在他回来很久以前她就走了。 ④It was long before he came back.过了好久他才回来。 ⑤It won’t be long before we see each other. 不久我们又会见面的。 9
(教材P14)Burns was by then a famous poet，but was not any richer and had to earn his income by farming. 彭斯是当时有名的诗人，但他并没有比以前富裕多少，不得不靠做农活维持生计。 【点津】 句中any是副词，意为“稍微，丝毫”，常常用来修饰比较级。常修饰比较级的词有：(1)a bit， a little，rather，much，far，by far，a lot，a great deal，any，still，even 等。(2)还可以用表示倍数的词或度量名词作修饰语。 ①Tom looks even younger than before. 汤姆甚至比以前更年轻。 ②This train runs much faster than that one. 这辆火车比那辆跑地快。 ③She drives still more carefully than her husband. 她开车仍然比她丈夫还认真。 ④This room is three times bigger than that one. 这个房间比那个大三倍。 跟踪训练 Ⅰ.完成句子 1．还有别的事要做吗？ __________ is there to do? 2．工作完成了，他坐下来休息。 ________________ his work，he sat down to rest. What else Having finished 3．他宁可穷也不愿意用不诚实的手段获取金钱。 He__________________ than ____ money by dishonest methods. 4．她不喜欢别人和她讲话时眼睛往旁边看。 She ________________ people talk with her with their eyes looking aside. would rather be poor get dislikes it when 5．I have showed you how to do this experiment and you must follow me. You must do the experiment __________________. as I have showed you Ⅱ.单项填空 1．—Are you feeling ________ ? —Yes，I’m fine now. A．any well
B．any better C．quite good
D．quite better 解析：选B。any可修饰比较级，quite修饰原级，well的比较级为better。 2．He will pass two milestones ________，that is，he will receive his master’s degree and find a challenging job. A．long ago
B．not long ago C．before long
D．long before 解析：选C。before long不久以后，long ago很久以前，not long ago不久以前，long before很久之前。根据句子时态是一般将来时可知使用before long。 3．—It’s ________ to rain. —Let’s get the work ________ before the rain comes. A．likely；done B．possible；to be finished C．probable；to be done D．likely；to be finished 解析：选A。be likely to do“很可能做某事”，get sth.done“使某事 被做”。 4．Who would you rather ________ an article for the wall newspaper? A．had written
B．have written C．have write
D．have to write 解析：选C。句意“你想让谁为墙报写文章？” would rather do “宁愿做……”，have sb.do “让某人做某事”。 5．The school’s music group will be giving a big show tomorrow night and two ________ on the weekend. A．more
B．other C．else
D．another 解析：选A。句意：学校的音乐队 明天晚上有一场演出，另外两场在 周末。 two more＝another two， else要用在不定代词或特殊疑问词后。 本部分内容讲解结束 按ESC键退出全屏播放 * 解析：选A。句意：我原打算今天去伦敦，可是算命先生警告我不要外 出，我就推迟了这次旅程。表示“本打算，本希望”这一概念时，一般用had intended或had hoped，后面接动词不定式。 5
be eager to do 渴望做…… (教材P3)Pip is eager to begin his new life. 皮普迫不及待地开始了新的生活。 短语精释 归纳拓展 ①(朗文P639)Rural towns are eager for any business they can attract.乡镇急于招揽任何他们能吸引的企业。 ②The boy is eager to ride his new bicycle. 这个男孩急切想骑他那辆新自行车。 6 be bent on (doing) sth. 一心想要，决心要(做)某事(通常指坏事) (教材P3)Pip is bent on becoming a gentleman and winning Estella’s love. 皮普决心成为一名绅士并且赢得埃斯特拉的爱。
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①(牛津P170)She seems bent on making life difficult for me.她似乎专门和我过不去。 ②He tries to bend the public to his will. 他努力让公众随他的意志。 ③You should bend your mind to study. 你应该专心致志地学习。 7
live up to 符合；达到预期标准 (教材P5)However，if you liked the book，you should probably not be too eager to see the film，as it is not likely to live up to your great expectations. 然而，如果你喜欢这本书，你就应该不急着看这部电影，因为它很可能达不到你的期望值。
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①(朗文P1206)Most fathers live up to their responsibilities.多数父亲履行了他们的职责。 ②Most of us don’t like the new regulations，but we have to live with them.我们大多数人不喜欢新的规定，但我们必须学会容忍接受它们。 ③She has lived through two world wars. 她经历过两次世界大战。 ④He had barely enough money to live on. 他的钱勉强够他维持生活。 跟踪训练 Ⅰ.选词填空
1．The teacher asked some questions which ______________________
his lessons. 2．He __________ passing the exam，so he studied even harder. 3．That magazine ____________ once a month. had nothing to do with was bent on comes out 4．This old musical instrument has ____________ our family for a long time. 5．One year ____________ 365 days. 6．I hope to hear from you ____________. belonged to consists of before long Ⅱ.完成句子 1．她极想参加那个竞赛。 She ______________ take part in the competition. is eager to 2．很显然他永远也达不到他父亲对他的期望。
______ clear that he would never __________ his father’s expectations. 3．只要不下雨，我们就去踢足球。 __________ it ___________，we’ll play football.
