They didn't attend the meeting held last Friday morning ______ to the delay of the train.
A. owing
B. owed
C. thank
D. dued A owing to 由于。 3、 show up 出现，露面；使某人难堪；使……显出来
◆They've been waiting for hours for you to show up.
为了等你出现，他们已经等了好几个小时了。 show sb. around (a place)带领某人参观某地 (到处转) show one's face 出席；露面；出现 show off ①炫耀，夸耀；卖弄 ②显示；渲染(某物的优点) Peter promised to attend our party, but he has not ______ yet.
A. showed off
B. turned out
C. showed up
D. came about C show off意为“炫耀”，turn out意为“证明”，come about意为“发生”。该句意思为“彼得答应过要来参加我们的派对，但是他现在还没有出现。” 4、 look into 朝……里面看；调查；检查
◆He looked into the room but saw nothing. 他朝房间里看了看但是什么都没看到。 ◆The chief manager has promised to look into this
matter carefully. 总经理承诺会仔细调查这件事情。
look at 看望，注视 look for 寻找，寻求 look on 旁观，观看；看待；视作 look out (for) 留神，注意，提防，警惕 look after 照顾；照料 look back (on / upon)往后看；回顾
look out 小心(口语)；往外看 look up (to)查寻；抬头看；尊重
look down (on / upon) 往下看；轻视
look over 检查；查看 look through 浏览 look forward to doing 期望/期待做 look round / around 寻找；参观 I often ______ the words I don't know in the
dictionary or on the Internet.
A. look up
B. look at
C. look for
D. look into A look up 查询； look at 看一看； look for 寻找； look into 调查。 5、 make up 编造；补偿，弥补；组成，形成；占(比例)；和解，调停；化妆 ◆This country is made up of many small islands.
这个国家是由许多小岛组成的。 ◆We must make up for the lost time.
我们一定要把失去的时间补回来。 ◆She would spend an hour making herself up before going to work.
在上班前她总会花一个小时打扮自己。 ◆Road accident victims make up almost a quarter of the hospital patients.
交通事故的受害者占医院病人的四分之一。 For all these years I have been working for others. I hope I'll ______ my own business some day.
A. turn up
B. fix up
C. set up
D. make up C 从句意看应该是“我想开创自己的事业”。turn up 出现； fix up 安装； make up 化妆，编造，均不合题意。只有C项意为“开创，建立”，符合题意。 that Justin was taken by aliens是同位语从句，作possibility的同位语，说明此名词的具体内容。同时that在同位语从句中只起连接作用，没有实际意义，不作任何成分。 1、When asked about the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens… 当问及贾斯汀被外星人带走的可能性时…… — Is there any possibility ______ you could pick me
up after school? — No problem.
A. when
B. that
C. whether
D. what B that连接同位语从句，说明possibility的内容，且that在从句中不充当任何成分，也没有实际意义，只起连接作用。 可用于sb. / sth.be done ＋不定式的句型的动词有：say, think, consider, report, advise, suppose, expect, prove, order等。所列出的这几个动词还可以用于It be done that sb.…的句型。 2、The Yeti is said to be a large, hairy animal that walks on two feet like a human being. ＝It is said that the Yeti is a large… 据说野人是一种大而多毛，像人一样用两条腿走路的动物。
◆He is thought to have made up the excuse. ＝ It is thought that he made up the excuse.
据认为他这个理由是编造的。 ◆It was considered that they were running out of supplies. ＝ They were considered to be running out of supplies.
据认为他们的补给快要耗尽了。 ◆It is reported that the little prince looks up to his father as a hero. ＝ The little prince is reported to look up to his father as a hero.
据报道小王子尊他的父王为英雄。 ①It has been proved ______ eating vegetables in childhood helps to protect you against serious illnesses in later life.
A. if
B. because
C. when
D. that ①D 句意：在童年时期吃蔬菜有助于保护你在余生中不得严重的疾病，这已经得到了证实。考查主语从句。由句子结构可知，it作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的从句。因为从句中成分完整，所以只能用只起连接作用而不作句子成分的连词that。 ②Mr Green's book is said to ______ into several foreign languages so far.
A. have translated
B. have been translated
C. be translated
D. have been translating ②B 句意：格林先生的书现已被译成几种外语了。由被动含义排除A、D。句中有so far谓语动词常用现在完成时，故在动词不定式后使用完成式。故选B。 ③It is often ______ that human beings are naturally equipped to speak.
A. said
B. to say
C. saying
D. being said ③A 句意：人们常说人类天性会说话。此句型结构是it is＋ 过去分词＋ that… 按括号内要求将下列句子译成英语： 1. 历史要发展。 (主语＋谓语) _______________________________________________ 1. History advances.
2. 我有3年没去看我的叔叔了。(主语＋谓语＋宾语) ________________________________________________________________________ 2. I haven't visited my uncle for three years. 3. 我把亨利当作最亲密的朋友。(主语＋谓语＋双宾语) ________________________________________________________________________ 3. I consider Henry my closest friend. 4. 我们现在必须对它保密吗？(主语＋谓语＋复合宾语) ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Must we keep it a secret now? 5. 这些玫瑰花闻起来很香。(主语＋系动词＋表语) ________________________________________________________________________ 5. These roses smell sweet. 6. 在他的卧室里只有一张床和一把椅子。(There be结构) ________________________________________________________________________ 6. In his bedroom there was only a bed and a chair. Module2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained（1） 1、 puzzled
adj. 迷惑的，茫然的 ◆My son looked puzzled, so I explained it again. 儿子看起来一脸迷惑，所以我又解释了一遍。 puzzle v. (使)迷惑；为难；苦思 puzzle over / about sth. 对某事苦苦思索 puzzle n. 智力测试；难题；难解之事 be in a puzzle about sth. 对某事迷惑不解 puzzling adj. 令人困惑的，费解的 to one's puzzlement 使某人感到困惑的是 ①Faced with the ______ situation the director looked ______.
