假设你将参加某英语杂志社开展的一次征文活动，征文的内容要求你在电视、手机（cell）和网络三者中，放弃其中一个并陈述理由。请你以“Which would you give up:TV,cell,or Web?”为题，写一篇英语短文。
（2010·安徽） 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 范文背诵 Which would you give up:TV, cell, or Web?
We are now living in an information age, in which TV, cells and the Web are widely used. It seems that many people cannot enjoy themselves without them.
However, if I had to give up one of them, I would turn off the TV rather than switch off my cell or cut off the Internet.I could do without TV because few shows take my fancy and there’re too
many commercials. Besides, most programs on TV are also available elsewhere.
As for cells and the Web, they are more necessary to me. I need a cell to keep in touch with my friends and family, and almost all information can be gathered on the Internet. 句型背诵
①We are now living in an information age, in which TV, cells and the Web are widely used. ②It seems that many people cannot enjoy themselves without them. ③Besides, most programs on TV are also available elsewhere. 1.
_____adj.晒黑的→ _____ v.日晒；晒黑 2. _____vi.&n.斗争;拼搏;努力 3. _____n.饥饿;欲望; vt.&vi.(使)饥饿 →
_____adj.饥饿的；渴望的 4. _____
vt.&vi. 使变大；伸展 5. _____vt.&vi.循环;流传→ _____n.循环;发行量 6. _____n.战役；战斗；较量；斗争;vt.&vi.搏斗；奋斗 7. _____n.自由；自主→ _____
adj.自由的 8. _____
adv.因此;所以;因而 9. _____
vt.&vi.配备；装备→
_____n.设备 10. _____
vt.&vi.输出;出口;n.输出（品） →
_____vt.&vi.输入;进口;n.进口（品） 11. _____ vt.使迷惑;使为难→
_____adj.感到迷惑的→ _____adj.令人迷惑的 12. _____vt.遗憾;惋惜；n.遗憾；懊悔→ _____adj.后悔的;遗憾的 13. _____ adj. 化学的；关于化学的 → _____
n.化学→
_____ n.化学家 14. _____
n.生产；制造 → _____
v.生产
15. _____
vt.减少;缩减→ _____
n.减少;下降
16. _____
n.评论；议论；vi.& vt.表达意见；作出评论 答案：1. sunburnt；sunburn2. struggle3. hunger；hungry 4. expand5. circulate；circulation6. battle7. freedom;free 8. therefore9. equip；equipment10. export；import 11. confuse；confused；confusing12. regret；regretful 13. chemical; chemistry; chemist14. production; produce 15. reduce；reduction16. comment 1. thanks _____
幸亏;由于;因为 2. rid ... _____
摆脱;除去 3. be satisfied _____
对……感到满意 4.
rather _____
宁愿;宁可 5. build _____
逐渐增强;建立;开发 6. lead _____
导致;造成（后果） 7. _____ the hope of
带着……的希望
8. focus _____
集中（注意力、精力等）于 9. keep...free _____ / _____使……免受（影响、伤害等）；使……不含（有害物） 10. be rich _____
盛产；富含；在……充裕 答案：1. to
2. of
3. with
4. would
5. up 6. to7. with8. on9. from/of10. in 1. Dr Yuan Longping grows _____ _____ _____ super hybrid rice. 袁隆平博士种植的是被称为“超级杂交水稻”的稻种。 2. This special strain of rice _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ one-third more of the crop in the same fields. 这种特殊的稻种使得同样的田地多收获三分之一的产量。 3. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests _____ _____ _____ _____ of the fields. 袁博士要在不增加土地面积的基础上寻求达到增收稻谷的途径。 4. Dr Yuan _____ quite _____ _____ _____ _____ . 袁博士很满意他的生活。 答案：1. what is called2. makes it possible to produce 3. without expanding the area4. is；satisfied with his life 1. struggle vi.&n.努力；拼搏；斗争 She struggled to keep back the tears.她努力忍住泪水。 It was a hard struggle to get my work done on time. 为使工作按时完成, 我做了一番努力。 常用结构： struggle with与……斗争 struggle for为争取……而斗争 struggle against与……斗争；为反对……而斗争 struggle to do sth. (=make great efforts to do sth.)努力做某事 struggle to one’s feet挣扎着站起来 【即学即练】
完成句子 ①我们应当帮助那些仍在为独立而斗争的人们。 We should help those who are still_____ _____ _____ . ②他们得和各种各样的困难作斗争。 They had to_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ . 答案：①struggling for independence ②struggle with/against all kinds of difficulties 用法点拨 ：struggle作动词，常用作不及物动词，后面跟不定式，表达“努力做某事”；作名词，一般用作可数名词。struggle with 既可以表示“与……并肩作战”，也可以表示“与……搏斗”，相当于struggle against。 【即学即练】 单项填空 ③The working people have never stopped their struggle_____
unfair treatment.
