楊開成
1. entrance, entry
兩詞都有“入口;進入”之意。entrance不具體指門或大門,而籠統(tǒng)地指入口處??珊蚾f連用,表示“入口”屬于該物的組成部分;也可和to連用,表示通往“某處”的途徑。使用時,應依句意的著眼點進行選擇。該詞強調(diào)“進入”的行為,如入門、入場、參戰(zhàn)等。entrance還指某人的到來、或容許某人入內(nèi)。entry可具體指入口,包括門、大門、門廳、門廊等。entry指進入組織或指進入的權(quán)力,其后多接介詞into;也有準許入內(nèi)的意思,但語氣更為莊重。
a. We cant go along that road because the sign says “No ____”.
b. This did a good deal of damage to the ____ of the building.
c. The ____ to the hall is on your right.
d. The thieves had forced an ____ into the building.
答案:a. Entry b. entrance c. entrance d. entry
2. be known as, be known for, be known to, be known by
be known as意為“作為……知名,被稱作是,大家公認為,叫作”,后接身份名詞;be known for意為“因……而出名,因……而眾所周知”,for表示原因;be known to意為“為……所知,……所熟知”,介詞后的名詞或代詞表示為“誰”所知;be known by意為“憑……而知”,by表示手段或標準,作“通過,按照”解。
a. One can ____ his words and deeds.
b. He ____ the police as a thief.
c. Before liberation, this village ____ its extreme poverty.
d. He ____ a fair judge.
答案:a. be known by b. is known to c. was known for d. is known as
3. deal in, deal with, do with
deal in意為“做買賣,賣某物,經(jīng)營某物”,后接經(jīng)營或買賣的商品,一般不用被動語態(tài)。deal with和do with都可作“處理”解,deal with常和疑問詞how連用;do with中的do為及物動詞,要帶賓語,故常和疑問詞what連用。另外,deal with還有“和……做買賣;對付,和……打交道;涉及,論述,關(guān)于(主要指書籍、文章或演講的內(nèi)容)”等意思。
a. We dont know what to ____ waste things.
b. Such people are difficult ____.
c. Do you ____ Tom, a greedy merchant?
d. They ____ hardware but not software.
答案及解析:a. do with b. to deal with c. deal with d. deal in
4. aim at, aim for
兩者的后面均可接名詞、代詞或動名詞,都表示“目的是,旨在”的意義,一般可換用。不同的是,aim at還有“瞄準,對準”的意義,后既可跟表目的的名詞,又可跟射擊的目標。be aimed at是aim at的被動語態(tài)。aim for強調(diào)最終目的。總之,at強調(diào)“目標”,for強調(diào)最終目的。
a. The visit ____ expanding relation between the two countries.
b. What she ____ is to win a scholarship.
c. We ____ the completion of the task by the end of the year.
d. The hunter ____ ____ the lion and fired, but missed it.
答案及解析:a. was amed at b. is aiming at c. aim for d. aimed at
5. insist that, insist on, stick to, persist in
四者都有“堅持”之意。insist后接that從句有兩種用法:一是表示“堅持說,堅決認為(主張)”,從句用陳述語氣;二是表示“堅決要,堅決要求”,從句用虛擬語氣,即謂語用should+動詞原形,should可省略。insist on多用于堅持“意見、看法、主張”等。stick to多用于堅持“計劃、決定、諾言、意見、理想或某種理論”等。persist in表示對某種活動堅持不懈或?qū)δ撤N信念固執(zhí)不改。
a. If you ____ breaking the law, you will go to prison.
b. Its right ____ ones promise.
c. He ____ the plan be carried out at once.
d. She ____ the fact.
答案及解析:a. persist in b. to stick to c. insisted that d.insisted on
6. as a result, as a result of
as a result為“因此,結(jié)果是”;as a result of為“由于……的原因 (結(jié)果)”。
a. ____ the big fire, thousands of people lost their lives.
b. He was late for school again. ____, he was punished by the teacher.
c. She was late ____ the snow.
d. It doesnt often rain in summer here. ____, we have to water the vegetable garden.
答案及解析:a. As a result of b. As a result c. as a result of d. As a result。
7. provide, supply
provide主要指為某人、某物或某事“提供”、“供應”某物品,尤其指生活必需品,常用于provide sth. for sb.和provide sb. with sth.結(jié)構(gòu)中;supply指用物“供給”、“供應”或“提供”給國家、群眾、工廠、城市、市場等,以部隊為對象時,往往只供給生活必需品,而不指武器。常用于supply sb. with sth.和supply sth. to/for sb.結(jié)構(gòu)中。涉及到金錢時,provide往往有“免費供給”的含義;supply一般是要給錢的。
a. TV ____ a lot of entertainments to us.
b. They ____ the refugees food and medicine.
c. More and more vegetables and fruit ____ to the army.
d. Can you ____ accommodation for thirty people?