It was live up to As long as doesn’t rain 4．这本词典是为扩大词汇量而编写的。 The dictionary ____________________ vocabulary. 5．你感觉比刚才好点儿了吗？ Do you feel ____________ than just now? is intended to enlarge any better Ⅲ.单项填空 1．Since her childhood，she has tried her best to ________ her ideals. A．live with B．live up to C．live through
D．live on 解析：选B。句意“她从孩提时代开始就尽全力按她的理想去做事。” live with忍受，顺应；live up to达到， 符合；live through经历…… (而活过来)；live on靠……生活。 选B。 2．In the busy season，he usually ________ temporary workers. A．takes into
B．takes down C．takes on
D．takes away 解析：选C。考查take短语的用法。take on雇用，聘用，符合题意。 3．He kept on working，with his head ________ down，while the man was talking to him. A．bending
B．to be bent C．bent
D．to bend 解析：选C。考查with的复合结构，在句中作伴随状语，his head和bend之间构成被动关系，所以用其过去分词形式。 4．The system of numbers ________ the numbers from 1 to 9 and 0. A．consist in
B．consists in C．consist of
D．consists of 解析：选D。consist of表示“由……组 成”；本题主语是the system(中心词)of numbers(介词短语作后置定语)，故“主谓一致”遵循“语法一致”原则，即：谓语动词应和中心词保持人称、数的一致，取“单三式”。consist in“在于”；
consist of “由……组成”。 5．—We ______ that you would fix the computer this week. —I’m sorry.I ______ to fix it this week，but I’ve been too busy. A．had expected；had intended B．are expecting；had intended C．expect；intend D．expected；intend 解析：选A。句意“——我们原以为你这周会把电脑修好的。——很抱歉，我本打算本周修好它，但我太忙了。”根据后面的would fix可知第一空要用过去时态，再根据had intended to do“本打算做…… (实际上却没做)”可知选A项。 6．He was ________ for work，for he could not imagine life without it. A．expected
B．worried C．eager
D．proud 解析：选C。句意“他渴望工作，因为他不能想象没有工作生活会是什么样子”。 8
(教材P3)Money and education，however，change him，and before long he becomes vain and ashamed of his background. 但是金钱和教育改变了他，不久他变得虚荣，为自己的身世而感到羞耻。 句型精析 【点津】 句中before long意为“不久以后”。在运用时要和long before区分开。 【辨析】 before long，long before
before long 不久，很快 long before ①before作副词时，意为“很久以前，老早” ②before作连词时，意为“在……的很久以前”，常用句型：It was/will be long before...在……前需要很久 ①Before long，Herriot noticed that people in the country also had dogs as pets.不久以后，赫里奥特注意到这里乡下的人们也把狗当作宠物。 ②That had happened long before.那事老早就发生了。 ③She had left long before he returned. ③He was arrested on charges of corruption and abuse of power.他因被控贪污腐败和滥用职权而遭逮捕。 2
vain adj.虚荣的；自负的；徒劳的；无结果的 (教材P3)Money and education，however，change him，and before long he becomes vain and ashamed of his background. 但是金钱和教育改变了他，不久他变得虚荣，为自己的身世而感到羞耻。
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①(朗文P2270)Men can be just as vain as women. 男人有时和女人一样虚荣。 ②(2010·高考江苏卷)—I have tried very hard to find a solution to the problem，but in vain. —Why not consult with Frank？You
see，two heads are better than one. ——为找到问题的解决办法，我已经尽 力了，但还是白费力气。 ——为什么不咨询一下弗兰克呢？ 你知道，两人智慧胜过一人。 3
resist vt.&vi.反抗，抵制；抵挡 (教材P9)Fagin and his group of criminals find him and drag him back into the life of crime，pressuring him with the threat of violence if he resists. 费金和他的犯罪团伙发现了他，又把他拉回到了犯罪的生活中，向他施加压力，威胁他如果他反抗，就会对他实行暴力。 归纳拓展 ①(牛津P1697)He couldn’t resist_showing off his new car.