（2010年1月山西太原五中检测） A. against
B. for
C. from
D. to
解析:选A。struggle against意为“同……作斗争”;struggle for意为“为了……而斗争”。由句意知应选A。 2. equip vt.&vi. 配备；装备
Please equip yourself with a sharp pencil and a rubber for the exam. 请准备一支削尖的铅笔和一块橡皮参加考试。 A good education should equip you for life. 良好的教育能使你受用终生。 常用结构： equip sb./sth. with用……武装某人；用……装备某物
equip sb./sth. for 为……而武装某人；为……而装备某物
a piece of office equipment一件办公设备 【即学即练】
完成句子 ①士兵们装备好了武器和弹药。 The soldiers _____ well _____ _____ weapons and ammunition. ②他们没有准备好应付这种局面。 They _____ _____ _____ _____ deal with the situation. 答案：①were; equipped with②were not equipped to 用法点拨： equip作及物动词时，多考查其系表结构，即be equipped with，意为“装备……”，其名词equipment也是考查的重点。 【即学即练】单项填空 ③All classes of this school are ____
with modern ____.
A. equipped; equipment
B. equipped; equipments C. equipping; equipments
D. equipping; equipment 解析:选A。equip ...with ...意为“用……装备……”，被动形式为be equipped with;equipment意为“装备；设备”，是不可数名词。 3. regret vt. 遗憾；惋惜n. 遗憾；懊悔 We regret that we are unable to reconsider your case. 我们很遗憾无法再考虑你的情况。 She immediately regretted her decision. 她做出决定后立即感到后悔了。 We informed her with regret of our decision. 我们遗憾地把我们的决定通知她。 常用结构： regret doing= regret having done=regret to have done 后悔做了某事 regret to do遗憾将要做某事
regret to say/tell遗憾地说/告诉 much to one’s regret深感遗憾
with regret遗憾地 【即学即练】
完成句子 ①汤姆后悔告诉了父母那件事。 Tom regretted _____ his parents the thing. ②我很遗憾地告诉你你没有通过驾驶执照的考试。 I regretted _____ ______
you you hadn’t passed the driving test. 答案：①telling②to tell 用法点拨： regret后面跟v.ing与跟不定式表达的意义不同， 跟v.-ing表示“对做过的事情感到后悔、遗憾”，跟不定式表示“很遗憾将要做某事”，常表达一种客气和委婉的语气。作为名词，如果表示“遗憾的事情”时，为可数名词，如果表示“在某事上有许多遗憾”时，为不可数名词。 【即学即练】单项填空 ③They failed to pass the exam last time. I regretted_____
them. （2010年1月江西赣州质量检测） A. to be not able to help
B. not being able to help C. being not able to help
D. not be able to help 解析:选B。句意表示对过去的事情感到遗憾，故用regret doing形式，动名词的否定形式是在doing前加not。故选B。 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空（原创） ④I now regret_____ (leave) school so young. ⑤I regret_____ (inform) you that your contract will not be renewed.
答案：④leaving⑤to inform 4. reduce vt.减少；减缩 The windows were tinted to reduce the glare. 窗户上涂了浅色以减弱强光。 The manager hasn’t worked out a suitable action to reduce the domino effect. 经理还没有想出一个适当的举措来减少多米诺效应。 The government will be looking to reduce inflation by a further two per cent this year.政府力求今年把通货膨胀率再减低百分之二。 常用结构： reduce sth. to……减少到……reduce sth. by……减少了…… be reduced to沦落为……；简化为…… 温馨提示：reduce还可表示“使……陷入某种更糟的状态”。 【即学即练】完成句子 ①这一改革把我们都降为公务员了。 The reform has _____
us_____
servants of the State. ②那个可怜的男孩已沦为乞丐。
The poor boy is reduced _____ _____ .
③她的体重减少了5公斤。 She _____ her _____ _____ 5 kilos. 答案：①reduced; to②to begging③reduced；weight by 5. comment vi.&vt. 表达意见；作出评论n. 评论；议论 The scandal caused a lot of comment. 这件丑闻遭到很多议论。 “Will you resign, Minister?” “No comment!” “部长，您是要辞职吗?”“无可奉告！” 常用结构： comment on/about sth./sb.对某事/某人评论 make comments/no comment on sth./sb. 对某事/某人评论/不进行评论 【即学即练】
完成句子 ①部长拒绝就他辞职一事的传闻发表评论。 The minister refused to _____ _____ the rumors of his resignation.
