【难点】on one’s own 是个常用的介词词组，意为“独自”；of one’s own表示“某人自己的(东西)”，如：I have a flat of my own.我自己有套房子。
7. C) 【句意】约翰的考试分数全班最高；他昨天晚上一定学习了。?
【难点】表示对过去某一动作行为的猜测须要用must have done这一句型结构。?
8. B) 【句意】弗兰克几乎从未受过任何教育，是不是??
【难点】这是一句含有否定副词never的一般过去时的句子，由于主句为否定形式，所以反意问句用肯定形式。?
9. C) 【句意】即使他的信明天到也无济于事了。?
【难点】在条件句中表示现在将来的时间，需要用一般现在时，主句中使用将来时。?
10. C) 【句意】我们在房间的后面也能听得很清楚。?
【难点】as well意为“(程度)同样地好”，是副词短语修饰动词hear；just表示程度，意为“刚好”。?
11. A) 【句意】为获得一个满意的结果，你必须在一个干净的表面上涂两层油漆。?
【难点】coat意为“覆盖物，层”;level意为“(建筑物)楼层”;times意为“次，回”;courses意为“(一层)砖面；一排”。?
12. C) 【句意】这个小山村被大雪封住达一个多月。?
【难点】cut back意为“削减；缩减”;cut out意为“停止；切下”;cut off意为“切断；使隔断”;cut away意为“切除；砍掉”。?
13. A) 【句意】格林小姐因酒后驾车被罚100美元。?
【难点】fine意为“处…以罚金”;charge意为“要(价)，收(费)，要(人)支付(钱)”;punish意为“罚，惩罚”;pose意为“造成，引起(困难)”。?
14. B) 【句意】现代技术所引发的问题也许比它所能解决的要多。?
【难点】technique意为“技法；具体的技术”;technology意为“工业技术”;tactics意为“战术，兵法，策略”；tendency意为“倾向”。?
15. C) 【句意】玛丽蹑手蹑脚走过来把钟拿走了，因为她讨厌在自己想睡觉的时候听它滴哒地响。?
【难点】sound意为“作声，发声，响”;ring意为“鸣，发出清脆响亮的声音”;tick意为“发出滴哒声”;hum意为“发连续低沉的声音(如蜜蜂、马达的嗡嗡声)”。?
16. C) 【句意】在这种强大的压力下，一些岩石甚至变成了液体。?
【难点】intensive意为“加强的；集中的”;weighty意为“沉重的；笨重的”;intense意为“强烈的，剧烈的”;bulky意为“庞大的；粗壮的”。?
17. C) 【句意】当然，大多数移民不是一夜之间就发财的，但是他们大多最终改善了自己的生活水平。?
【难点】maximum意为“最大限量；最高点”;minority意为“少数，半数以下”;majority意为“大多数”;minimum意为“最低限度，最低点”。?
18. A) 【句意】南希对他们的离婚表示十分惊讶，因为他们似乎是一对快乐的夫妇。?
【难点】split up意为“分裂，离婚”;break down意为“(精神方面)垮掉；(健康)变得衰弱；崩溃”;fall through意为“失败；成为泡影”;knock out意为“使筋疲力尽”。?
19. B) 【句意】这片海滩所处位置理想，吸引了很多游客。?
【难点】condition意为“状况；形势”;situation意为“位置，地点，环境”;state意为“状态，情形”;publicity意为“公众的注意，名声”。?
20. D) 【句意】我们的感官能力随着年龄的增长而下降。比如说，到60岁的时候，多数人失去了他们40%的嗅觉能力和50%的味觉能力。?
【难点】sensible意为“明智的，合情理的”;senseless意为“失去知觉的，不省人事的”;sensitive意为“敏感的”;sensory意为“感觉的，传递感觉的”。?
21. B) 【句意】他们的大孩子被彻底宠坏了，因为他要什么，他们就给什么。?
【难点】waste意为“使衰弱；使消瘦”;spoil意为“宠坏，溺爱”;destroy意为“破坏；毁灭”;uneducated意为“未受(良好)教育的”。?
