如果一篇作文将写作要点都覆盖了，但通篇都是简单句，结果得分一定不高。如果能适当地使用并列句，就可以提高文章的质量。首先，我们可根据写作要求的各要点形成几个简单句，再将简单句中有内在逻辑联系的句子用适当的并列连词合并为并列句。 活用
一、请根据并列句的逻辑关系加上恰当的并列连词，将两个句子合并为一个并列句 1. This will cost quite some money. It's worthwhile in a long run. 答案 1. This will cost quite some money; nevertheless, it's worthwhile in a long run. 2. He would have won the game easily. He fell and broke his leg. 3. He had failed many times. He was confident that he would succeed in the end. 答案 2. He would have won the game easily; however, he fell and broke his leg. 3.He had failed many times, but/yet he was confident that he would succeed in the end. 4. Girls are jealous of Mary. Mary is very beautiful and successful. 5. The chance is slim. They never give up hope. 答案 4. Girls are jealous of Mary, for she is very beautiful and successful. 5.The chance is slim, but/yet they never give up hope.
6. The moon was hidden entirely behind the dark clouds. Not a single star could be seen. 7. Please start early. You can go there in time.
8. She sings well. She dances beautifully. 答案 6. The moon was hidden entirely behind the dark clouds, and/so not a single star could be seen. 7. Start early, and you can get there in time. 8. Not only does she sing well, but also she dances beautifully. 活用
二、 用并列句翻译下列句子 1. 昨天我生日，很多同学送给我礼物。 2. 地震中有10人死亡,3000多人无家可归。 答案 1. It was my birthday yesterday, so many classmates gave me presents. 2.Ten people were killed in the earthquake, and more than 3,000 people were left homeless. 3. 有些学生喜欢看书，有些学生喜欢运动。 4. 追求时尚没有什么不好，但我们要把注意力集中在学习上。 答案 3. Some students like reading while others are crazy about sports. 4. There is nothing wrong to follow the fashion, but we must focus our attention on study. 5. 通过做兼职，我们不但可以学到书本上学不到的东西，而且可以积累重要的社会经验。 答案 5. By doing parttime jobs, we learn many things we can't get from books, and we can acquire important social experience. (2) 根据语境猜词义 (1) Who knows when the opening ceremony of the new term will take place?
(2) Great changes have taken place in our school after many years of hard work.
①take place 根据语义找匹配 A. 发生 B. 举行
B A 短语 take the place of
代替 take one's place
代替某人；坐下 in place of
代替 in place
放在原来的位置 in one's place
处于某人的位置 out of place
不合适；不恰当 give place to
让位于…… ①take place 活用
单项填空 (1) Suddenly it ______ to me that we should do what we could to collect money for the poor college students.
A. happened
B. took place
C. occurred
D. came about 解析 本题考查的是关于“发生”意义的词的区别。通过题干所表现出的语义是“计上心头”之意，所以答案是C。 ①take place C (2) It ______ that I was out when he came to see me.
A. happened
B. took place
C. occurred
D. came about 解析 本题考查的是关于“发生”意义的词的区别。通过题干所表现出的语义是“碰巧”之意，所以答案是A。 ①take place 活用
单项填空 A 根据语境猜词义 (1) I'm looking forward to your reply soon.
(2) It's time for us to look back and look forward.
② look forward to 根据语义找匹配 A. 盼望；期盼 B. 展望 A B 短语 look about/around环顾…… look back (vi.)
朝后看；回顾 look back on (vt.)
回顾 look down (vi.)
向下看；俯视 look down on/upon
看不起；蔑视 ② look forward to 短语 look into
调查 look on
袖手旁观 look over
检查；检阅 look through
向里看；浏览 look up
向上看；仰望 look up to
尊敬 ② look forward to 温馨提示 look forward to的to 是介词，当其后接动词时要用 其-ing形式。 介词to构成的常用短语还有： pay attention to 注意 get down to 着手做； 开始做 object to 反对 ② look forward to devote oneself / one's life to
致力于 contribute one's life to
献身于 be used to
习惯做 lead to
导致做 set to
开始做 ② look forward to 温馨提示 活用
完成句子 (1) Don't worry. We are ________(调查) the case.
In the near future, we'll tell you the truth.
(2) When he __________(抬头看), he found his teacher standing in front of him.
答案
(1) looking into
(2) looked up ② look forward to 活用
单项填空 (3) (2010·安徽) No matter how low you consider yourself, there is always someone ______ you wishing they were that high.
A. getting rid of
B. getting along with
C. looking up to
D. looking down upon ② look forward to C 解析 考查动词短语的辨析。 get rid of 去除；look up to 尊敬，赏识；look down upon看不起；get along with 与某人相处。语境：不管你把自己想得多低，总有人尊敬你，并希望他们能有你这样的高度。 ② look forward to 活用
单项填空 根据语境猜词义 (1) We waited and waited, but he didn't turn up.
(2) I can't hear the news well, would you please turn the radio up?
