董明義

1. 【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)】 Deng Yaping was born on the 2nd of June, 1973.

【中考鏈接】 History was made _______ 24th, 2007 when Change I went into space. (2008湖北襄樊)

A. at B. in C. of D. on

【解析】 選D。表示“在某日”要用介詞on。

2. 【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)】 —How long did he hiccup?

—He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.

【中考鏈接】 —_______ has your brother studied in New York?

—For two years. (2008福建福州)

A. How far B. How old

C. How often D. How long

【解析】 選D。從答語判斷，問句所問的應(yīng)該是“多長時(shí)間”。

3. 【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)】 When did he stop hiccupping?

【中考鏈接】 當(dāng)老師走進(jìn)教室時(shí)，學(xué)生們立刻停止了談話。（2008北京市朝陽區(qū)）

When the teacher came into the classroom, the students ______ ______ at once.

【解析】 填stopped talking。stop doing sth.意為“停止做某事（正在做的事情）”。

4. 【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)】 You are never too young to start doing things.

【中考鏈接】 Little Jim is only five years old. He cant make model planes by himself. (合為一句)

Little Jim is ______ young ______ make model planes by himself. （2008重慶市）

【解析】 填too, too。too ... to ...的意思是“太……而不能……”，too后面接形容詞或副詞，to后面接動(dòng)詞原形。

5. 【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)】 It was a comedy called...

【中考鏈接】 根據(jù)句子意思及漢語提示，寫出所缺的單詞。（2006江蘇徐州）

Do you like the novels ______(寫) by Mark Twain?

【解析】 填written。此題考查過去分詞（短語）作定語修飾名詞，過去分詞一般要放在所修飾的名詞的后面，稱為后置定語。

6. 【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)】 I saw her play when I was eight.

【中考鏈接】 My neighbor Ben is a funny boy. We can always hear him ______ (laugh) in the next room. (2007貴州貴陽)

【解析】 填laugh。動(dòng)詞see, hear等后面可接不帶to的動(dòng)詞不定式作賓語補(bǔ)足語，表示（看到/聽到）動(dòng)作發(fā)生的全過程；也可接現(xiàn)在分詞作賓語補(bǔ)足語，表示動(dòng)作的正在進(jìn)行。

7. 【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)】 He began to learn the accordion at the age of four.

【中考鏈接】 選擇與劃線部分意思相同或相近的選項(xiàng)。

Jim could play soccer when he was five years old. (2008四川巴中市)

A. at the age of five B. five years ago

C. since he was five years old

【解析】 選A。at the age of ... 所表示的意思是“在幾歲時(shí)”，與when引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語從句所表達(dá)的意思相同。

8. 【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)】 In October 2000, Li Yundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. 【中考鏈接】 我們應(yīng)該多參加課外活動(dòng)。（完成譯句）

We should ______ ______ in after-school activities more often. （2008重慶市）

【解析】 填take part。take part in是一個(gè)固定短語，意思是“參加”。

9. 【知識(shí)要點(diǎn)】He stopped playing football because of his sore back.

【中考鏈接】 The headmaster said the School Art Festival will be put off ______ the bad weather. (2006貴州貴陽市)

A. because B. for C. because of

【解析】 選C。because of與because的意思相同，都是“由于、因?yàn)椤钡囊馑迹玝ecause是連詞，用來引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句；because of后面要接名詞或代詞。