a）on or to the other side of 在……的另一边 b）later than （时间）超过 （通常用于否定
句）
c）much more than, outside the limits of 程度超出，为……所不及
d）besides, except 除……以外 e）beyond sb.=impossible for sb. to understand
Ex. Choose the exact meaning of the following sentences. He is such a naughty boy and is beyond my control. （ ）
Why she wants to go and live there is beyond me. （ ）
I can’t see anything beyond the river because of the fog. （ ）
Don’t stay out beyond 10 o’clock at night. （ ）
I didn’t notice anything beyond his accent. （ ）
4. You are doing fine. You will do better if you take it easy. take it easy 别紧张，放松 take
a chance/risk 碰碰运气，冒……风险
take a seat 坐下
take a step/measure 采取行动或措施
take an interest in 对……感兴趣
take a deep/long breath 深吸口气
take action （on） （对……）采取行动
take one’s place 代替某人的工作
take advantage of 利用
take into consideration 加以考虑
take notice of 注意
take for granted 认为是理所当然的
take charge （of） 负责，接管
take effect 起作用，生效
Ex. Choose the best phrases to fill in the blanks （1）The salesman _________________ and
started his talk. （2）Rock-climbing is an activity in which more
and more young people are________. （3）Jean always _______________the lunch
hour to finish her homework. （4）I don’t think I will get the job but I am
willing to ______________and ask for it. （5）He will _______________in the football
time because I shall be absent. （6）The two boys were talking together in the
back of the room but the teacher ________________them. （7）Bob is a natural leader, and can
______________in any emergency. （8）It is terrible that some children
___________________all that their parents do for them. （9）I had been working so hard for several
weeks, that I decided to ______________and relax
over the weekends. （10）The host asked me to come in and
________________. （11）The government has already
__________________to protect the environment. （
12 ） It was nearly an hour before the medicine_______________. （
13 ） How much time will we need to get to the lake? You have to ________the bad road _________________. Answer：
1. lost sight lose face lost his heart lost touch with should lose his weight lose himself in 2. keep out Keep an eye to keep off/to keep away from keep up with kept up keep away from keep…in mind 3. c e a b d 4. took a deep breath taking an interest takes advantage of take a chance take my place took no notice of take charge take for granted take it easy take a seat taken action took effect take…into
consideration 单项选择
1. After a fierce budget, the buyer and the seller _____________________.
A. come to an end B. come to a conclusion C. come to an agreement D. come to a decision
2. The little boy was saved at last. Now he is ________________the reach of danger.
A. beyond B. in C. to D. under 3. The hurricane _________for several days, which
left a terrible sight across the west coast. 5. He looked to be the _____________ of all the
A. kept to B. kept away C. kept back challengers. (tough) D. kept up 试题答案 4. We decided not to climb the mountains because it . 单项选择 was raining ___________. 1. C 2.A 3. D 4. D 5. D 6. B 7. B 8.
A. badly B. hardly D 9. A 10. B C strongly D. heavily
5. Some one called me up in the middle of the night,
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but they hung up __________I could answer the phone.
A. as B. since C. until D. before
6. ______________again and again but he didn’t
tell me the truth.
A. Having been asked B. He was asked C. Asking him D. Though he
was asked
7. ---Oh, it’s you! I didn’t recognize you.
---I ____________my hair cut, and I__________ new glass. A. had; was wearing B. have had; am wearing C. had; wore D. have had; wear 8. Carol said the work would be done by October, __________personally I doubt very much.
A. it B. that C. when D.
which
9. All the cars __________ nowadays are equipped
with safety belts.
A. produced B. to be produced C.
producing D. having produced
10. ---Hi, Jim. Could I use your computer?
---_________________.
A. Of course you could B. Sure. Go
ahead
C. Sorry, you may not D. No, you mustn’t
II. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1. His ______________ on Mt. Mckinley hasn’t yet
been confirmed. (survive)
2. After walking for 3 hours, I really felt _____________. (thirst) 3. His safety was a great ___________ to me when I heard the news of the air crash. (anxious) 4. She told the boss she was_______________. (quit) 一、本单元重难点单词及词组
1．care for 主要用法：
（1）照顾 (to look after sb. who is sick /old/young)
She tried her best to care for her old parents.
她尽力照料她年老的父母。(look after) （2）喜爱，喜欢 (love/like sth./ sb. very much) He doesn’t care for my friends/sweet food. 她不太喜欢我的朋友/甜食。(like sb./ sth.) Would you care for a cup of coffee? 想要杯咖啡吗？（相当于Would you like…?） I don’t care for him to read this letter. 我不愿让他读到这封信。（care for sb. to do
sth. 相当于want/expect sb. to do sth.）
比较：care about
①担心（be worried about）
She cares deeply about the environmental problems. 她对环境问题感到深深的担忧。 ②关心；注意，在乎(pay much attention to)
The only thing that he seems to care about is money.