答案及解析:a. supplies b. provided c. are supplied d. provide
8. ability, capacity, talent
這組詞都表示“個人的能力”。ability指人表現(xiàn)出來的實際能力,既指天賦能力,也指培養(yǎng)造就獲得的本領(lǐng);capacity用于物時指容納能力,用于人時指潛在的能力,尤指接受能力、領(lǐng)悟性、敏感等;talent表示先天所賦予的某種特殊才能,可以經(jīng)過訓練或使用而有所發(fā)展和成熟。ability和talent主要用于人;capacity可用于人,也可用于物。ability后常接不定式、介詞in或for;talent后通常接介詞for表示“有……的天才”。
a. I think he is a man of great ____.
b. The hall has a seating ____ of 100 persons.
c. This sort of work calls for special ____.
答案及解析:a. ability b. capacity c. talents
9. help, aid, assist
這三個詞的共同意思是“幫助”,help和aid既可用作名詞,也可用作動詞,assist只能用作動詞。aid常用于很緊急或很危險的場合,意為“援助、資助,救援”,在foreign aid (外援),first aid (急救),government aid to industry (政府對工業(yè)的援助),state aid (國家援助)等短語中不能用help。assist有“從旁協(xié)助、起輔助作用”的含義,只是充當被幫助者的助手,居次要地位。help最常用,常指出于好意或同情而做出的行為,意為“幫助,救援”。
a. She was delighted to ____ him with his English.
b. He ____ me to clean the rooms.
c. The stricken ship sent an SOS for immediate ____.
d. I couldnt have done it without your ____.
答案及解析:a. assist/aid/help b. assisted/helped c. aid d. help
10. damage, destroy, harm
damage指因“損害、損壞”而減少或使之失去使用價值、用途等。這種“損傷”多為局部性的,充當賓語的名詞一般為非生物名詞。destroy指十分徹底地破壞,不能或很難修復。harm“損害、傷害、危害”,多指給人精神上造成痛苦和苦惱等。
a. What you said has ____ her.
b. The fire ____ several houses.
c. An explosion ____ the engine.
答案及解析:a. harmed b. damaged c. destroyed
11. be used to, get used to, used to
be used to是“習慣于”的意思,可用于各種時態(tài),其中to是介詞,后接名詞、代詞或動名詞;be used to有時是動詞use的被動形式,有“被用來……”的意思,to為動詞不定式符號。get used to意為“習慣于”,表示一個動作,說明由不習慣到習慣的轉(zhuǎn)變,其后接名詞、代詞或動名詞,常用于將來時和完成時中。used to意為“過去常?!保硎具^去存在但現(xiàn)在已不存在的情況或習慣,to為不定式符號,后跟動詞原形。
a. There ____ be many people smoking in the office, but now no- body is allowed to.
b. Ive ____ living here.
c. Weve ____ hard work.
答案及解析:a. used to b. got used to c. been used to
12. join, join in, take part in, attend, participate
四者都可譯成“參加”,但意義和用法有異。join意為“加入某一組織,成為其中一員”,join后可接表示人的名詞或代詞,表示加入到某人或某些人的行列中去。join in表示“加入”,“參與”某種活動,in之后可接名詞或動詞的-ing形式,表示“參加某人的活動”,可以說join sb. in (doing) sth.。take part in指參加會議或群眾性活動,重在說明句子主語參加該項活動并在其中發(fā)揮作用。join in后可以不跟賓語,take part in后必須跟賓語。attend意為“出席,參加”,指參加會議或儀式、婚禮、葬禮,典禮、上課、上學、聽報告等,強調(diào)的是這一動作本身,而不強調(diào)參加者在活動中起作用。participate指以主人或主角的身分、或姿態(tài)“參加”或“參與”某項活動并在其中發(fā)揮作用。一般不指參加某個團體或組織,其后接介詞in,可與take part in換用,但后者更口語化。
a. She actively ____ in local politics.
b. When will you ____ the meeting?
c. Let me ____.
d. Were going swimming. Will you come and ____ us?
e. My elder brother ____ the army last year.
f. All the children of school-age in our village have ____ school.
答案及解析:a. participates b. take part in(attend) c. join in d. joine. joined f. attended