。

　　剖析:all是不定代词,后面的there is to eat是其定语从句,引导词that已省略。

　　3.That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin in one of his most famous films The Gold Rush.

　　这就是查理·卓别林在他最著名的影片《淘金记》中所面临的问题。

　　剖析:facing Charlie Chaplin在句中作定语,修饰the problem,动词的-ing形式构成的短语作定语时要放在所修饰词的后面。这里的problem facing Charlie Chaplin=the problem which faced Charlie Chaplin。再如:I have a friend living in London.我有一个朋友住在伦敦。

　　4.The film is set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century when gold was discovered and thousands of people rushed there in search of it.

　　电影的背景是19世纪中叶的加利福尼亚,那时(在那里)发现了金子,成千上万的人都涌向那里去找金子。

　　剖析:be set in的意思是"以......为背景"。when引导定语从句,修饰the middle of the nineteenth century。

　　5.Instead they are caught on the edge of a mountain in a snowstorm in a small wooden house,where they have nothing to eat.

　　取而代之的是他们被暴风雪困在山边的一个小木屋中,没有任何东西可吃。

　　剖析:这个句子需要注意:(1)where they have nothing to eat是非限制性定语从句,修饰a small wooden house。(2)be caught表示"被困难,陷入"。

　　6.He makes it seem as if it were one of the best meals he has ever had!

　　这顿饭他吃起来就像是他所吃过的最美味的一餐！

　　剖析:as if 引导方式状语从句,叙述当时的情景,用虚拟语气,系动词一律用were；he has ever had是定语从句,修饰 meals,引导词that已省略。其先行词meals被序数词修饰,定语从句用that引导,而且从句的时态用完成时。

7.How hungry would you have to be to eat a shoe?