②She was asked about the pay increase but _____ _____ _____ (不进行评论) on it. 答案：①comment on/about②made no comment 6. thanks to 由于；幸亏；因为 【联想拓展】 表示“因为，由于”意义的短语还有： because of，owing to，on account of，due to，as a result of等。 【即学即练】
完成句子 ①由于你的帮助，我们成功了。 _____ _____ your help, we were successful. ②多亏了这倒霉的天气，比赛被取消了。（反语）
_____ _____ the bad weather, the match had been cancelled. ③由于品味不同,您的设计不适合这个市场。
_____ _____ _____ difference in taste, your design do not suit this market. 答案：①Thanks to
②Thanks to
③On account of 单项填空 ④It was ______ your timely help that we accomplished the task on time.
（2010·山西运城检测） A. because
B. thank
C. thanks to
D. as 解析:选C。because 和as 虽然也表示“因为，由于”，但后面需连接句子，而句中是短语，故应用thanks to。句意为： 幸亏你及时帮忙，我们才按时完成了任务。 7. would rather宁愿;宁可 I’d rather you didn’t.我希望你不要。(常用来委婉拒绝别人) 【联想拓展】 would rather...than...是常用句式，表示“宁可（愿）……（而）不要（愿）……”。 would rather＋从句时，从句要用虚拟语气，用动词的过去时表示。 would rather have done 本想做……（而实际上未做） 【即学即练】
完成句子 ①他宁愿待在家里看电视。 He _____ _____ stay at home watching TV. ②我宁愿不去那里。 I’d _____ ______ go there. ③我宁愿你明天来而不是今天来。 I’d rather you_____
tomorrow than today. 答案：①would rather②rather not③came 用法点拨：would rather后面应跟动词原形，如果句子前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的动词可省略。would rather后也可跟从句，表示主语宁愿让某人干某事。这时，从句谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即用一般过去时表示现在或将来要做的事;用过去完成时表示已经做过的事或过去要做的事。 【即学即练】 单项填空 ④I’d rather ____
the basketball match last night. Otherwise, I would have finished my paperwork by now. （2010·徐州检测） A. not have watched
B. not watch C. hadn’t watch
D. haven’t watch 解析:选A。would rather not have done表示“本不想做……（实际却做了）”。后一句句意为：否则我现在已经完成了我的文件。 所以前句表示“本不想看球赛却看了”，故选A。 8. build up 逐步增强；建立；开发 【联想拓展】 build in安装；固定 build on 建立在……的基础上；依靠 build oneself/sb. up使自己/某人健康或强壮 build sth. up逐步获得﹑发展﹑增加或增强某事物 【即学即练】 完成句子 ①来往的车辆在通往市区的道路上越聚越多。 Traffic is _____ _____ _____ roads into the city. ②该公司已建立起良好的信誉。 The company has _____ _____ a fine reputation. ③你在病后必须要增强体力。 You must _____ _____ your strength after your illness. 答案：①building up on②built up③build up 用法点拨： build up可以用作及物动词，也可以用作不及物动词，意为“逐步建立；逐步扩大”，build sth.up的意思也是我们需要特别注意的。 9. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.（P10） 1974年，他成了世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。 不定式放在表示次序的词the first, the last, the best以及the only, the very, the right等词后面, 且这些词与动词不定式有逻辑上的主谓关系，结构为：the first/last/best/right/only/very... + n.+ to do sth.表示“第一个/最后一个/最好的一个/合适的/唯一的/恰好的……做某事的人/物”。 He is always the first (student)to come and the last to leave. 他总是第一个来而最后一个离开的（学生）。 The last man to leave the sinking ship was the captain. 最后一个离开正在下沉的船的人是船长。 温馨提示：序数词修饰名词，后面跟不定式作名词的定语是历年高考的重要考点，要注意不能用v.ing作定语。 【即学即练】 单项填空 He is the last person_____ to Mary’s birthday party.
A. to invite
B. to be invited C. invited
D.
being invited
解析：选B。不定式在句中作定语。当名词前面有序数词或last, next等词修饰时，名词后面多用不定式作定语。分析句子可知，主句是被邀请去的，故选B。 Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. _____(饥饿)
is the best sauce.
2. Her shoulders were badly_____ (晒伤).
3. Another_____ (超级的) Skyscraper is being built. 4. Manufacturing _____ (产量) has increased by 8%.
5. The business_____ (扩展为) a big one. 6. Farmers produce millions of tons of
_g____ to feed the nation.
7.Would you mind writing _a____ s of the passage? About 200 words are OK.
