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【例1】.-What do you think of the performance today?

-Great! but a musical genius could perform so successfully.（07福建高考）

A. All B. None C. Anybody D. Everybody

【解析】 none可用于指人或物，使用none 时，可有一定范围，用of构成的短语来表示，也可不表示出来。还可用于回答how many和how much的提问。这里的none相当于nobody。

【例2】 -You are always full of . Can you tell me the secret?

-Taking plenty of exercise every day.（07福建高考）

A. power B. strength C. force D. energy

【解析】energy表示精力。

【例3】 , his idea was accepted by all the people at the meeting. (07重庆高考)

A. Strange as might it sound B. As it might sound strange

C. As strange it might sound D. Strange as it might sound

【解析】as引导让步状语从句,应把名词/形容词/副词/分词/动词放在句首。

【例4】He didn't make clear when and where the meeting would be held.（07天津高考）

A. this B. that C. it D. these

【解析】it作形式宾语,真实宾语是when and where引导的从句。

[考点演练]

一、选择题

1．It is the prevention of disease______ its successful treatment that has led to the rapid increase of the world's population.

A. rather than B. including C. but also D. less than

2. When she sensed that she was being watched by a tall man with a scar on the cheek, the young girl fled_____.

A. in surprise B. in sorrow C. in terror D. in vain

3. -----Does Bill do his job well?

------- ______ his old job. I'm afraid there is no hope for him.

A. Not better than B. No better than C. Not so well as D. More than

4．He decided to find a good job and make more money because his whole family_______ him.

A. rely on B. put on C. take on D. come on

5. The gym instructor created all kind of exercise which ______ various special interests of groups of people .

A. referred to B. catered to C. got to D. took to

6. ---I wonder why he is acting so strangely these days.

------Recent pressure at work may_____ his behavior.

A. account for B .explain for C. make for D. stand for

7. She was always ______ the move, never staying in one town over a few days.

A. of B. at C. on D in

8. It is hoped that the new car's style and design will _____ for its lack of speed.