他忍不住炫耀起了他的新车。 ②(朗文P1741)It’s pretty hard to resist Jacob’s smile. 雅各布的微笑让人难以抗拒。 ③I put the phone back down，resisting the urge to call her. 我放下电话，克制住想给她打电话的冲动。
4 intend vt.&vi.打算，计划，想要 (教材P14)The poem was published in 1794 and，like many of Burns’s
poems，it was intended to be a song. 这首诗发表于1794年，如同彭斯的许多诗歌一样，这首诗原是为歌咏而作。 归纳拓展 ①(朗文P1072)The laws were intended to protect wildlife. 这些法律旨在保护野生动物。 ②I haven’t been to the exhibition，neither do I intend to go.我还没有看展览会，我也不想去。 ③I intend him to do it at once.
我打算让他立刻着手做这事。 ④This book is intended for beginners. 这本书专为初学者而编。 跟踪训练 Ⅰ.选词填空
1．The fourth ____________ is the most excellent part of the novel. 2．He bought the valuable vase in an ________ shop. chapter antique 3．A ____________ was set up in memory of the heroes. 4．The incident has further increased the ____________ between the two countries. 5．In many countries it is considered rude to ____________ in public. monument spit tension 6．What are the ____________ that distinguish the Chinese from the Japanese? 7．We ______ the bed sheets into a rope and escaped by climbing down it. 8．Stamp collecting was the ____________ of his talk. characteristics twisted theme Ⅱ.单项填空 1．Food and drink are good and desirable，but their ________ can cause serious health and mental problems. A．effect B．abuse C．custom
D．usage 解析：选B。句意：食品和饮品人们都渴望得到，但是暴饮暴食会造成严重的健康问题和精神问题。Abuse “滥用，虐待”；effect“效力， 影响”；custom“社会习俗， 惯例”；usage“用法，惯用法”。 2．—If ________，some terrible diseases would spread in the stricken areas after the terrible earthquake. —So people there were in ________ need of medical teams. A．don’t controlled；short B．not controlling；little C．not being controlled；anxious D．not controlled；desperate 解析：选D。句意“——如果没加以控制的话，大地震后的受灾地区一些严重的疾病就会蔓延开来。——所以那儿的人们急需医疗队”。desperate“极严重的；危急的”。 3．When questioned by the interviewer，my mind went _____，and I could hardly remember my own date of birth. A．blank
B．dim C．faint
D．vain
解析：选A。句意：记者提问时，我的头脑一片空白。我几乎记不起自己的生日了。此题考查形容词词义。blank“空白的”，go blank 指头脑变得一片空白。dim“模糊的，暗的”；faint“虚弱头晕的，微弱的”；vain“自负的，徒然的”。因此A为正确选项。 4．Charles did what he could ________ the servant，although he himself was in danger. A．rescue
B．rescued C．to rescue
D．rescuing 解析：选C。此题中could后省略了 do，而不定式to rescue是目的状语。句意：尽管他自己也在危险中，Charles尽了他的一切努力救助他的仆人。 5．Of all the soldiers they had the ________ of being the most brave，the most hard—working and the most modest. A．recognition
B．reservation C．recreation
D．reputation 解析：选D。句意“在所有士兵里，他们拥有最勇敢、最刻苦、最谦虚的 美誉。” reputation“名声，名望”。 6．They were ________ their friends because of their child’s long illness. A．in debt to
B．in the debt to C．in debt with
D．in the debt with 解析：选A。句意“由于孩子长期 生病，他们欠着朋友的钱”。 in debt to sb.“欠某人的债/情”。 7．I ________ to go to London
today，but when the fortune teller warned me not to travel，I postponed the trip. A．had intended
B．was intending C．would intend
D．was intended 栏目导引 基础盘点自测自评 考点串讲讲练互动 Unit 1 The written word Unit 1 The written word 基础盘点自测自评 1．We _______
(营救) the boy who fell into the river. 2．He was charged with ____________(抵抗) arrest and then was put into prison. 核心单词 rescued resisting 3．They are going to ________(改革) the educational system for there are something unreasonable in it. 4．Some ____________(犯人) tried to escape from the prison but were caught by the policemen. reform criminals 5．He is very ________ (慷慨的) —he often buys things for other people. 6．The prisoners grew more ____________(绝望)． 7．He was dismissed because of _______(滥用) of power. 8．He enjoys a good __________(名声) as a physician. generous desperate abuse reputation 9．If I pay all my _____ (债务), I’ll have no money left. 10．I have ________ (包裹)the parcels and they’re ready to be posted. 11．I saw a beautiful stamp on the _________(信封)． 12．The police tried in _____ (枉然)to break up the protest crowds. debts wrapped envelope vain Ⅱ.词汇活用 1．He bought a_________ book，which contains many beautiful ____________ written by famous ____________ all over the world.(poet) poetry poems poets 2．In order to be a _______ in the