他好像只在乎钱。
The boss doesn’t care for/ about his employees. 这个老板并不关心他的工人们。 2．anyway adv. 主要用法：
（1）无论如何，不管怎样（sb. will do sth./sth. will happen in spite of a problem)
He may not like my visit, but I shall go and see him anyhow. 他可能不喜欢我去拜访，但无论如何我还是要去看他。
He said he didn’t know much about computers but that he’d try and help us anyway. 他说他不太懂电脑，不过，他说无论如何也会设法帮助我们。
（2）对了；好吧（用于改变话题或转到前一个话题上）
Anyway, what was I saying! 对了，我刚才说什么？
（3）总之（used when you want to finish saying sth.）
Anyway, I must be going how. 总之，我现在得走了。
（4）话又说回来，反正
Sam didn’t get the job; but he’s not worried because it didn’t pay well anyway.
萨姆没有得到那份工作，但他并没有闷闷不乐的，反正薪酬也不算高。
（5）究竟；到底（used to find out the real reason for sth.）
So anyway, what were you doing in the park at two in the morning？
那么，你凌晨两点在公园究竟做什么？ 3．leave alone 主要用法：
（1）leave sb. alone 不去打搅某人 (stop annoying /upsetting sb.)
Why can’t you leave me alone? 你为什么不让我一个人待会儿？
（2）leave sth. alone 别碰某物(stop touching sth.) Will you leave the piano alone? 别碰那架钢琴好吗？ （3）leave it /this alone
Leave it alone, or you will break it. 别碰它，否则你会把它弄坏的。
4．admit (admitted, admitting)
主要用法：
（1）承认，赞同 (accept and agree unwillingly that sth. is true /right)
①admit (to) sth./doing sth.
He admitted (to) the murder /murdering the person. 他承认犯有谋杀罪/杀了这个人。 ②admit that-clause
He admitted that he murdered the person. 他承认他杀了这个人。
（2）准许……进入（或使用）(to allow sb./sth. to enter a public place to watch a game, performance, etc)
Only ticket holders will be admitted into the stadium.
只有持票者才可进入体育场。 The UK was admitted to the EEC in 1973. 英国于1973年获准加入欧共体。 He was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday morning with stomach pains.
他星期二上午因胃痛被送进了医院。 5．in want of 需要
主要用法：sb. be in want of sth. （相当于sb. need sth.）
The house is in want of repair. 这房子需要修理。
拓展：归纳“某人需要/缺乏某物” sb. lack sth. sb. be lacking in sth.
sb. be in need of sth.（相当于sth. be in need 或sth. be in demand） sb. be in short of sth.
There’s a great demand／need for sth. sb. need/demand/want sth. badly/desperately 6．badly off
（1）潦倒，穷困（poor)
People are better off than they used to be. 人们要比过去富裕得多。
We’re too badly off to have a holiday. 我们太穷，没有钱度假。 （2）缺乏 (lack sth.)
The school is rather badly off for equipment. 这学校相当缺乏设备。(be badly off for 相当于be in want of sth.)
We’re well off for supermarkets in this area. 我们这个地方有许多超市。（be well off for sth. 相当于have plenty of sth.）
7．occupy vt. (occupied; occupying) 主要用法：
（1）占领；占有(seize and control) The enemy occupied the city soon. 敌人不久就攻占了这座城市。 (seized) （2）占据（时间/空间） The bed occupied too much space. 这张床占据了太多的空间。（took up） The job occupied all my space time. 这个工作占据我所有的课余时间。 固定短语：
sb. be occupied in doing sth. (with sth./doing sth.) 某人忙于做某事
She has been occupied with the research recently.
她最近忙于她的研究。（相当于She has been occupied in doing her research recently.） 拓展：归纳词组“某人忙于做某事”
sb. be occupied
sb. be busy doing sth..
sb. be busy with sth.
sb. be engaged in sth./ doing sth.
sb. be in buried in sth. /doing sth.
sb. be employed in sth. /doing sth.
apply oneself to sth./ doing sth. devote oneself to sth. /doing sth. put one’s heart and soul into sth.. keep sb. occupied /busy with sth.. 二、本单元重难点句子
1．Am I paying you 15 shillings a week for warming your hands?
难道我一周付你15先令是让你来暖手的吗？ pay sb. money for sth. 由于某事付某人多少钱 也可相当于：Am I spending 15 shillings a week in your warming your hands? 拓展：“花钱做某事”的表达法 sb. pay money for sth. sb. spend money on sth. sth. cost sb. money
sb. charge sb. money for sth. 某人由于做某事向某人索要钱
sb. offer sb. money for sth. 某人出钱买某物 sb. offer sth. for money 某人以某价格将某物卖掉
例如：I paid 20,000 yuan for the furniture. 我花了2万元买这些家俱。 相当于：
I spent 20, 000 yuan
The furniture cost me 20, 000 yuan.
I bought the furniture for 20, 000 yuan.
The man charged me 20 yuan for carrying the luggage for me.
这个人为我搬点行李向我索要20元。 The man offered me 20 yuan for the book. 这个人向我出价20元买这本书。
2．If I hear another word from you, you will go where it is really cold.
如果再让我听到你发出一点声音的话，那你就会到真正凉快的地方去。
go where it is really cold是一个where引导的地点状语从句。这个从句也可转换为一个定语从句，即：go to the place where it is really cold. 地点状语从句一般放在不及物动词后面，由“where＋主语＋谓语等”构成。它与定语从句的区别是：①地点状语从句前没有先行词，而定语从句前有先行词。②地点状语从句中的引导词where不可用作“prep.＋which”，而定语从句中的where可以转为“prep.＋which”。 例如：