Unit 5 The power of nature

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Unit 5 The power of nature. 基础知识自测. 一、单词拼写 根据读音、词性和词义写出下列单词。 1._____________ [ vCl5keinEu ] n. 火山 2._____________ [i 5rQpt ]vi. ( 火山 ) 爆发 3. _____________[ AN^5zaiEti ] n. 担心;焦虑 4._____________ [ 5trembl ] vi. 摇晃;颤动 5._____________ [ bC :]vt. 使感到厌烦 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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一、单词拼写 根据读音、词性和词义写出下列单词。1._____________ [vCl5keinEu] n. 火山 2._____________ [i5rQpt]vi. ( 火山 ) 爆发3. _____________[AN^5zaiEti] n. 担心;焦虑 4._____________ [5trembl] vi. 摇晃;颤动5._____________ [bC:]vt. 使感到厌烦 6._____________ [5kAnsEl]vt. 取消;撤消7._____________ [5kQridV]n. 勇气 , 胆量

8._____________ [dai5vE:siti]n. 多样性;多种多样9. _____________ [Ed5ventFE]n. 冒险

volcano

eruptanxietytremble bore cancel

courage diversity

adventure

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10.____________ [i5vAljueit]v. 评价;估计11.____________ [ik5sait]n. 使兴奋;使激动 12.____________ [fAn5tAstik]adj. 奇异的;极好的13.____________ [5fauntin]n. 喷泉 14.____________ [5AbsElu:tli]adv. 绝对地;完全地15._________________ [Qn5fC:tjJnEtlI]adv. 不幸地

16.____________ [5pAnik]vi.& n. 惊慌17.____________ [5preFEs]adj. 珍贵的;贵重的

18.____________ [pE5tenF(E)l]adj. 潜在的;可能的 19.____________ [im5pres]vt. 给…留下深该印象

20.____________ [7^ArEn5ti:]vt. 保证;担保

evaluate excite fantasticfountainabsolutelyunfortunatelypanicprecious

potential impressguarantee

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二、单词运用 根据句子的结构和意义,以及首字母或汉语提示,在空格处填入一个恰当的单词。

1 . The students were e_________ to hear the news

that their team had won the game.

2 . Sometimes the teacher’s teaching is b_________

that some students even feel asleep I class.

3 . A volcanologist is a person who studies the

formation of v______________, and their current and

historic eruptions.

4 . Li Ping fell off his bike and hurt himself yesterday,

f______________, it wasn't serious.fortunately

excited

boring

volcanoes

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5 . People all over the world were a_____________ to

have peace.

6 . The soldier had shown great __________( 勇气 ) in

the battle.

7 . In my childhood, my father i___________ on me

the value of hard work..

8 . I have_____________( 删去 ) many unnecessary

words in my manuscript ( 原稿 ).

9.The new television ___________( 保修单 ) had a with

it.

10 . All the children listened to his_____________( 冒险 ) with eager attention.

Adventures

anxious

courage

impressed

cancelled

guarantee

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三、词语派生 用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。1. The crowd feel excited to hear the __________

(excite) news 。2. The Anthem Olympic Games was really an

_____________( impress) one.3. Thanks to your ________________(encourage), I’ve

made great progress in my study.4. The teacher praised him for his

______________ ( anxious ) for knowledge.5 . ________________ ( fortunate ) , belts are worn

only by a small percentage of drivers and passengers.

exciting

impressive encouragement

anxiety

Unfortunately

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6 . _________(bathe) in the polluted water resulted in their disease.

7 . The research project has only been under way for three months, so it's too early ________________(evaluate) its success

8 . It is really a ___________ ( fantasy ) place for the children to play.

9 . Real friend ship is ________________(precious) than money.

10 . The meeting had to _______________ (cancel) in the end because of the heavy storm.

Bathing

to evaluate

fantastic

more precious

be cancelled

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四、词组互译 将下列词组或短语译成中文或英文。1.compare… with_______________

2. make one’s way _____________

3. vary from…to ________________

4. meet with _________________

5. make an effort ________________

6. 由…覆盖 _________________

7. 全部焚烧 ____________________

8. 冒险 ____________________

9. 匆匆看一遍 ____________________

10. 将…比做 ________________compare …to

与……相比前往

由……到……不等偶遇 , 遭受

努力be covered withburn to the ground

take a riskglance through

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五、词组运用 词组填空 根据句子提供的语境,从第四大题中选一个

适当的词组并用其适当的形式填空。1. Living in a town can't ________________living in the

country in many respects. 2. It was a dark rainy night and they ______________ to the village at the foot of the mountain.3. There are different kinds of computers in the store

and their prices ______________2,000 yuan ______ 12,000 yuan.

