【正文】 ddle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s population ______ in cities rather than in the country.A. are living C. Despite he had never acted ______ before, his first performance for the amateur dramatic group was a success.A. Though having never acted C. to have been robbed BAADC 1. C. take out on B. take out it on D. to have been blamed3. It’s not fair that you e home after aD. would take2. It turned out that the children were not ___for the accident.A. to blameC. had takenB. should takeThe roads were clear except for a few ，路面很空曠。They all went to the Summer Palace except 。except不包括所引事物。Have you got any clothes besides these?除了這些衣服你還有別的嗎?but不包括所引事物在內(nèi)，多與nothing, not anything, nobody, nowhere, all, anybody等連用。例如：He does not dare (to) answer.Does she dare (to) go there alone?近義詞辨析besides, but, except, except for這組詞均含有“除…外”的意思。例如：I dare not go there.How dare he say such rude things about me?dare作為情態(tài)助動(dòng)詞沒(méi)有過(guò)去式形式，其否定式為daren’t，既可指現(xiàn)在時(shí)間，也可指過(guò)去時(shí)間。Testutilize指充分發(fā)揮某物的作用，使無(wú)用的東西變有用，或使人或物有新用途。employ指使用未被利用的東西；用于人時(shí)表示雇用。I don’t think plaints will avail you 。We should not only know the theory but also know how to apply it to ，還要知道怎樣把理論應(yīng)用于實(shí)踐。He used up all his resources in experimenting with the new ，花光了一切錢財(cái)。例如：He used to smoke a lot, but he has long given up smoking.在否定陳述句或否定疑問(wèn)句中，用didn’t use to或usedn’t to均可：He didn’t use to smoke cigarettes.He usedn’t to smoke cigarettes.Didn’t Maria use to be interested in the theatre?Usedn’t Maria to be interested in the theatre?在肯定疑問(wèn)句中也可有兩種形式：Used you to go to the same school as Edward?Did you use to go to the same school as Edward?近義詞辨析use, apply, avail, employ, utilize這組詞均含有“使用”或“利用”之意。ABCDC TestDCDBDCDACCDCBDB專項(xiàng)練習(xí)1. All of us should avoid _____ mistakes. A. to make B. made C. to be made D. making 2． _____time, he would do it betterA. Giving B. Having given C .Given D. To give3. It is high time that he ____ to bed.A. goes B. went C. going D. to go4. I wish I ____ a bird.A am B will be C will bee D were5. I’d rather ____ than____ him.A died , married B die, marryC to die, to marry D dying, marrying6. The teacher insisted that we________ our homework before 9:00 o’clock A. finished B. had finished C. finish D. was finishing7. The little girl showed the policeman the corner ________she was knocked off her bike. A. and B. which C. that D. where8. The garden requires________. A. watering B. being watered C. to water D. having watered9. Is this the house________ Shakespeare was born? A. which B. in that C. in which D. at which10. ________ leaves the room last ought to turn off the lights. A. Anyone B. The person C. Whoever D. Who 11. The population of the world is growing at a dangerous________. A. pace B. measure C. progress D. rate 12. You________ not have seen her yesterday, for she was abroad. A. must B. should C. could D. would 13. Alice trusts you。defect意為“缺點(diǎn)，缺陷”。【難點(diǎn)】weakness意為“弱點(diǎn)；嗜好”。【難點(diǎn)】permission意為“允許”；permit意為“許可證”；allowance意為“津貼”；possession意為“擁有”。at best意為“至多”。at large意為“自由地；大體地”。23. C) 【句意】他那平易近人的風(fēng)度使得博拉立刻放松了情緒。22. C) 【句意】如果一種物質(zhì)溶解在水里或被加熱，它可能釋放出一種氣體。destroy意為“破壞；毀滅”。【難點(diǎn)】waste意為“使衰弱；使消瘦”。sensory意為“感覺(jué)的，傳遞感覺(jué)的”。senseless意為“失去知覺(jué)的，不省人事的”。比如說(shuō)，到60歲的時(shí)候，多數(shù)人失去了他們40%的嗅覺(jué)能力和50%的味覺(jué)能力。publicity意為“公眾的注意，名聲”。situation意為“位置，地點(diǎn)，環(huán)境”。19. B) 【句意】這片海灘所處位置理想，吸引了很多游客。fall through意為“失??；成為泡影”。【難點(diǎn)】split up意為“分裂，離婚”。minimum意為“最低限度，最低點(diǎn)”。minority意為“少數(shù)，半數(shù)以下”。17. C) 【句意】當(dāng)然，大多數(shù)移民不是一夜之間就發(fā)財(cái)?shù)?，但是他們大多最終改善了自己的生活水平。intense意為“強(qiáng)烈的，劇烈的”。【難點(diǎn)】intensive意為“加強(qiáng)的；集中的”。hum意為“發(fā)連續(xù)低沉的聲音(如蜜蜂、馬達(dá)的嗡嗡聲)”。ring意為“鳴，發(fā)出清脆響亮的聲音”。15. C) 【句意】瑪麗躡手躡腳走過(guò)來(lái)把鐘拿走了，因?yàn)樗憛捲谧约合胨X(jué)的時(shí)候聽(tīng)它滴噠地響。technology意為“工業(yè)技術(shù)”。14. B) 【句意】現(xiàn)代技術(shù)所引發(fā)的問(wèn)題也許比它所能解決的要多。punish意為“罰，懲罰”。【難點(diǎn)】fine意為“處…以罰金”。cut away意為“切除；砍掉”。cut out意為“停止；切下”。12. C) 【句意】這個(gè)小山村被大雪封住達(dá)一個(gè)多月。times意為“次，回”。【難點(diǎn)】coat意為“覆蓋物，層”。【難點(diǎn)】as well意為“(程度)同樣地好”，是副詞短語(yǔ)修飾動(dòng)詞hear；just表示程度，意為“剛好”。【難點(diǎn)】在條件句中表示現(xiàn)在將來(lái)的時(shí)間，需要用一般