22. C) 【句意】如果一种物质溶解在水里或被加热，它可能释放出一种气体。?
【难点】give into为非固定搭配；give over意为“托付，交托”；giveoff意为“散发”；give away意为“送掉，分发(奖品)等”。?
23. C) 【句意】他那平易近人的风度使得博拉立刻放松了情绪。?
【难点】at peace意为“和平地”;at large意为“自由地；大体地”;at ease意为“不拘束”;at best意为“至多”。?
24. A) 【句意】——你明天能休一天吗??
——呵，我要征得老板的允许。?
【难点】permission意为“允许”；permit意为“许可证”；allowance意为“津贴”；possession意为“拥有”。?
25. C) 【句意】詹妮特的性格缺陷阻碍了她事业进步。?
【难点】weakness意为“弱点；嗜好”;merit意为“优点，长处”;defect意为“缺点，缺陷”;shortcoming意为“缺点，短处”。?
Test Two
关于used to的意义和用法
used to (只有过去时形式，没有现在时形式)表示过去习惯动作或状态，这种情况现已不复存在。例如：?
He used to smoke a lot, but he has long given up smoking.?
在否定陈述句或否定疑问句中，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??
在肯定疑问句中也可有两种形式：?
Used you to go to the same school as Edward??
Did you use to go to the same school as Edward???
近义词辨析
use, apply, avail, employ, utilize?
这组词均含有“使用”或“利用”之意。?
use强调利用人或物作为工具。?
He used up all his resources in experimenting with the new paint.他为实验新的涂料，花光了一切钱财。?
Apply 指把某物或某种方法、原理等加以应用。?
We should not only know the theory but also know how to apply it to practice.我们不仅要知道理论，还要知道怎样把理论应用于实践。?
avail指使用就近的或他人给予的东西，或使别人为自己提供服务。?
I don’t think complaints will avail you much.我觉得抱怨对你没多大用处。?
We avail ourselves of every opportunity to speak English.我们利用一切机会讲英语。?
employ指使用未被利用的东西；用于人时表示雇用。?
He doesn’t know how to employ his energy and time.他不知道该怎么利用他的精力和时间。?
utilize指充分发挥某物的作用，使无用的东西变有用，或使人或物有新用途。?
She hopes to utilize her artistic talents in the job.她希望在工作中发挥她的艺术才能。
全真模拟试题
1. My pain ?______? apparent the moment I walked into the room, for the first man I met asked sympathetically: “Are you feeling all right?”
A. must be B. must have been C. had been D. had to be
2. It is only when you nearly lose someone ?______? fully conscious of how much you value him.?
A. do you become B. then you become?
C. that you become D. have you become?
3. Just as the soil is a part of the earth, ?______? the atmosphere.?
A. as it is B. so is C. the same as D. and so is?
4. While driving along the treacherous road, ?______?.?
A. my right rear tyre blew out ?
B. my right rear tyre had a blowout ?
C. I had a blownout on my right rear tyre ?
D. I had my right rear tyre blowout?
5. Jean Wagner’s most enduring contribution to the study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it ?______? in a religious, as well as worldly, frame of reference.?
A. is to be analyzed B. has been analyzed ?
C. be analyzed D. should have been analyzed?
6.?______? there is little we can do to modify the weather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.?
A. Since B. When C. While D. Unless?
7. This organization brought Western artists together in the hope of making more of an impact on the art community ?______? any of them could individually and to promote Western art by women.?
A. rather than B. rather C. than D. other than?
8. But the Swiss discovered long years ago that constant warfare brought them ?______? suffering and poverty.?
A. anything but B. nothing but ?
C. none other than D. no more than?
9. After ?______? seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to step into the doctor’s office.?
A. it B. that C. what D. which?
10. The board deemed it’s urgent that these files ?______?right away.?
A. had to be printed B. should have been printed ?