墙用黄金和白银砌成，宫殿大到可以轻而易举地容纳6000人同时进餐。 这是一个由and 连续的并列复合句，在第二个分句中，so large 后面省略了that，（that）

it could easily seat 6000 people for dinner 是一个结果状语从句。 so ...that ... 表示"如此......以致......"。

7. get across使理解（某事）to cause to be understood

I spoke slow but my meaning didn't get across. 我慢慢地讲，但我的意思仍不被人理解。 get 的常见短语：

get along with 事情进展，与人相处； get away 逃跑；

get down to 开始（认真做某事）； get through 通过，拨通（电话）；

get together 集会；get rid of 去掉，处理； get into the habit of .养成......的习惯； get in touch with 与......取得联系。

8. run out of 用完，耗尽to use up

We have run out of milk and juice. 我们用完了牛奶和果汁。

The petrol has been run out of; we have to walk home.

辨析：run out of 与run out

run out of 表示主动含义，主语一般为人；

run out 意为"用完，耗尽"，表示被动含义，主语通常为时间、食物、金钱等。 I have run out of ink. 我把墨水用完了。 Our food has run out. 我们的食物吃完了。

After a day of hard work my strength ran out completely.

9. carry on 继续做某事 to go on to cause to remain or last

After her husband's death, she carried on. 丈夫死后，她继续坚持下来。

Carry on with your work while I'm out. 我出去一下，你接着干吧。

carry 的常见短语：

carry off 抢走，窃走，带离；

carry on 经营，从事，忙于，继续进行；

carry out 拿出，进行，开展，执行，完成，实现； carry over使持续下去，推迟；

carry through 把......带进，完成，帮助渡过难关

1. The meal over, the managers went back to the meeting room to ______ their discussion.

A. put away B. take down C. look over D. carry on

【解析】该题考查考生对题干中两个句子含义的理解以及对选项中动词短语的掌握情况。由题干中的"went back"可知"午餐过后，经理们返回办公室继续他们的讨论。故正确答案应为 D. "carry on" 与 "went back"相对应。 A项 "put away"含义为"储存，放好，收拾好" B 项"take down"含义为"取下，记下，拆除" C项 "look over" 含义为"检查，检阅"。

2. （2011江西卷）You can't predict everything. Often things don't _____ as you expect.

A. run out B. break out C. work out D. put out