重点句子 1. The country is covered with cherry tree flowers so that it looks as though it might be covered with pink snow.

2. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave. 重点语法 情态动词的两类重要用法：1．表示推测 2．征询意见（见语法部分） 语言要点（模块）

Ⅰ.词语辨析 (旨在提供完形填空所需材料)

1. take place / happen / occur / come about / break out 【解释】

take place表示"发生、举行、举办"，一般指非偶然性事件的"发生"，即这种事件的发生一定有某种原因或事先的安排。

happen作"发生、碰巧"解，一般用于偶然或突发性事件。

occur作"发生、想到、突然想起"解，其意义相当于happen。

come about表示"发生、产生"，多指事情已经发生了，但还不知道为什么，常用于疑问句和否定句。

break out意思为"发生、爆发"，常指战争、灾难、疾病、火灾或者争吵等事件的发生，也可以表示突然大声叫喊等。 【练习】根据句子的意思翻译或按要求填词。

1). Great changes have _________ (发生) in our hometown during the past ten years.

2). _____________________ (我突然想起) I saw him on my way home yesterday.

3). I _________ (碰巧) to see your sister crying on my way to school yesterday. I was in such a hurry that I had no time to ask what had happened ________ (介词) her?

4). When the Second World War _________ (爆发), Tom was only a newborn infant.

5). I' ll never understand how it _________ (发生) that you were late three times a week.

6). A big earthquake _________ (发生) in the south of China last year.

答案：1). taken place 2). It occurred to me that 3). happened; to 4). broke out

5). came about 6). occurred / happened 2. celebrate / congratulate 【解释】

celebrate"庆祝"，后面跟某个节日或物。

congratulate"祝贺"，一般搭配为congratulate sb. on (doing)sth."祝贺某人某事"。 【练习】根据句子的意思在括号里填入适当的词。

1). We all ________ Jessica on her winning the first prize in the writing competition.

2). At Christmas the people in the western countries will ________ the birth of Jesus.

3). Let's hold a party to ________ your birthday and at the same time ________ you _______ your passing the examination.

答案： 1). congratulated 2). celebrate 3). celebrate; congratulate; on 3. gather / collect 【解释】

gather 用途较广泛，可用于人、物或无形的抽象事物，如人群的集合，食品、财产、文件、书籍等的收集。强调将分散的东西收集在一起。

collect 强调为了研究目的而做的有鉴别、有计划的收集，并指为了爱好而做的有条理的安排，对某些事物进行逐渐的收集

这两词用不及物动词时用，常可互换，都表 " 聚集；聚拢 " 。