2017届高考英语一轮复习课件：M2 Unit 1《Tales of the unexplained》（1）（译林版湖南专用）

　　1、 step up

　　加紧，加强，促进 ◆I stepped up my pace to follow my classmates.

　　我加快脚步去追赶我的同学。 ◆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。 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 up a fraud 揭发一个欺诈行为 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 after 照顾；照料 　look back 往后看；回顾 (on / upon) 　look out 小心(口语)；往外看 　look up 查寻；抬头看；尊重 (to) 　look down 往下看；轻视 (on / upon) 　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 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) ①I hope to go to college next year, I pass my exams.

　　如果我能通过考试， 我希望明年能上大学。 　 ①assuming that ②A lot of people 　 poverty only exists in Africa.

　　许多人认为贫困仅仅存在于非洲。　 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) n. 证明；证人，见证人

　　◆They are the witnesses at the scene of the accident. 他们是事故现场的目击者。 ◆His ragged clothes were a witness to his poverty. 他的破烂衣服可以证明他的贫穷。 ①We __________ the most important scientific development of the century.

　　我们亲身经历本世纪最重要的科学进展。　 ①were witnessing ②Several villagers the air crash in which 8 people were killed.

　　几位村民目睹了这起造成8人罹难的空难。 ②witnessed 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、辨析lately, late, later, latter, latest (1) lately作副词相当于recently，表示“最近，近来”之意，强调时间点，多用过去时；表示时间长度，多用完成时，但不可用于将来时态中。 ◆I haven't been sleeping well just lately. 我最近没睡好觉。 (2) late作副词时表示时间上的晚或迟。 (3) later作形容词时，表示“以后的，后期的”；作副词时表示“后来，较晚地”，还可与表示时间的名词连用，表示“……之后”，用于过去和将来。 (4) latter用作形容词，常与定冠词the连用，表示列举的两个事物中的后面的一个，译为“后者”，与 the former相对。 (5) latest是形容词，它指时间的先后中“最近的，最新的”。

　　It's only ______ that I know why she wasn't feeling well all these days.

　　A. late

　　B. lately

　　C. latest

　　D. latter B　本句为一个强调句型，根据句意“只是在最近我才知道她为什么这些天都不舒服。”可知此处应用副词lately “最近，近来”。

　　5、 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 ①There's no possibility of ______________. ＝There's no possibility that he has been murdered.

　　他已被谋杀的可能性完全没有。　 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。 6、 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 ◆You're not a very convincing liar!

　　你撒的谎难以让人信服！ 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。 7、 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。 ◆He was punished for giving false evidence.

　　他因作伪证而受到惩罚。 　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。

　　8、 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 ◆He used his family's story as a base for his novel.

　　他把他一家人的经历作为他小说的素材。 ◆Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China.

　　上海是中国最重要的工业基地。 ◆I base my hopes on the good news we had yesterday.

　　我把希望寄托在我们昨天得到的好消息上。 ◆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。 After ______ in “The Brokeback Mountain (《断背山》)”， Ang Lee directed “Lust Caution(《色戒》)”， ______ on a short novel by Zhang Ailing. A. succeeded; based

　　B. succeeding; basing C. succeeded; basing

　　D. succeeding; based D　句子主语是succeed这个动作的执行者，所以要用succeeding；后面是分词短语作定语，相当于which was based on，省略了which was, 所以是based。