1. Traditional diets often have too much fat and too many calories for the 21st-century person. If we want to keep up with the high pace of modern life ...
Reading)
[考点1] 形容词traditional在此意为;传统的, 惯例的, 习俗的;,其名词形式为tradition。
[考例] In _____ Chinese culture, marriage decisions were often made by parents for their children.
上海2004)
A. traditional B. historic
C. remote D. initial
[点拨] 选A。句意为 ;在中国的传统文化中,子女的婚姻通常由父母决定;。historic意为;历史上著名的或重要的;;remote意为;遥远的, 偏僻的;;initial意为;最初的,开始的,第一个的;,均不合题意。
[考点2] keep up with意为;跟上,不落后于;。
[考例] Would you slow down a bit, please? I can’t ______ you.
北京 2001春)
A. keep up with B. put up with
C. make up to D. hold on to
[点拨] 选A。句意为 ;放慢点,好吗?我跟不上你了;。put up with意为 ;忍受,容忍;;make up to意为 ;讨好, 拍马屁, 献殷勤, 报答;;hold on to意为 ;抓住,抓牢,保持;,均不合题意。
2. Stores offer all kinds of food and snacks and we have to make many choices.Reading)
[考点] offer意为;备有;;出售, 出价);。
[考例] They’ve _____ us £150,000 for the house. Shall we take it? 湖南2004)
A. provided B. supplied
C. shown D. offered
[点拨] 选D。句意为;他们出价十五万英镑买这栋房子,我们接受吗?;。provide意为;提供;; supply意为 ;供应;; show意为;展示;,均与题意不符。另外, provide 和supply常用于以下结构: provide sb. with sth.=provide sth. for sb.; supply sb. with sth.=supply sth. to sb.。
3. We should also eat carbohydrates, the main fuel for our body, which we can get from bread, rice and noodles. Reading)
[考点] should表示;应该;,强调现在应该承担的或义务,也可以表示劝告或命令。should have done表示;本来该做某事而实际上没有做;, 其否定形式表示;本来不该做某事却做了;。
[考例1] I often see lights in that empty house. Do you think I _____ report it to the police? NMET 2004 III)
A. should B. may
C. will D. can
[点拨] 选A。;常看到那个空房子的灯亮着;是一件令人生疑的事情,所以问;我应该向警察报告吗?;。
[考例2]
—I’ll tell Mary about her new job
tomorrow.
—You ______ her last week.
福建2004)
A. ought to tell B. would have told
C. must tell D. should have told
[点拨] 选D。句意为;——明天我就告诉玛莉有关她新工作的事情。——你上星期就该告诉她;。#p#分页标题#e#
4. We ought to learn more about our body and the fuel it needs to keep fit. Reading)
[考点] ought to的用法和should差不多,只是语气稍重一些。其否定式为ought not tooughtn’t to)。ought to have done同should have done,意为;本应该做某事而没有做;。
[考例1] There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party. You ______ come, but why didn’t you? 上海1999)
A. must have B. should
C. need have D. ought to have
[点拨] 选D。句意为;昨天的晚会很有趣。你本应该来,可你为什么没有来呢?;。must have done表示;过去一定做过某事;,是对过去发生情况的肯定推测,不合题意。
[考例2] Sir, you ______ be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and children only.
上海1996)
A. oughtn’t to B. can’t
C. won’t D. needn’t
[点拨] 选A。由;It is for women and children only;可知, 说话者是告诉那位先生;不应该;在此候车室候车。can’t表示;不可能;;needn’t表示;没有必要;。
5. Only in that way will we be ready for the challenges and opportunities in life. Reading)
[考点] 副词only放在句首而且强调状语时,句子的谓语动词部分要用部分倒装结构,也就是把谓语动词中的系动词、助动词或情态动词置于主语之前。助动词应根据句子的时态和人称而采用不同的形式。
[考例] I failed in the final examination last term and only then ______ the importance of studies.
重庆2004)
A. I realized B. I had realized
C. had I realized D. did I realize
[点拨]选D。and并列的后一分句中,副词only在句首,强调作状语的副词then,所以应用部分倒装结构。then时间状语是一般过去时的标志。
6. Fruit gives us carbohydrates, which our body and brain use for energy.Integrating Skills)
[考点] energy意为;精力, 力气,能量;, 通常用作不可数名词。
[考例] To regain their _____ after an exhausting game, the players lay in the grass. 上海2002)
A. force B. energy
C. power D. health
[点拨] 选B。句意为;在一场筋疲力尽的比赛之后,为了恢复精力,选手们躺在草地上;。 force意为 ;力量,武力;;power意为 ;能力,力量,权力;;health意为 ;健康;,均不符合题意。