English Vocabulary Test Center Handbook for Senior High School Entrance Examination

Chapter 8

I did quite well in the exam this time.

A． CongratulationB． I don't know
C． S0 did ID． S0 I did
(Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, 2001)
Analysis sentence meaning: ——I did very well in this exam. --Me too.The answer is c.This question is designed well, and several knowledge points are tested at the same time. A． Congratulation congratulations, but the plural form is commonly used; C. so+auxiliary verb+subject, expressing affirmative "also"; D. so+subject+auxiliary verb, means to emphasize "it is so".

ice age／ice bag ice bag／iceberg iceberg／ice bomb ice brick／icebox refrigerator／ice bridge ice bridge on iceberg／ice free no ice／ice-free port ice-free port／ice pack ice／ice paper transparent paper ／be on thin ice, extremely dangerous／ice cream ice cream

icebreaker icebreaker

full of ideas resourceful / the big idea high opinion, clever strategy / have any idea know; understand / have no idea don't know; don't understand / have an idea of ​​understand; know

as If even if/even if(though)if there is no.../if it were not for...if not for.../if only only;
1. In the bookshop a reader asked the shopkeeper “Who Moved My Cheese” was an interesting book.

A． that B． how C． what
D． if
(Dongcheng District, Beijing, 2002)
Sentence meaning: In a bookstore, a reader asked the owner "Who Moved My Cheese?" is an interesting book.The answer is D. if guides the object clause, expressing whether or not. "Who Moved My Cheese" (who moved my cheese?) is the name of a book.

2. I don't know he will come tomorrow. he comes, I'11 tell you at Once.

A． if; Whether B． whether: whether
C． if;That D． if;
(Beijing in 2002)
Analysis sentence meaning: I don't know if he will come tomorrow, if he does, I will tell you right away.The answer is D.The second if is a leading conditional adverbial clause, which means "if, if".Such as: If I go to the Great Wall tomorrow, would you like to come along?If I go to the Great Wall tomorrow, will you go with me?
fall ill sick; sick / be ill with suffering from... sick / speak ill of saying... bad words

disease disease/sick disease; nausea/trouble disease/cold cold; cold/fever fever/ache pain, pain/cough cough/pain pain
be important to sb．Important to someone/more important is more important/It is important for sb. to do sth．It is important for someone to do something / It is (was) important that. ． ． (The subject clauses guided by that are accustomed to using should or the original form of the verb) something is very important

unimportant unimportant/famous/significant/major more important/main main/chief main/lead leading/leading most important

In our English study reading l's more important than speaking, I think.

I don't agree. Speaking is——reading.

A． as important as B． so important as
C． the most important D． the same as
(Dongcheng District, Beijing, 2002)
Analysis sentence meaning: - I think English intensive reading is more important than oral English. --I disagree.Speaking is as important as reading.The answer is A.Comparing the two: "It's best if it doesn't exist", C cannot be selected, and B is used for negative sentences; D needs to add a corresponding adjective after same.So choose A.

The woman——a red dress is my aunt.

A． in B． at C． at D． from
(Gansu Province in 2000)
Sentence meaning: The woman in red is my aunt.The answer is A.Prepositional phrases are used as post-attributives of nouns, in means "wear...", B, C, and D cannot mean "wear".

The book was written English.

A． in B． with C． from D． by
(Tianjin City in 2001)
Analysis sentence meaning: This book is an English book.The answer is A.When the preposition in means "use", it refers to what material is used, such as ink and wood, and it can also indicate what language to use. in English means "in English".Such as: I'm weak in English.My English is bad. Say it in English．Speak in English.

① "In a certain place" can be expressed with the two prepositions in and at. in is particularly focused on.In the inside; at only refers to a certain place, without emphasizing whether it is inside or outside. I met my teacher at (in) the library.I met the teacher in the library (in). ② Both in and on can be expressed.wear...status. in is a preposition, the object of the back eye preposition, in sth. "Wear..."; on is an adverb, to wear or wear something means have sth. on
above on... above/over on...; over/on on.../up up, up/upwards; up/below below.../under below... below; below, below/ beneath / down down, along the down / left of the left; left / right of the right; right / in in the ... inside, in /indoor indoor / into ... inside; become / out Out; outside / outwards / outdoor outdoors, outdoors / outdoors outdoors, in the wild

in ink write in ink
I asked her for—ink, but she didn't have—

A． any; some B． any; anyC． some; any
D． some; some
(Tianjin City in 2000)
Parsing the meaning of the sentence: I borrowed ink from her, but she didn't have any.The answer is c.Indefinite pronouns are the focus of examination. some, any can modify both countable and uncountable nouns, some is usually used for affirmation (except euphemism), if any is used for negative sentences and interrogative sentences. any is used in affirmative sentences, which means "any one".

instead of. ． ．replace

take interest in have interest in.../show interest in show interest
have interest in have interest in.../lose interest in lose interest in...

Interest (interested, concerned)'ed (...of) interested in...

be(become)interested ininterested in...
interest (interested, concerned) + ing (adjective suffix) interested
show no interest in
In means "in...", which is a static state; into means "movement from outside to inside", expressing action.Example: (x) He went in the shop. (√)He went into the shop.He went into that store.

What about leaving at 8 0'clock, Mr Green?

No． Let's make at seven or even earlier.
A． him B． it C． that
D． this
(2001 Changzhou, Jiangsu)
Analysis of sentence meaning:—Mr. Green, how about we leave at 8:[-]? —No, let's leave at seven or earlier.The answer is B.Here it is a demonstrative pronoun, referring to the previous leaving.

When used as a personal pronoun, it usually replaces inanimate things and often functions as the demonstrative pronouns this and that. ② it can replace the antecedent, act as a form subject or form object, instead of an infinitive phrase, a gerund phrase or a clause.For an unknown person, it is usually used to determine his identity.But if the identity of the person mentioned above is clear enough, it cannot be used.Such as: Mr Smith is at the door. He wants to see you.Mr. Smith is at the door. He wants to see you. ③it can be used to form an emphasized sentence pattern, emphasizing any part of the sentence.In the emphatic sentence pattern, if the emphasis is on people, use who or that as the relative pronoun; if the emphasis is on time or place, use when or where as the relative adverb.But it must be noted that when or where can be used only when the emphasized part is an adverb expressing time or place rather than a prepositional phrase; except for the above, the relative pronouns all use that.Example: It was in 1994 that my brother joined the army.My brother joined the army in 1994.

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