4. About 71 % of the surface of the earth ____________________water.is covered with

compare with

made their way

vary from to

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翻译填空 根据汉语意思,从上述短语中选一个恰当的词组完成句子。

5. In the bookstore, I__________( 遇到 ) a former classmate.

6. Can you _________________ ( 看看 ) the figures for me?

7. The big fire _________ the house ________________( 夷为平地 ).

burned to the ground

met with

glance through

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句子翻译 从上述短语中选择恰当的短语翻译下列句子。

8 .教师的工作常被比作蜡烛。

9 .他冒险过这座旧桥。

10 .他尽力爬上墙。

He took a risk when he crossed the old bridge.

A teacher's work is often compared to a candle.

He made an effort to climb the wall.

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1. It shows a volcano erupting.

erupt. vi ( 指火山,战争,危机,问题等)爆发;突然发生足球赛后城里发生了暴力事件。Violence erupted in the city after the

football match.

eruption . n

eruptive adj.

in eruption 在喷发中

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explode 爆炸 burst 爆炸,炸开 erupt 爆发a volcano erupting 是一个动名词的复合结构,在此作 shows 的宾语,其中 a volcano 是动名词 erupting 逻辑上的主语。I don’t understand his / him behaving like

that.

我不明白他有那种行为。

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2. Share your knowledge with others in your

class.

share. vt. 分享,分配,分摊 ; 共有, 共用 ; 有同样的感情(或想法 , 经历等)Sue shares a house with three other students .

We shared the pizza between the four of us.

Men often don’t like to share their problems.

Both drivers shared the blame for the accident.

share. n 一部分;一定量,一份,股份the lion’s share 最大,(或最好)的一份

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3. Yet, however weak we are, we are not

completely powerless.

yet. 在此是连词,作“但是,然而” ( but, however)

I have slept eight full hours, yet I’m still

sleepy.

我睡了足足 8 个小时了,可还是想睡。

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并列连词 but 不可与从属连词 though/

although 同时出现,而 yet 作为副词,可与 though /although 同时出现---Have you been to New Zealand ?

--- No, I’d like to, _______.

A, too B. though C. yet D. either

though 可用作副词,意为“然而,但是” , 需置于句末,而 yet 应置于句首。

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4. Can you imagine climb into a live volcano

in order to take the temperature of the

boiling rock

inside.

live. adj.

live animals. 活的live coverage of the World Cup

世界杯的实况转播

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live coals 燃烧着的煤块 Pollution is still very much a live issue.

污染仍然是目前非常让人关注的问题(目前所关心的,时下重大的)

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living , lively, alive, lovely, live 的区别:living, 现存的,活的 live , 活的 , 现场直播的 alive 活着的,只作后置定语和表语。lively, 精力充沛的,生气勃勃的lovely 可爱的,美丽的,优美的,有吸引力的

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take the temperature of sb.

take sb’s temperature,

测量某人的体温have /run a temperature 发烧 ( =have / run a fever )

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5. Do you like adventure in your life?

adventure. n. 奇遇,冒险(活动)adj. adventurous

vt. 拿… . 冒险;大胆进行;大胆表示She is so shy a girl that she never __________

an opinion in public.

Boys like adventure.

男孩子喜欢冒险

adventure 使人心振奋,寻求刺激的冒险

adventures

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6. I am never bored.

bore. vt 使感到厌烦 bore. n 令人讨厌的人或事物 bored. adj. 感到厌烦的 boring adj. 令人厌烦的Mr. Smith, ______ of the ______ speech,

started to read a novel.

There was a ______ expression on his face.

The speech was so ______ that I fell asleep

while listening.

bored boring

bored

boring

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7. …, because danger excites me and makes

me feel alive.

excite. vt. 使兴奋; 使激动

-- Are you still thinking about yesterday’s game?

-- Oh, that’s ________.

A. what makes me feel excited.

B. whatever I feel excited about

C. how I feel excited

D. when I feel excited.

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改错:Much to our excitements, our team won the

game again

The exciting look on his face suggested that

he was much excited at the exciting news.