(3) Don't worry about the letter. I'm sure it'll turn up.
(4) As long as you keep on working hard, I'm sure that hope will turn up.
③ turn up 根据语义找匹配 A.
(指机会)偶然出现(到来) B.
(尤指失去后偶然)被发现；
被找到 (不用于被动语态) C.
(人的)来到，露面 D.
调高(音量、热量等) 答案
(1) C (2) D (3) B (4) A ③ turn up 短语 turn sb./sth. down 拒绝(观点、意见、看法等) turn in
上交(物品) turn into
变成 turn out (to be)＋n./adj.
结果是…… ③ turn up turn over
翻转；仔细考虑；移交(工作)；转让(公司) turn to
求助；查阅；转向；翻到(书的某页、某章) by turns
轮流 in turn
依次；反过来 turn one's back on
背对、背弃 ③ turn up 短语 活用
单项填空 (1) We wanted to get home before dark, but it didn't quite ______ as planned.
A. make out
B. turn out
C. go on
D. come up 解析 句意：我们原想在天黑前回到家，但结果并不像原来计划地那样。make out 看出，辨认出；开(支票、账单等)；go on 继续；come up 提出； turn out 结果是，所以答案是B。 ③ turn up B 活用
用适当的介词或副词填空 (2) She has nobody she can turn ______.
(3) We arranged to meet at 7：30, but she never turned _____.
(4) He asked her to marry him but she turned him _______.
③ turn up to up down 观察下列例句
You must believe in him, because he always keeps
his word.
根据语境语义keep one's word意思是________， 反义词组是__________。 答案
守信、守诺，说话算话；
break one's word ④keep one's word/promise 短语 have a word with
跟某人说句话 have words with
与某人吵架 get in a word
插话 eat one's word
收回前言；承认自己说错了 in a word
总之，总而言之 in words
用言语 in one's own word
用自己的话说 beyond words
无法用言语表达地 ④keep one's word/promise 活用
单项填空
Richard insisted the United States was larger than
China, but he had to ______ when Elizabeth showed
him the map.
A. keep his word
B. have a word
C. eat his word
D. get a word 解析 本句的语义是：理查德坚持认为美国比中国大，但是当伊丽莎白拿出地图给他看时，他不得不承认说错了。 ④keep one's word/promise C 根据语境猜词义 (1) I set off for the company earlier in order to avoid the heavy traffic.
(2) The villagers set off fireworks to celebrate the successful completion of the power station.
(3) His advice set me off doing morning exercises every day.
⑤set off 根据语义找匹配 A. 燃放 B. 动身、出发 C. 使开始
答案
(1)B
(2)A
(3)C
⑤set off 短语 set about sth. / doing sth. 着手做……
set aside 储蓄；保留；留出 set out 动身；出发 set out to do sth. 着手做…… set sb. free 释放某人 set a good example to sb. 给某人树立好榜样 set up 搭起，支起；建立；成立 set the world record 刷新世界纪录 ⑤set off 活用
单项填空 (1)
The further falling of the stock market as reported
today has ______ a fresh wave of selling.
A. set off
B. given off
C. put off
D. got off 解析 句意：据今天报道，股市进一步下跌引起新一轮的抛售热潮。give off 发出；put off 推迟；get off 下(车、船等)，都与题意不符，只有set off有“引发，激起”之意，所以答案是A。 ⑤set off A (2)
I try to ______ 20 minutes to listen to English
each
day
in
order
to
be
a
volunteer of the 29th
Beijing Olympic Games.
A. set out
B. set aside
C. set off
D. set about 解析 句意：为了去美国深造，我每天挤出20分钟听英语。set out 出发，列举；set aside 储蓄，保留，留出；set off 出发，引起，引爆；set about 开始做，所以答案是B。 ⑤set off 活用
单项填空 B
Some festivals are held to honour the dead or
to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to
help or to do harm.(P2)
有些节日的庆祝是为了纪念逝者或取悦祖先， 使之满足，因为(祖先)可能回到人间要么帮助他们， 要么祸害他们。
either…or…是并列连词，引导一个并列句，表 示“要么……要么；或者……或者”之意。
在使用中，我们要注意两个问题：
(1) 连接的句子成分必须是相同的。
She is one of those people that you either love or
hate.
她是那种人们非爱即恨的人。
Either you go out or I will call the police.
要么你滚出去，要么我就叫警察。
(2) 连接两个主语时，采用的是就近原则，即 和它最近的主语在人称和数上保持一致。
Either you or I am in charge of the company.
非你即我负责这家公司。 链接
① 主谓一致之就近原则还包括neither…nor…；
not only…but (also)…和there be句式。
② whether…or…引导让步状语从句或名词性从 句，表示“不管(无论)……还是……”。
Whether you will stay or leave is none of my business.
你是走还是留下都不关我的事。
Whether it will be sunny or rainy, we'll go to help you.
无论天是晴还是阴，我们都会去帮助你的。