● Reading 2
1. That is why English is a language with so many confusing rules. (p22) 正因为如此,英语才成了一种具有许多令人困惑不解的规则的语言。
why 引导名词性从句做表语
1) That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.
2) Indeed, that is why I came to the forum here and did a search.
3) That is why you have so many rules and enforced uniformity. And there is no need for this at all.
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NMET. –I drove to Zhuhai for the air show last week.
–Is that _____ you had a few days off?
A. why B. when C. what D. where
上海. I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella. ____ I got wet through.
A. It’s the reason B. That’s why C. There’s why D. It’s how
江苏. --Don't you think it necessary that he _______ to Miami but to New York?
--I agree, but the problem is ________ he has refused to.
A. will not be sent; that B. not be sent; that
C. should not be sent; what D. should not send; what
答案: ABB
confuse
vt. 1. put into disorder; mix up in the mind把...弄糊涂,使困惑They confused me by their conflicting advice. Only one question confused him. They're trying to confuse you. I am very confused with this at the moment. Leave him to make up his mind. He's confused and he's not sure what he wants. His is more confused and his production falls after the coaches work with him. It is not fair and I am so confused. I wish I had the money to pay for a lawyer to take him to court first. 2. make one thing for another把...混同,混淆[(+with)] You confused Australia with Austria. Don't confuse skepticism(怀疑论) with science. I appreciate that you do not confuse my opinions with those of the article's.
confusing: make people confuse令人困惑的.
2. When we speak English today, we sometimes feel puzzled about which words or phrases to use. (p22) 如今,我们在说英语时,有时发现很迷惑到底该选哪些单词或词组。
which words or phrases to use: 疑问词+动词不定式作宾语。动词不定式可以和疑问词what, which, how, when, where, who,whom,whether等连用,构成不定式短语,在句子中作主语、宾语、表语等成分。这时往往可以扩写成宾语从句:
1) The question is how to use the computer. = The question is how we should use the computer.
2) I don’t know where to go for my holiday. =I don’t know where I can go for my holiday.3) He can’t decide which book to choose. = He can’t decide which book he can choose. 4) I don’t know what to do next. = I don’t know what I should do next.
More examples:
1) The ever romantic King Solomon knew how to say it with flowers.
2) You have a two week vacation coming up soon. Are you trying to decide where to spend your vacation? 3) You decide how to spend your time.
4) Which one to choose is simply up to you.
5) Sometimes smart thinkers just don't know when to stop, and they create these absurd, all-encompassing, high-level pictures of the universe that are all good and fine, but don't actually mean anything at all.?
6) Anyone know how to solve this?
7) Many people just don't know how to (or don't care to) send a combined message which is both posted and E-mailed.
8) Are you passing through a difficult time of your life and don’t know how to get out of it?
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NMET . Last summer I took a course on _____.
A. how to make dresses B. how dresses be made
C. how to be made dresses D. how dresses to be made
NMET . There are so many kinds of tape-recorders on sale that I can’t make up my mind _____ to buy.
A. what B. which C. how D. where
NMET. I’ve worked with children before, so I know what ___ in my new job.
A. expected B. to expect C. to be expecting D. expects
NMET. The mother didn`t know ____ to blame for the broken glass as it happened while she was out.
A. who B. when C. how D. what
Frank's dream was to have his own shop ____ to produce the workings of his own hands. (2005湖南)
A. that B. in which C. by which D. how
答案:ABBAB
3. The English language is made up of the grammar and vocabulary these people brought to Britain to them. (p22) 英语是由每个进入不列颠的人群所说语言中的语法和词汇构成的。
be made up of: to form as a whole
1) The tea is made up from a mixture of several different types.
2) The UK is made up of the four separate countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and each provides a different learning experience for the overseas student.
3) I'm always a little amazed by those pictures made up of a bunch of other tiny photos.
4) If water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, why can't we breathe underwater?
5) How is the governing body made up? Governing bodies range in size from 9 - 20 members. They include parents, staff from the school, people chosen by governors from the local community.
Relative phrases:
make up 1. to become friends again after (a quarrel): You don’t really hate each other, so why don’t you shake hands and make up? It’s time you made up your quarrel. 你们吵架该和解了。They had an argument, but they have already made up. 2. to use special paint and powder on the face of(someone or oneself) so as to change or improve the appearance.化妆 She spends 20 minutes in the morning to make herself up/make up her face. Be quick, you’ve got 10 minutes to make up. 3. to invent(a story, poem, etc.), esp. in order to deceive: He made up a story, which I found hard to believe. The student made up an excuse for his being late. Their father is good at making up bed time stories. The students each is asked to make up a dialogue at the end of the class. 4. to prepare (a drug), esp. according to a doctor’s note: The doctor made up a bottle of cough medicine for him. 5. to make (an amount or number)complete: to make up the money(to the right amount); 6. to repay or give ( an amount) in return: You must make up what you owe before the end of the month.
make up for: be a compensation for弥补: They made up for their inexperience by careful preparation for each lesson. She's making up for all the playing she missed. You are responsible for the money and you will have to make up for the loss. I have not worked this term, but I will make up for it next term. He tried hard to make up for the damage he had caused. Industry(勤奋) can make up for the lack of skill.勤能补拙。
make up for lost time: to work fast, because of time lost earlier
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上海春. Happily for John’s mother, he is working harder to ____ his lost time.
A. make up for B. keep up with C. catch up with D. make use of
江苏.Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and _________ jokes.A. turning up B. putting up C. making up D. showing up
答案:A C
4. control
vt. 1. have control, authority, power over 控制;支配;管理;克制;抑制She is skillful enough to control the machine now. The British government at that time controlled the island. You must learn to control your temper. 2. check; verify (用对照物)核实;检验 to control the amounts
n. power or authority to direct, order, or restrain支配;控制;调节;抑制[U][(+of/over)] They have no control over him.
be in control of: be in command, in charge 握有(对…的)控制力;控制
be/come/bring/get under control: be, become, cause to be, under authority, under restraint, in order, working properly 在…控制之下: get flood water under control; Firemen helped by over 5,000 volunteers managed to bring under control a fire in southern Ethiopia's Nechsar national park, home to the rare Swayne's hartebeest(大羚羊). The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health warned on Monday that the disease would take years to bring under control and required great attention.
lose control of: be unable to manage or contain 不能驾御或控制;失去对…的控制 lose control of one’s temper
take control of: take authority控制;管理 He must find someone to take overall control of this project.
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