Excitedly, my best friend Peter has come out

first in the contest.

excitement

excited

Excitingly

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8. However, the most important thing about

my job is that I help to protect people from

one of the …

that I help to … 这是 that 引导的表语从句,在从句中,that 不作成分。____ the young man works very hard is

_____the manager appreciates him for.

That

what

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however. 不管怎样,无论什么程度,然而,不过instead. 代替,反而,却,相反therefore 因此,所以,因而thus . 如此,这样,因而,从而yet. 还,尚未(否定句), 然而,尽管

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1. At his age, he is supposed to study hard at

school. _______ he spends most of his time in

the net bar.

2. There is still much to discuss. We shall,

_________, return to this item at our next

meeting.

3. Although he didn’t attend the meeting, ____

he knows everything about it.

however, therefore, instead, thus, yet

instead

therefore

yet

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4. We thought the figures were correct.

________, we have discovered some errors.

5. He’s only 17 and ____________ not

eligible to vote.

6. He is the eldest son and _____________

heir to the title.

However

thus/ therefore

thus/ therefore

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9. Having collected and evaluated the

information, I help other scientists to predict

where lava from the volcano will flow next and

how fast it will flow.

“ Having … information” 用现在分词的完成式,在句中作时间状语,表明该动作发生在主句动作之前。我不想继续求学,便决定当一个服装设计师。Not wishing to continue my studies, I decided

to become a dress designer.

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由于没有收到回音,他决定再写一封信。Not having received a reply, he decided to

write again.

evaluate v. 评估;评价;估计我没有看到他的工作情况,无法评价他的能力。I can’t evaluate his ability without seeing

his work.

It’s hard to evaluate her as a singer.

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10. Unfortunately, we can’t move their homes

out of the way and many houses have been

covered with lava or burned to the

ground.

unfortunate. adj. 不幸的,倒霉的

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归纳拓展:unfortunate.

adj. 不合适的;不恰当的;令人遗憾的unfortunately. adv. 遗憾地,不幸地fortunate adj. 交好运的,带来好运的;幸运的fortune.

n. 机会;运气;命运;财产make a fortune 发财try one’s fortune 外出找出路

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He went to the west and _____ a fortune

soon by selling cars.

A.received B. found

C. made D. searched

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burn to the ground 全部焚毁这所房子已焚为平地。The house was burnt to the ground.

burn down ( burn to the ground ) 烧毁,烧平burn up 烧掉,烧毁burn out 烧光,烧尽

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When boiling rock erupts from the volcano

and crashes back to earth, it causes less

damage than you might imagine.

当滚烫的岩石从火山喷出并撞回地面时,它所造成的损失比想象的要小些。

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This is because no one lives near the top of Mount

Kilauea where the rock fall.

这是因为在熔岩降落的基拉维厄山顶附近无人居住。The lava that flows slowly down the mountain

causes far more damage because it buries

everything in its path underthe molten rock.

沿着山坡下流的熔岩造成的损失要大得多,因为火山岩浆所流经的地方,一切都掩埋在熔岩下。

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11. I was fast asleep when suddenly my bed began shaking and I heard a strange sound. 表语形容词 意义 其修饰词

asleep 睡着的 fast, sound, dead

awake 醒着的 wide

worth 值得的 well

alike 同样 / 相似的

very much

well 身体好的 very

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12. Having experienced quite a few

earthquakes in Hawaii already.

quite a few (口语)相当多的 (= not a few)

Not a few people have made that mistake.

很多人犯过这种错误。

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a few 几个 ( 表示肯定意义)only a few 仅少数的,只有几个以上短语皆修饰复数名词,修饰不可数的有:not a little 相当多的quite a little

only a little 只有一点点

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13. I was about to go back to sleep when suddenly my bedroom became as bright as day.

was about to + when 这时,突然was doing sth.

他正要离开,突然电话响了。He was about to leave when the telephone rang.

史密斯一家正在看电视,这时外面有人喊“救火”。The Smiths were watching TV when someone

called “ fire” outside.

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14. in the distance 在远处;在遥远的地方 at a distance 以一定距离 在稍远处

fountain. 是人造喷泉 , 而指天然喷泉时则用spring.

A group of children are playing in the fountain in

the park.

一群孩子在公园的喷泉中玩耍。An encyclopedia is fountain of knowledge.

百科全书式知识的源泉。

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15. It was an absolutely fantastic sight.

*absolute. 绝对的,完全的我认为他们那样对待那个孩子绝对不光彩 ( disgrace ) 。I think it’s an absolute disgrace the way

they treat that child.

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* absolute 还意为“确实的”,“的确如此”的,“无疑的” ,”独立的”absolute truth 事实真相absolute alcohol 无水酒精It’s an absolute fact. 这是千真万确的事。absolutely. adv. 绝对,完全地, 常用于回答问题或用作评语-- Do you agree with me?

