3. In my opinion, life in the twenty-first century is much easier than ________.
A. that used to be B. it is used to C. it was used to D. it used to be 答案：DAD。
that，one和it的区别是：它们均代表前面说过的名词，但that代指单数不可数名词或概念，同类但并非同一个；one代指单数可数名词，同名异物；it代指同名同物。
2. 定语从句的that和名词从句的that
定语从句的关系代词that在从句中有语法作用(做主语、宾语等)，而名词从句中的从属连词that只是起连接名词从句的作用，本身没有词义，没有语法作用。因此，区别that到底是引导定语从句还是名词从句，只要看其有没有语法作用即可。例如下面两个题目：
1. Nobody believed the reason _______he explained for being absent from the class.
A. why B that C. as D. because
2. Nobody believed his reason for being absent from the class _______he had to meet his uncle at the air port. A. why B that C. where D. because
答案：BB。第一个句子是定语从句，that代替先行词reason，在从句中作宾语(he explained the reason)；第二个句子是名词从句，that引导的从句做reason的同位语，是进一步说明reason的内容，that只起连接从句的作用，在从句中不担当任何成分。
3. 高度警惕的几个陷阱
你不妨先试着回答下面几个题目：
1. Harry Potter is such an interesting book _____ everybody likes to read. A. that B. as C. which D. /
2. It was along the Mississippi River ____ Mark Twain spent much of his childhood.
A. how B. which C. that D. where
3. It was evening ______ we reached the little town of Winchester. A. that B. until C. since D. before 4. —— Where did you get to know her? ——It was on the farm ______ we worked.
A. that B. where C. which D. there
5. —— He got his first book published. It turned out to be a bestseller. —— When was that?
—— It was in 2000 ______he was still in college. A. that B. then C. which D. when
你的答案是不是ACAAA？如果是这样，那你只回答对了第二个题目，而另外的四个题都错了，因为它们都与that无关，这是最典型的陷阱题。我们不妨来仔细分析一下：
第一题，你想选择that，那你一定是认为这是个结果状语从句，而that后面everybody likes to read少了“it”，因此，这不是状语从句，而是由as引导的限定性定语从句。
第二题选择that，是It was…that…的强调句。因为去掉这个结构，所保留的是个完整语句，即：Mark Twain spent much of his childhood along the Mississippi River，只不过使用强调结构来突出地点\。但是，你如果还是以强调句的惯性思维来回答第三至第五题，你不免就犯了“经验主义”的错误，因为这三个，如果是强调句的话，在去掉强调结构后，都不是正确的、或不符合上下文语境的句子：即
3.We reached the little town of Winchester evening.(evening前少介词.Com] 4. —— Where did you get to know her? —— we worked on the farm. (答非所问)
5.—— He got his first book published. It turned out to be a bestseller.
—— When was that?
—— he was still in college in 2000. (答非所问)
从上面的分析不难看出，第三题是个时间状语从句选择before，第四第五都是定语从句，分别选择where(关系副词，地点)，when(关系副词，时间)。上面五个题的正确答案应当是BCDBD
2011中考英语一轮复习—英语“穿衣”的区别
英语中表示“穿衣”的动词很多，在初中英语中我们就学习了dress, wear, put on, have on等表示“穿衣”的动词。你知道如何使用它们吗？ 一、从所接宾语来看
dress 要接“人”作宾语(不接“衣”作宾语)，而其余的则要接“衣”作宾语(而不接“人”作宾语)。
She dressed the baby. 她给婴儿穿衣服。
She was wearing her mother’s coat. 她穿她母亲的大衣。 Put your coat on when you go out. 出去时穿上外套。 She has a red jacket on. 她穿着一件红色的短上衣。 二、从表示动作与状态来看
wear和have on 通常指穿着衣服的状态，put on 通常指穿衣的动作，而 dress 既可指动作也可以指状态。如：
She wore [had on] a new dress. 她穿着一件新衣服。 Put on your clothes quickly. 赶快穿上衣服。 She is dressing herself. 她在穿衣服。
She always dresses in black. 她总是穿黑衣服。 注：dress 还通常用于被动语态。如：
The girl was poorly dressed. 这女孩衣着寒酸。 He was dressed as a woman. 他男扮女装。
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wear 和 have on 虽然都可表示穿衣的状态，但wear可用于进行时态和被动语态，而have on却既不可用于进行时态也不可用于被动语态。如： He was wearing a new jacket. 他当时穿着一件新夹克。
Such clothes are not often worn nowadays. 现在那样的衣服很少有人穿了。
四、其他用法上的区别
wear 除可表示穿衣外，还可表示戴表(花、纪念章等)以及留头发或胡须等，而dress, put on 一般不这样用。如： He seldom wears a watch. 他很少戴表。 He wears his hair long. 他留着长发。 注：have on 有时也这样用。如：
They all had dark glasses on. 他们都戴着墨镜
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2011中考英语一轮复习—英语中表示倍数增加的表达方法
(一) A is N times as great（long, much，?）as B. （①） A is N times greater （longer, more，?）than B. （②） A is N times the size （length, amount，?）of B. （③） 以上三句都应译为：A的大小（长度，数量，??）是B的N倍.