A. puzzling; puzzled
B. puzzling; puzzling
C. puzzled; puzzled
D. puzzled; puzzling ①A 句意：面对令人费解的形势，负责人一脸困惑。 ②____________________ (使他感到困惑的是), his wife didn't go to work. ②To his puzzlement ③The policeman is
in a puzzle. (对于那个失踪的小女孩的案子)． ③about the case of the missing girl
2、 assume
vt . 假定， 设想 assume sb./sth. to be 假定/假设某人/某事为 It is assumed that… ……被认为 ◆Don't always assume the worst.
别总往最坏处想。 ◆I have always assumed her to be American.
我一直认为她是美国人。 assumption n. 假定，假设 make an assumption 认为，假定 assuming that… 假定，假设(引导条件状语从句) ①如果我能通过考试， 我希望明年能上大学。
I hope to go to college next year, I
pass my exams. ①assuming that ②许多人认为贫困仅仅存在于非洲。
A lot of people poverty only
exists in Africa. ②make the assumption that 3、 witness
vt. 目击，目睹(尤指罪行或事故的发生)，亲身经历(重要事件或变迁) ◆They are the witnesses at the scene of the accident. 他们目击了这场事故。
n. 证明；证人，见证人 ◆His ragged clothes were a witness to his poverty.
他的破烂衣服可以证明他的贫穷。 ①我们正在经历本世纪最重要的科学进展。 We __________ the most important scientific
development of the century.
①were witnessing
②几位村民目睹了这起造成8人罹难的空难。 Several villagers the air crash in which
8 people were killed. ② witnessed
③The police wanted to know whether there was someone who ______ the robbery.
A. witnessed
B. stared
C. looked
D. proved ③A 根据句意“警察想知道是否有人目击这次抢劫”。根据句意可知，此处应选“目击、看到”之意。witness 目击，见证(正式的法律用语); stare 凝视，盯着看； look 看； prove 证明。
4、 possibility n．可能性 possibility of (sb. doing) sth.(某人做)某事的可能性 possibility that………的可能性 ◆The possibility of food poisoning has been excluded.
食物中毒的可能性已被排除。 ◆Research findings show that there is a possibility that 10% of the Chinese young men will never find a girlfriend in 2050.
研究结果显示到2050年，中国10%的男青年可能将无女朋友可找。
possible adj. 可能的 possibly adv. 可能地 It's possible that… 有可能发生…… It is possible (for sb.) to do sth. (某人)做某事情是可能的 It is probable that… (probable后不能接带to的动词) It is likely to…很可能… … It is likely that 很可能… …
sb. is likely to某人很可能做… … ①他已被谋杀的可能性完全没有。
There's no possibility of ______________. ＝There's no possibility that he has been murdered.
①his having been murdered ②Tomorrow is Sunday and he has a day off, so he is ______ to attend our party.
A. probable
B. possible
C. likely
D. possibility ②C 虽然probable和possible都有“可能”的意思，但是它们一般不用表示人的词作主语； possibility是名词，不能直接接在be动词后作表语，只能选C。
5、 convince vt. 使确信；使信服 convince sb. that 从句/of sth. 使某人确信某事 be convinced that…/of sth.确信某事 convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事 ◆What he heard and saw convinced him of the need for economic reforms.
他的所见所闻让他相信了进行经济改革的必要性。 convincing adj. 令人信服的 unconvincing adj. 不足以令人信服的 I was ______ that we were doing the right thing.
A. convinced
B. believed
C. trusted
D. feared
A A、B、C 3个选项均有“相信”的意思，但是在此句中believe不能用被动形式，trust指信任某人。fear是“害怕”的意思。 6、 evidence n. [U] 证据，根据； 证词；迹象
vt. 使明显，证明 ◆There is evidence that somebody has been living here.
有迹象表明有人一直住在这里。 be in evidence 显眼；引人注目 evident adj. 明显的，明白的 It is evident that………是显而易见的
When faced with the______ he had to admit he was guilty.
A. sign
B. evidence
C. mark
D. demonstration B 句意：在证据面前他只得承认他有罪。
7、 base n. 基地， 大本营；底部；基础 vt. 将……建立在某物基础上 base A on B 将A建立在B的基础上
be based on sth.基于某物 ◆Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China.
上海是中国最重要的工业基地。 ◆The novel is based on a local ghost story.
这部小说是基于当地的一个鬼的传说。 1、 step up
加紧，加强，促进 ◆The scientists have stepped up research into medicine for cancer.
科学家们已经加强了对治疗癌症的药物的研究。
step into 进入 step by step 逐步地 take steps to do sth. 采取措施做某事 follow in one's steps 步某人的后尘 The government ______ its war against terrorism after the suicide bombing in the subway.
A. stepped aside
B. stepped into
C. stepped down
D. stepped up D 句意：在地铁里发生自杀性爆炸事件之后，政府加紧了反恐斗争。 2、辨析due to, owing to, because of, thanks to 这些词组均表示“由于”之意。 (1)due to 用于较庄重的书面语中，侧重“起因于”，在句中多作表语，有时作状语。 (2)owing to 可以与due to换用，但在句中多作状语，也可作表语。 (3)because of 着重某种原因的理由，在句中通常作状语。 (4)thanks to 突出一种感激之情，含“多亏”意味。 ◆Thanks to your presence, I was able to prove my innocence.
幸亏你在场，我才能够证明自己的清白。