-- Absolutely.

你同意我的意见吗?完全同意

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fantastic. adj. ( 口语)极好的,很棒的;奇异的,古怪的;异想天开的;难以置信的You have passed your test? ______!

A.Fantastically

B.Fantastic

C.Wonderfully

D. Greatly

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海湾的夜景更美。The night view of the bay is even more

fantastic.

insects of fantastic shapes 奇型怪状的昆虫a fantastic plan 不切实际的计划

fantastically adv. 难以置信地;奇异地;极好地fantasize v. 想象;幻想fantasy n. 想象;幻想, 幻想出来的东西

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16. It wasn’t very easy to walk in these suits,

but we slowly made our way to the edge of the

crater and looked down into the crater.

make one’s way( to) . 前进,前往,获得成功;发迹我们顺着山坡往下朝城里行进。We made our way down the hill towards the

town.

Henderson began to make his way in politics.

亨德森逐渐在政治界有所建树。

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与 way 有关的词组: make way ( for) 让路;让出位置fight one’s way 奋勇前进lose one’s way 迷路go one’s way 走自己的路feel one’s way 摸索前进

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make its way 有利可图make the best of one’s way 尽快走push one’s way 挤过 find a way out 找出出路find one’s way找到路;设法达到out of the way 不挡道;不碍事in the way 挡道的;妨碍人的In a way 在某点上;在某种程度上

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17. potential. un. 潜在性;可能性;潜能adj. 可能的;潜在的He is a young singer with great potential.

他是个非常有潜力的歌手。the potentials of the technology

该项技术的潜力

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Language points for Reading II

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Language Points:

1.The height of the land varies from 700

metres above sea level to over 2,000 meters and is home to a great diversity of plants and animals.

vary v. 呈现不同 ;改变,变化 vary from…to… 由…到…不等; 从…变为…

这些鱼的价格从 3镑到 5镑不等。 The price of these fish vary from £3 to £5.

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You need a lot of variety in your diet. variety (质量,种类或特征的 )变化

The plants of Asia show a great diversity of form. diversity n. 变化多样,多样性 ( 相当 variety)

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2. It is said that this boy, who had a great gift for languages and persuasion, is the father of the Manchu people.

it is said that… :

have a great gift for…:

据说,据报道…对…有很高的天赋

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1. 我们不能保证我们所有的航班都不误点。

2. 这里的天气时时都在变化。

We can’t guarantee that all our flights will never be delayed.

The weather here varies from hour to hour.

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3. 他匆匆看了一遍那道题就开始回答了。He glanced through the question and began to answer.

4. 据说昨天的火灾中 4 个小孩丧生了。It is said that four children died in fire yesterday.

5. 尽管他数学不算好,音乐上却很有分天。Even if he is not good at maths, he has a great gift for music.

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Language points for Reading II

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1.European football is played in 80 countries, ____ it

the most popular sport in the world.

A. making B. makes

C. made D. to make

2.____ a reply, he decided to write again.

A. Not receiving B. Receiving not

C. Not having received D. Having not received

3.The visiting Minister expressed his satisfaction with

the talks, ____ that he had enjoyed his stay here.

A. having added B. to add

C. adding D. added

分词作状语

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4. “Can’t you read?” Mary said ____ to the notice.

A. angrily pointing B. and point angrily

C. angrily pointed D. and angrilypointing

5. The murderer was brought in, with his hands ____

behind his back.

A. being tied B. having tied

C. to be tied D. tied

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-ing 分词做状语: -ing 分词作状语可以表示时间、原因、结果、条件、让步、方

式或伴随情况等。①-ing 分词短语作时间状语,有时可由连词 when, while引出。如: Be careful while/when crossing the road.

当看到那些画,她想起了她的童年。 Seeing those pictures, she remembered her childhood.

==》When she saw …

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②-ing 分词短语作原因状语,Not knowing his address, I can’t send this book to him.

Because I don’t know his address,…

因为非常激动,那晚我们许多人都没睡着。Many of us, being so excited, couldn’t go to sleep that night.

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–③ ing 分词短语作结果状语。如:His father died, leaving him a lot of money.

她非常生气,把玩具扔在地上,把它摔成了碎片。She was so angry that she threw the toy on

the ground, breaking it into pieces.

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④-ing 分词作伴随状语,可放于句首或句中。表示主语的另一个伴随的动作。如:他们在那儿站了半小时,观察着天上的星星。They stood there for half an hour watching the stars in the sky.