future，he has read a large quantities of ______ so far.(novel) 3．Not a few _______ scenes were cut from the film before it came to show because the act of _________ will do harm to people，especially the teenagers.(violent) novelist novels violent violence 4．He is ____________ his mind to studying for the contest.He is _______ on winning at all costs.(bend)
bending bent 1．____________________
和……无关 2．________________
出版，发表 3．________________
把……制成…… 4．________________
渴望做…… 5．________________
不久以后 高频短语 have nothing to do with make...into... be eager to do before long come out 6．__________________
决心做某事 7．________________
达到，符合期望 8．____________________
鼓励某人做某事 9．________________
由……组成 10．________________
属于 be bent on doing sth. live up to encourage sb.to do sth. consist of belong to 11．______________________
目的是成为/做…… 12．________________
把……比作…… 13．________________
只要 14．________________
谈及，涉及 compare...to... as long as be intended to be/do sth. touch on 1．特殊疑问词＋else ______________would many films adapted from them be successful？ 还有，为什么许多根据经典文学作品改编的电影可以大获成功呢？ 典型句式 Why else 2．having done作状语 ___________ his parents，Pip lives with his older sister and her husband Joe. 在他父母去世后，皮普与姐姐和姐夫乔一起生活。 Having lost 3．宁愿做……而不愿做…… Pip’s sister often abuses him，but Joe is a kind and simple man who ______________________ any harm come to Pip. 皮普的姐姐经常辱骂他，但乔却是一个淳朴善良的人，他宁愿死也不愿意看到皮普受到任何伤害。 would rather die than see 4．虚义it Pip dislikes ____________ Joe comes to visit him in London. 当乔来伦敦看他时，皮普并不愿意让他来。 it when 5．any＋比较级 Burns was by then a famous poet，but was not ______________ and had to earn his income by farming. 彭斯是当时有名的诗人，但他并没有比以前富裕多少，不得不靠做农活维持生计。 any richer 否定词与否定陈述 1．(2012·淮北一中高三第一学期月考) —Why！Where’s my mobile phone？Maybe I left it on the plane. —My goodness！You ________ things behind. 单元语法 A．haven’t leftB．didn’t leave C．had never left
D．never leave 解析：选D。这是陈述的一个 事实，所以用一般现在时。
2．(2012·芜湖一中高三上学期模拟考试)—Which of the iPads do you like most? —________.They are both expensive and of little use. A．Either
B．None C．Neither
D．Any 解析：选C。根据后文“They are both expensive and of little use.”，可知两者都不喜欢，所以选C。 3．(2012·福建六校联考上学期月考)It is required that the students ________ mobile phones in their school，so seldom ________ them using one. A．should not use；you will see B．mustn’t use；will you see C．not use；you will see D．not use；will you see 解析：选D。第一空require后跟 从句，从句的谓语动词用(should)
do；第二空seldom是具有否定意义 的副词，所以句子要用部分倒装。 4．(2012·河州中学第一学期期中考试)—Do you know what Miss Black does for a living? —I have no idea at all.I think she could be ________ but a singer. A．anything
B．anybody C．nothing
D．everybody 解析：选C。nothing but“只不过，只有”。 5．(2012·灵寿中学高三月考)—Which of the two computer games did you prefer? —Actually I didn’t like ________. A．both of them
B．either of them C．none of them
D．neither of them 解析：选B。答句句意“实际上， 我哪个都不喜欢。”not...both是部分否定，not再和none，neither连用， 就成了双重否定。 考点串讲讲练互动 单词精研 1 abuse vt.虐待；辱骂；滥用 (教材P3)Pip’s sister often abuses him，but Joe is a kind and simple man who would rather die than see any harm come to Pip. 皮普的姐姐经常辱骂他，但乔却是一个淳朴善良的人，他宁愿死也不愿意看到皮普受到任何伤害。 归纳拓展 ①(朗文P8)Some nursing home patients were neglected or abused.一些护理中心的病人被人忽视或遭到虐待。 ②(牛津P8)She abused her position as principal by giving jobs to her friends. 她滥用自己作为校长的职权，把工作安排给朋友们。