相关高考试题
1. In some parts of London, missing a bus means______ for another hour.(2002上海春)
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. to be waiting
2. The owner of the cinema needed to make a lot of improvements and employ more people to keep it running, _________ meant spending tens of thousands of pounds. ( 2006江苏)
A. who B. that C. as D. which
3. If you think that treating a woman well means always_______ her permission for things, think again. (2006湖南)
A. gets B. got C. to get D. getting
答案及解析:
1选A. mean doing 表示"意味着";mean to do表示"本打算"。
2选D. which 引导的非限制性定语从句,修饰的先行词是前面整个句子。
3选D. mean doing 表示"意味着";mean to do表示"本打算"。 3. Sang Lan is very good example of someone who is happy with her life, even when people expect her to be sad. (P18) 桑兰是享受生活的一个很好的例子,尽管人们认为她会悲伤。
expect
vt. 1) to think or believe sth. will happen, or someone will arrive:
We are expecting a lot of applicants for the job.
[+ (that)] I expect (that) you'll find it somewhere in your bedroom.
I expect (that) he'd have left anyway.
[+ to infinitive] He didn't expect to see me.
The financial performance of the business is fully expected (= almost certain) to improve.
We were half expecting you not to come back.
2) to think that someone should behave in a particular way or do a particular thing:
I expect punctuality from my students.
[+ to infinitive] Borrowers are expected to (= should) return books on time.
相关高考试题
1. Mum is coming. What present ___________ for your birthday? (2005福建)
A.you expect she has got B.you expect has she got
C.do you expect she has got D.do you expect has she got
2. According to the art dealer, the painting ______ to go for at least a million dollars. (2004四川)
A. is expected B. expects
C. expected D. is expecting
3. I've worked with children before, so I know what______ in my new job. (2000全国)
A. expected B. to expect C. to be expecting D. expects
答案及解析:
1选C. 此句中do you expect为插入语,由于do you expect已用疑问语序,主句用陈述语序,故选C。
2选A. 油画与价格之间是被期待着的关系。此句应用被动语态。
3选B. what, which, how, when, where等特殊疑问词后一般接动词不定式,与疑问词一起充当宾语,表语。