e.g. This book is three times as long as （three times longer than/three times the length of）that one. 这本书的篇幅是那本书的3倍（即长两倍）。
科,网] 注：当相比的对象B很明显时，than (as，of) B常被省去。 (二) increase to n times（④） increase n times／n-fold（⑤） increase by n times（⑥） increase by a factor of n（⑦）
以上四式均应译为：增加到n倍 (或：增加n-1倍)。
e.g. The production of integrated circuits has been increased to three times as compared with last year. 集成电路的产量比去年增加了两倍。 e.g. The output of chemical fertilizer has been raised five times as against l986. 化肥产量比1986年增加了4倍。
e.g. That can increase metabolic rates by two or three times. 那可使代谢率提高到原来的2倍或3倍（即提高1倍或2倍）。
e.g. The drain voltage has been increased by a factor of four. 漏电压增加了3借（即增加到原来的4倍）。
注：在这类句型中increase常被raise，grow，go/step up，multiply等词所替代。
(三) There is a n-fold increase/growth…（⑧）
应译为：增加n-倍（或增至n倍）。这个句型还有其它一些形式：
e.g. A record high increase in value of four times was reported. 据报道，价值破记录地增长了3倍。
(四) double （增加1倍），treble（增加2倍），quadruple（增加3倍）。(⑨) e.g. The efficiency of the machines has been more than trebled or quadrupled. 这些机器的效率已提高了2倍或3倍多。
(五) 此外，英语中还有一种用again而不用倍数词来比较倍数的方法，如： A is as much （large，long，?）again as B.（= A is twice as much （large，long，?）as B.（⑩）
应译为：A比B多（大，长，??）1倍。
A is half as much （large， 1ong，?）again as B.
(= A is one and a half times as much （large， 1ong，?）as B.）（11） 应译为：A比B多（大，长??）一半（即A是B的一倍半）。
2011中考英语一轮复习—阅读中的猜词技巧
阅读理解中不可避免地会遇到一些生词(有些是熟词生义)，疑难语句。遇到这些问题，我们可用下面几种方法解决：
技巧1：根据同义词或反义词来判断
如：Tom is lazy but his brother is industrious. 该句中but表示转折，就暗示了lazy和industrious是一对反义词，由此可知industrious意为“刻苦的、勤奋的”。
技巧2：根据定义和释义来推测
如：She is studying glaucoma，a kind of disease on the eyes. 我们可能猜不出glaucoma的确切词义，但通过后面的解释可知道glaucoma(青光眼)是一种眼睛疾病。
技巧3：根据常识来推测
如：Water usually boils at 100 centigrade.
众所周知，水的沸点是100摄氏度，由此不难判断出centigrade的意思是“摄氏度”。
技巧4：运用构词法进行猜测
如：The colors of Hawaii in summer are unforgettable. forget意为“忘记”，un为否定前缀，因此unforgettable就是“令人难忘”之意。]
Life on Mars will be better than that on Earth in many ways. People will have more space. Living in a large building with only 10 bedrooms is highly possible. Many people believe that robot will do most of our work, so we have more time for our hobbies.
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【问题】 Life on Mars will be better than life on the earth because . A. only a few people will live there
B. there will be more space and less work to do C. there will be much delicious food
D. all students don't need to do any homework
【解析】由句子“People will have more space”和“robot will do most of our work”判断：火星上的生活比地球上的生活要美好，因为人们的工作量少，居住空间大，故本题答案为B