劉艷梅
Why dont you get her a camera?
【中考鏈接】—Why dont you stay here for a few more minutes?
—_______, and my parents will be worried. (2007 福建省廈門市)
A. Its getting late B. All right
C. Its OK
【解析】選A。問句意為“你為何不再多呆一會兒?”B項和C項均不符合題意,故選A。
【中考鏈接】Why dont you join us in the game? (選出與劃線部分意思相同或相近的一項)(2004湖南省長沙市)
A. What not B. Why not
C. Why to D. How to
【解析】選B。Why not...? 與Why dont you...?表達的意思相同。
How about some tennis balls? / What about a watch?
【中考鏈接】—How about going for a walk outside?
—_______. (2006湖北省武漢市)
A. I would be B. I like
C. I do D. Id like to
【解析】選D。How about...?句型在征求對方的意見時,其答語也應當使用委婉的語氣;作肯定回答時多用Good idea. / Id love to. 等。
【中考鏈接】—Its Sunday tomorrow. What about_______ a film, Li Lei?
—Thats a good idea. Ill be glad to. (2005湖北省十堰市)
A. go to see B. seeing
C. watching D. looking
【解析】選B?!翱措娪啊币脛釉~see, 排除選項C、D;what about 后接動詞的-ing形式,排除選項A。
Dogs are too difficult to take care of. 【中考鏈接】Some physics problems in this book are_______ difficult for the students
_______work out. (2005江蘇宿遷市)
A. so; that B. not; but
C. such; that D. too; to
【解析】選D。too ... for sb. to do sth. 意為“對于某人來說太……而不能做某事”。本題句意是:這本書里的一些物理題太難了,學生們做不出來。
【中考鏈接】Tom was careless, he didnt find the mistakes in his test paper. (改為簡單句)(2005湖南岳陽市)
Tom was_______ careless_______ find the mistakes in his test paper.
【解析】填too; to。too...to...意為“太……而不能……”。
Instead, making a meal is enough.
【中考鏈接】_______ spending our vacation in a hotel, why not try hiking in the country? (2007 江西省)
A. Instead of B. Because of
C. Thanks to D. As for
【解析】選A。Because of 意為“因為;由于”;Thanks to 意為“幸虧”;As for意為“至于”,均不符句意,故答案選A。
【中考鏈接】More and more people prefer watching TV to reading. (改為同義句)(2005山東濟寧市)
More and more people enjoy watching TV_______ reading.
【解析】填instead of。instead 常與of連用構成短語介詞,意為“代替”,of后面常跟名詞、代詞或v-ing形式。
The singers really came from all age groups and from all over China.
【中考鏈接】Believe it or not, more than half of our body weight_______ water. (2005浙江省杭州市)
A. comes across B. comes from
C. comes by D. comes to
【解析】選B。come across意為“偶然遇見”,come from意為“ 來自”,come by 意為“經過;獲得”,come to意為“來到”。句意為“信不信由你,我們體重的一大半是來源于水(人體含有水份)?!?/p>
Chinese people should try to speak English more.
【中考鏈接】Although Jeff loves KFC, he tries_______ it too often. (2005湖南省岳陽市)
A. to eat B. not eat
C. to not eat D. not to eat
【解析】選D。try to do sth.意為“努力嘗試做某事;盡力做某事”。動詞不定式的否定式是在to的前面加not。
Besides singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English.
【中考鏈接】Its too late to go out now, and_______, its starting to rain. (2007 杭州市)
A. though B. besides
C. however D. instead
【解析】選B。該句意為“現在天色已晚,不要出去了,況且(除此之外)要下雨了?!边x項A、C、D分別意為“盡管”、“然而”、“代替”。
【中考鏈接】All the clerks went home
_______Mr Wang, for he had to finish his work. (2006四川省成都市)
A. exceptB. besidesC. without
【解析】 選A。except 意為“除……之外”;besides 意為“除……之外(還有)”;without 意為“沒有……”,表伴隨。根據句意選A。