【例题】Have you _______when my train leaves?
A. turned out B. come out C. given out D. found out
解析:turn out结果是;come out生产,出版;give out发出,放出;find out找出。
答案:D
归纳与迁移
(1)find+宾语(名词或代词)
At last he found that book.他最后找到了书。
(2)find+宾语和宾补(形容词、副词、分词、介词短语、不定式)
Did you find life hard in the country?
你认为在乡村生活难吗?
You will find it a difficult book.
你一定认为它是很难的一本书。
We found him already in the care of a doctor.
我们已经发现有一位大夫照看他了。
(3)find +that clause(此种宾语从句可以转换为复合结构)
We found that he was a good teacher./We found him a good teacher.
我们认为他是个好老师。
find out 表示经过打听、询问、调查之后才“搞清楚,弄明白,发现”(常指发现无形的隐藏)。
Have you found out when the flight arrives?
你搞明白了飞机何时能到达吗?
要点2 more or less
【例题】I hope my explanation will prove_______ helpful.
A. more and less B. more or less
C. more than less D. more to less
解析:“我希望我的解释多少能有所帮助。”
答案:B
归纳与迁移
(1)差不多,几乎
I have more or less finished reading the book.
我差不多看完这本书了。
(2)大致;大约;或多或少
It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling.
漆天花板花了我大约一整天的时间。
要点3 a great many
【例题】 Our class is made of 45 students, ______are boys.
A. many of them B. a great deal
C. most of them D. a great many of whom
解析:a great deal 只修饰不可数名词,所以先排除B。如果A、C项答案前加and,A、C可选。
答案:D
归纳与迁移
(1)a great many =very many很多,修饰可数名词。
A great many students have finished their task.
很多学生完成任务了。
A great many of the students have finished their task.
学生中的大多数已经完成任务了。
(2)相似的词组有:
a large/great number of, many a, etc.
Many a student has had a better knowledge of this physics law.
很多学生对这个物理定律已经掌握得很好了。
(3)只修饰不可数名词的有:
a great deal of, a large amount of, etc.
A large amount of coal is shipped to all over the world from here every year.
大量的煤每年从这儿装船运往世界各地。
He has drunk a great deal of water.
他喝了很多水。
(4)既可以修饰可数名词,又可以修饰不可数名词的有:
a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of, quantities of, etc.
(但large quantities of 修饰的名词,不管是可数还是不可数,谓语动词用复数)
必背句型
要点1 with...独立结构
【例题】(经典回放)______production up by 60 percent, the company has had another excellent year.
A. As B. For C. With D. Through
解析:本题是考查介词的复合结构。A、B、D 三项都不能带复合结构,只能带宾语,而介词with可以带复合结构。
答案:C
归纳与迁移
with+宾语+宾语补足语有以下几种情况:
with +宾语(代词/名词)+过去分词/现在分词/形容词/副词或副词短语/不定式
He usually worked in his study with the door locked.
他一般是锁着门在书房里工作。
I can’t fix my mind on my work with the children playing so noisily outside my window.
因为孩子们在窗户外吵闹,我无法专心工作。
She used to sleep with the windows open.
她过去常常敞着窗子睡觉。
She came to a small river with green grass and red flowers on both sides.
她来到了一条花草丛生的小河边。
He went out with his head down.
他低着头出去了。
With some much work to do, he will go to that school this weekend.
因有许多工作要做,本周末他要去那所学校。
要点2 It is (was)...that...强调句型
【例题】(2010湖北,24)It was______ back home after the experiment.
A. not until midnight did he go
B. until midnight that he didn’t go
C. not until midnight that he went
D. until midnight when he didn’t go
解析:在强调句型中,not until不能分开,放在“it is...that”中间,且引导的从句不倒装。 答案:C
归纳与迁移
(1)强调句型的结构是“It is...that (who)...” 或者“It was...that (who)...”如果强调的是人,可用that也可用who,意思是“正是……;是……”。
It was Tom who took you to hospital yesterday.
正是汤姆昨天带你去的医院。
It was Liu Xiang that won the 110metre hurdle race.
是刘翔赢得了110米栏冠军。
(2)如果强调的是物或其他的成分(谓语、定语外)只可以用“It is...that...” 或者“It was...that...”。
It was during World War Ⅱthat he died.
正是在二战中他死的。
Is it for this reason that he will not come here?