==》 They stood there for half an hour and watch the stars in the sky.

年轻人跟在老人的后面开始慢慢地走起来。 Following the old man, the young people started walking slowly.

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⑤-ing 分词间或也可作条件状语和让步状语如果你站在大山的脚下会发现自己很渺小。 Standing at the foot of a high mountain , you

will find himself very small.

尽管知道了一切情况,他们还是要我赔偿损失。Knowing all this, they made me pay for the

damage.

==》 Although they knew all this , they made

me pay for the damage.

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_______ (look)out of the window, we can see a big

tree.

____ (see)from the window, a big tree can be seen.

注 : (1) 分词作状语时,它的逻辑主语与主句的主语一致。 V--ing表主动或进行 ,--ed 表完成或被动

Looking

Seen

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(2)V—ing 所表示的动作与谓语表示的动作几乎同时发生。如果分词表示的动作发生在谓语所表示的动作之前,则用动词 V—ing 形式的完成式( having done ) eg. Writing the letter, he left out something

important.

( while/when he was writing the letter)

Having written the letter, he read it carefully.

(After he had written the letter)

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(3) 否定式 not 的位置 ( 在分词的最前面加not)

Not knowing her address,we could not get in

touch with her.

Not having received an answer, he decided to

write another letter to them.

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“⑥ with/without+n.+-ing” 结构在句中作状语,表示伴随情况或时间、原因等。如:

随着时间的推移,他的头发变花白了。His hair became grey with the years passing.

因为期末考试快到了,他感到很紧张。With final-exams coming, he feels very nervous.

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英语中习惯接 -ing 分词作宾语的常见动词:避免 错过 少延期 avoid miss put off/postpone

建议 完成 多练习 suggest finish practise

喜欢 想象 禁不住 enjoy imagine can’ help

承认 否定 与嫉妒 admit deny envy

逃避 冒险 莫原谅 escape risk excuse

忍受 保持 不介意 stand keep mind 、

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常见的带介词 to 的短语,后接 -ing 或名词。admit to承认 contribute to捐助、贡献get down to着手做 give way to让位于keep to 坚持、遵守 lead to 导致look forward to期待 turn to 求助于 stick to坚持 be equal to 胜任的、等于 point to 指向、表明 see to 注意、处理 be used to 习惯于 devote oneself to 献身于 be familiar to 为……熟悉

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一些固定的 -ing 分词短语,如generally speaking (一般来说) ,

judging from… (根据……来判断) ,

considering… (考虑到……) ,

talking of… (谈到……,提到……)等等

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从他的口音看他一定来自加拿大。Judging from his accent, he must come

from Canada.

考虑到他是如此可爱,我们决定让他免费听音乐会。 Considering how poor he was, we decided

to let him attend the concert for free.

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Choose the best answer:1.She is writing a letter to a friend of hers, ____him to the party.A.Having invited B.inviting C.to invite D.invited2.____all my letters,I had a drink and went out.A.Finished B.Having finished C.Finishing D.To finish3.___who she was,she said she was Mr.Johnson’s friend.A.Asking B.Asked C.To be asked D.When asking

B

B

B

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4.____Sunday,the students are at home.

A.Being B.To be

C.It is D.It being

5.____, your composition is full of mistakes.

A.Writing carelessly

B. Written carelessly

C.Having written carelessly

D.Being written carelessly

D

B

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6.____several times,the young scientist still

kept on making his experiments.

A. Having been failed B. Having failed

C. Though failed D. Because of failure

7.The food____ at the moment is for the

dinner party.

A. cooked B. to be cooked

C. is being cooked D. being cooked

B

D

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8.While building a tunnel through the mountain,

____.

A.an underground lake was discovered

B.there was an underground lake discovered

C.a lake was discovered underground.

D.the workers discovered an underground lake

9.Finding her car stolen, ____.

A.a policeman was asked to help

B.the area was searching thoroughly

C.it was looked for everywhere

D.she hurried to a policeman for help

D

D

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10.She set out soon after dark ______home an

hour later.

A.arriving B.to arrive

C.having arrived D.and arrived

11.____his key, he couldn’t enter the room.

A.Having been lost B.He had lost

C.Having lost D.Losing

12—Why do you stand and watch the

milk___over?

---Oh, sorry. I was thinking of ___to the zoo.

A.boiling; taken B.boiled; taking

C.boiled; being taken D.boiling; being taken

D

A/D

C

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1.I cannot understand _____ such a well-paid job.