8. At that time the British pound can _e____ $2.80.
9. She’s _c____ to do well in the examination.
10. Doctor gave me some advice on diet and _n____ . 答案：1. Hunger2. sunburnt3. super4. output 5. expanded6. grain7. summary8. exchange 9. certain10. nutrition
1. I ______ the result of the experiment. 2. They have ______ for years to drive the invaders out of their country. 3. We all wish that we could ______ the world ______ crime. 4. In some less developed areas in China, some farmers are
still ______ poor ______ . 5. After ______ college, he went to Shenzhen ______ getting a chance to become rich soon. 6. They can’t afford to ______ their laboratories properly because of lack of funds. 答案：1. was satisfied with2. struggled3. rid; of 4. leading a; life5. graduating from; with the hope of6. equip be satisfied with/graduate from/struggle/lead a... life/with the hope of/rid...of/equip Ⅱ. 用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填空 Ⅲ. 同义句转换 1. Better stay with us. If you stay with us, you are much safer.
Better stay with us. If ______ , you are much safer. 2. That was the way he treated his parents.
That was ______ ______ ______ his parents.
3. The weather in Kunming is much better than the weather in Harbin.
The weather in Kunming is much better than ______ in Harbin. 4. As she didn’t know the way to the hospital, she turned to the police for help.
Not ______ the way to the hospital, she turned to the police for help. 5. They went to the supper market on foot instead of by taxi.
They went to the supper market on foot ______ ______ by taxi. 答案：1. so2. how he treated3. that4. knowing5. rather than Ⅳ. 单项填空
1. We have learned 3,000 words ______ .
A. during past decade
B. in the past decade C. a decade ago
D. after a decade
解析：选B。在过去的十年里可以用during the past decade表示，也可以表示为in the past decade。 2. Our monitor made it ______ to read English every morning.
A. a habit
B. habit
C. rule
D. a duty
解析：选A。habit为可数名词，意为“习惯”；duty意为“责任；义务”。故选A。 3. Two years ago, I ______ a high school.
A. graduate for
B. graduated from
C. left from
D. left for
解析：选B。graduate from意为“从……毕业”。 4. ______ the good weather, we can climb the mountain easily. A. Because
B. As
C. Thanks to
D. Because for 解析：选C。thanks to相当于because of表示原因，意为“幸亏，由于”。 5. The bedroom is twice ______ the kitchen.
A. as bigger as
B. bigger than
C. big than
D. bigger to
解析：选B。A项有较大干扰性，但as...as中间只能用形容词或副词的原级。 6. Seldom ______ what I says.
A. does my mother care for
B. my mother cared about
C. my mother care for
D. does my mother care about
解析：选D。care for意为“关心；照顾”；care about意为“在意；在乎”，后面可以跟宾语从句。否定词位于句首时句子要用倒装。 7. I ______ to him. He is too serious.
A. didn’t use to talk
B. am not used to talking C. am not used to talk
D. didn’t use to talking
解析：选B。used to表示“过去的习惯”；be used to表示“现在的习惯”，其中to是介词，后跟名词或v.-ing。 8. When you are confused about some words in reading, you can ______ the dictionary.
A. refer to
B. look up
C. check
D. have a look at
解析：选A。refer to与look up都有“参照；查询”的意思。refer to后跟查询的资料，如书，字典等；look up后跟被查询的事情，如单词、数据等。 9. Our county ______ vegetable.
A. is rich in
B. are rich in
C. was rich on
D. rich for
解析：选A。be rich in为固定搭配，意为“盛产”；our country为单数形式，故选A。 10. We ______ he be present at the meeting.
A. insist on
B. insisted
C. stuck
D. insisted on
解析：选B。insist在这里是“坚决要求”的意思，后跟的宾语从句用虚拟语气，其结构为“should +动词原形”或直接加动词原形；insist on后跟名词或v.-ing形式。 11. Let’s go to ______ cinema—that’ll take your mind off the problem for ______ while. A. the; the
B. the; a
C. a; the D. a; a 解析：选B。go to the cinema与for a while都是固定搭配。 12. I ______ go
to the stadium when there’s a game. But usually I watch it on TV． A. Typically
B. anxiously
C. frequently
D. occasionally 解析：选D。联系句意可知，“我”只是偶尔去体育馆。occasionally偶尔，间或。 13. Do you believe ______ little boys could eat ______ much food?
A. so; so
B. such; such
C. such; so
D. so; such 解析：选C。第一个空such修饰little，第二个空so修饰much。 14. Frank really doesn’t know how to ______ the matter. A. do with
B. deal with C. solve with
D. settle with 解析：选B。do with与deal with都有“处理；应付”的意思。do with用what提问，而deal with用how提问。 15. John may phone tonight. I don’t want to go out ______ he phones. A. as long as
B. in order that C. in case
D. so that 解析：选C。由句意可知，“我”不想出去的原因是以防（in case）他打电话来。