【正文】 rvative C. considerate D. consistent 18. The British and American people are very much ___ in many ways. A. like B. likely C. likewise D. alike 19. As a disabled woman, Zhang Haidi overcame the greatest difficulties ____ to make such achievements. A. imaginary B. imaginative C. imagined D. imaginable 20． People agree that in today’s world Yao Ming is one of the greatest basketball players ____. A. alive B. live C. lively D. living 21. Half of the staff of the pany ____ the proposal put forward by the general manager. A. object C. disagree D. differ 22. We should develop a _____ attitude towards the established theories. A. crucial B. creative C. critical D. cruel 23. With practice, students will have more and more ____ knowledge of what they are reading. A. prehensive B. prehensible C. understanding D. understandable 24. In the world full of modern superstition, we should be ____. A. contemptuous B. contemptible C. credulous D. incredulous 25. It is ____ that China will bee a powerful country in half a century. A. predictive B. predictable C. thought D. considered 26. Don’t you think that this jacket fits you_____? A. fairly B. gracefully C. absolutely D. perfectly 27. Don’t take what he said too ____. He was just joking. A. earnestly B. seriously C. gravely D. believably 28. He hasn’t given up his experiment。介詞不能單獨用作句子成分，它通常放在名詞或代詞之前構成介詞短語，從而在句子中發(fā)揮不同的語法功能。 1. 介 詞的種類 介詞可分簡單介詞、復合介詞、分詞介詞、雙重介詞和短語介詞五種。 before, behind, below, beside, besides, beneath, beyond, between, but, by。 of, off, on, opposite, out, over, past, (a)round。 under, underneath, until, up 復合介詞 (Compound Preposition) inside, into, onto, outside, throughout, upon, within, without 由兩個介詞或由一個副詞和一個介詞構成 分詞介詞 (Participle Preposition) concerning(關于 ), considering(考慮到 ), excepting, following(由于 ,在?之后 ), including, regarding (關于 ) , notwithstanding(盡管，雖然 ), respecting(關于 ), saving(除?之外 ), touching(關于 ) 由分詞轉化而來 雙重介詞 (Double Preposition) from among, from behind, at about, from under, until after 由兩個以上介詞合用在一起 短語介詞 (Phrasal Preposition) according to, ahead of, along with, apart from, as for, as a result of, as concerns, as regards, away from, as to, at the cost of； by means of, because of, but for, due to, except for, for the sake of, for want of, for all； in accordance with, in addition to, in case of, in honor of , in harmony with, in regard to, in front of, in place of, in opposition to, in respect to, in spite of, in response to, in the event of, instead of, in terms of, in view of； on account of, other than, out of, owing to, on the point of； previous to, prior to, regardless of, together with, thanks to, with a view to, with the exception of 由一個或兩個簡單介詞和一個或幾個其他詞類組成一個短語，作用相當于一個介詞 ，后需跟賓語 。 1) 表 [方向 ]: a. to, for, toward(s): to 表動作到達目的地 He got to London yesterday. for 表目的地的方向 The train is bound for Beijing. toward(s) 表動作方向，與是否到達無關 He ran toward(s) the station. b. up, down: up 表由下往上（游） His office is up the stairs. I was walking up the street. They were journeying up the river. down 表由上往下（游） The elevator moves down the building. They live farther down the river. ⊙ up and down 表上下、往復之意 I walked up and down the street. c. along, across, through, throughout: along 表示動作沿著某直線狀物體進行 The plants grow along the river banks. across 表示動作在某物體表面進行 The ship sailed across the Atlantic. through 表示動作從物體中間穿過 The traveler was walking through the forest. throughout 表示動作波及整個地區(qū) The news got spread throughout the country. d. in, into, out of: in 表示在某場所內部 There was nothing in the house. into 表示向某場所內部移動 The teacher went into the classroom. out of 表示動作出于某個范圍 He is looking out of the window. 表示來自某個范圍 Tom got pleasure out of work. e. from, off: from 表動作從某點出發(fā) The ball rolled down from the table. off 表與連在一起的物體分離 She was wiping sweat off her face. 15 f. round, around, about: round, around 表動作圍繞某物體進行 ,此二介詞常通用 The moon moves round the earth. They walked around the lake. about 表在某處周圍或內部做不規(guī)則分散運動 The students sat about the desk. We rowed about the pond. 2) 表 [位置 ]： a. at, in: at 表位于較狹小的地方或空間點 I will meet you at the library tomorrow morning. in 表位于較寬廣的地區(qū)或立體范圍內 He works in Nanjing. at a distance 隔開一段距離，在稍遠的地方 The tree looks like an umbrella at a distance. in the distance 在遠處 I saw an elephant in the distance. b. at, on : at 用于門牌號碼前 He lives at 107 Happy Street. on 用于街道、道路前 He lives on Happy Street. in the street ( 英國英語 ) The old man was walking in/on the street. on the street (美國英語 ) c. in, by： in 表在某范圍之中 She saw a shark in the sea.. by 表在某物體旁邊或靠近處 He is sitting by his mother. d. on, over, above: on 表示和某物體表面接觸 Look at the book on the desk. over 表示在某物體的垂直正上方或在其上面 Jack lives over a bar. Tom was hit over the head. above 表示在較高的上方 , 未必垂直 We can see the sun above the horizon. （有時在同一平面上表示上方） The picture is above the blackboard. e. under, below, underneath, beneath: under 與 over 意思相反 , 表垂直下方 He found a wallet under a chair. 16 below 與 above 意思相反 , 表下方或低于 The temperature is below freezing these days. underneath 與 on 意思相反 , 表某物緊貼在另一物的底下 There39。clock， at midnight， at the age of 20 引申為 一??就 之意 The baby cried at the sight of his mother. Her face lit up