A. him to give up B. him to have given up

C. his giving up D. his being given up

2.Jane’s summer vacation in England led to _____

an Englishman.

A. her marry B. her to marry

C. her being married D. her marrying

3.She was sad because of _____ any chance left.

A.there being not B. there not being

C. not there being D. there was not

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4.If you think a letter is too slow, why not _____

a telegram?

A.try to have sent B. trying to send

C. to try to send D. try sending

5.There is no chance _____ him today.

A. in seeing B. to seeing

C. of seeing D. about seeing

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6.I know you like _____ . Would you like _____

with me now?

A. to swim, to swim B. swimming,

swimming

C. swimming, to swim D. to swim, swimming

7.Before _____, the machine must be checked.

A.being used B. using it

C. being used to D. using

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8.To give up _____ means _____ .

A.smoking, stopping smoking

B.smoking, to stop smoking

C.to smoke, to stop to smoke

D.to smoke, stopping to smoke

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9. — What do you think of the book?

— Oh, excellent. It’s worth _____ a second

time.

A. to read B. reading

C. to be read D. being read

10. “What has made you so upset?”

“________ my new bike.”

A. Lost B. Because of losing

C. Since I lost D. Losing

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11. I still remember___ to Beijing when I was six.

A. to take B. taking

C. having taking D. having been taken

12. Some foreigner used to ___ on the left in their

own countries, but now they have got used to

_____ on the right in our country.

A. driving, drive B. drive, drive

C. drive, driving D. driving, driving

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13. He remained ____ there, for he

grew ____in many things there.

A. staying, interesting

B. staying, interested

C. to stay, interest

D. stayed, interested

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14. It is important for parents and young people

to learn how to get through to each other and

develop skill in understanding and _____.

A. being understood B. to be understood

C. understand D. understood

15. _____ more trees is good for health and it is

also important to stop waste from factories

_____ our surroundings.

A. To plant, pollute B. Planting, to

pollute

C. Plant, polluting D. Planting,

polluting

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16. I would appreciate _____ back this

afternoon.

A. you to call B. you call

C. your calling D. you’re calling

17. How about the two of us _____ a walk

down the garden?

A. to take B. take

C. taking D. to be taking

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18. “The light in the office is still on.”

“Oh, I forgot _____ .”

A.turning it off B. turn it off

C. to turn it off D. having turned it

off

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19. “I must apologize for _____ ahead of time.”

“That’s all right.”

A. letting you not know

B. not letting you know

C. letting you know not

D. letting not you know

20. It happened ______ when I left the station,

so I had to wait until the rain stopped.

A. to be raining     B. to have rained    

C. to rain   D. raining

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21. ____ more attention, the trees could have

grown better.

A . Given B. To give

C . Giving D. Having given

22. Climbing mountains was ____, so we all

felt ____.

A. tiring ; tired B. tired ; tiring

C. tiring ; tiring D. tired ; tired

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23. The ____ morning, the father came

into the lonely house , ____ by his

naughty boy .

A. following ; following

B. followed ; followed

C. following ; followed

D. followed ; following

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24. ____ these pictures, I couldn’t help thinking

of those days when I was in Beijing and ____

from the top of a thirty-storeyed building,

Beijing looks more magnificent.

A. Seeing ; seen

B. Seen ; seeing

C. Seeing ; seeing

D. Seen ; seen

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25. Mrs White was glad to see the nurse

____ after her son and her daughter

and was also pleased to see children

well ____ care of in the nursery.

A. looked ; taken

B. looking ; taken

C. looked ; took

D. looking ; taking

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26. I was fortunate to pick up a wallet ____ on

the ground on the way home, but

unfortunately for me, I found my colour TV

set ____ when I got home.

A. lying; stolen B. laying; stealing

C. lay; stolen D. lying; stealing

27. ____ better attention , the vegetables could

have grown better with the sun shining

brightly in the sky and ____ them light.

A. Giving; given B. Given; given

C. Giving; giving D. Given; giving

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28. ____ his head high , the manager

walked into the room to attend the

meeting ____ then .

A. Holding; being held

B. Held; holding

C. Having held; held

D. Held; to be held

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29. ____ but he still could not understand it.

A. Told many times

B. Having been told many times

C. He has been told many times

D. Though he had been told many times

30. On hearing the ____ news, I was too ____

to sleep.

A. exciting ; excited B. excited ;

exciting

C. exciting ; exciting D. excited ;

excited