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(1)She prefers to ______ rather than ______.她寧愿當(dāng)演員,不愿當(dāng)導(dǎo)演。

(2)The police officers had __________________ search the building. 警察奉命搜查這棟大樓。

(3)The judge _________ that the mother be given custody of the child. 法官判決這孩子由母親照管。

答案:act;direct;been directed to;directed

7.particular adj. 特殊的,特別的,挑剔的 n. 細(xì)節(jié),細(xì)目

be particular to 是……特有的

be particular about/over sth. 對(duì)……講究,挑剔

in particular 尤其,特別,格外

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(1)The coconut __________________ the tropics.椰子是熱帶地區(qū)特有的。

(2)She __________________ her clothes.她對(duì)衣著很講究。

(3)She loves the song ____________, because her mother used to sing it.她特別喜愛(ài)這首歌,因?yàn)樗龐寢屵^(guò)去經(jīng)常唱。

答案:is particular to;is particular about;in particular

8.whisper v.&n.低語(yǔ),耳語(yǔ),私語(yǔ);私下說(shuō),低聲地說(shuō)

in a whisper (=in whispers) 低聲地

whisper about sth. 密談某事

It is whispered that... 有人私下說(shuō)……

whisper to sb. 對(duì)某人竊竊私語(yǔ)

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(1)They debated it ____________.他們低聲辯論。

(2)The two girls were ______________ in the library.這兩個(gè)女孩在圖書館里低聲說(shuō)話。

(3)After a few minutes, he ___________ the answer ______ the creature’s ear.過(guò)了幾分鐘,他小聲在這個(gè)動(dòng)物的耳旁說(shuō)出答案。

(4)__________________ that he was heavily in debt.據(jù)說(shuō)他負(fù)債累累。

答案:in whispers;whispering;whispered?in;It was whispered

提示:whisper 后接雙賓語(yǔ)時(shí),間接賓語(yǔ)無(wú)論在前還是在后,其前都要帶介詞 to, 即whisper sth. to sb.= whisper to sb. sth.。類似結(jié)構(gòu)還有:

announce sth. to sb. 向某人宣布……

explain sth. to sb. 向某人解釋……

introduce sth. to sb. 向某人介紹……

suggest sth. to sb. 向某人提議

report sth. to sb. 向某人報(bào)告

9.react vi.&vt. 反應(yīng),反抗;起化學(xué)反應(yīng),起作用

react to sth. 對(duì)……作出反應(yīng)

react on (upon)

對(duì)……起作用,對(duì)……有影響,對(duì)……起反應(yīng)

react against 反抗,反對(duì)

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(1)How did he ____________ the news?他對(duì)這消息有何反應(yīng)?

(2)Will the people ever ____________ this dictator?有朝一日人民會(huì)起來(lái)反抗這位獨(dú)裁者嗎?

(3)Applause _______________ a speaker.鼓掌對(duì)講演者有影響。

答案:react to;react against;reacts on/upon

10.badly off 窮的;缺少的

be badly off 拮據(jù),貧窮

be badly off for sth. 某物短缺,不夠=be short of/lack of

be well off 有錢的,富裕的

be well off for sth.某方面是充裕的

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(1)I have got a big room so I‘m not too____________.我有一間蠻大的屋子,所以住得還不壞。

(2)His family is not ____________.他家境不太富裕。

(3)We _______________ for storage space in the new offices.我們的新辦公室里有很多貯藏東西的地方。

(4)She ______________ for friends.她缺少朋友。

答案:badly off;well off;were well off;is badly off

(5)I went to his home and found his living conditions were ____________ than mine.我去他家一看,發(fā)現(xiàn)他的生活狀況比我的更差。

答案:worse off

11.pick out 選出;選拔;分辨出;領(lǐng)會(huì)

pick on 選擇(某人或某物)作受罰(挨罵、干不愉快的工作)的對(duì)象

pick up 拾起,撿起;收拾,整理;得到;學(xué)會(huì);用車接某人;收聽(tīng)到;身體好轉(zhuǎn)

pick off 摘下,摘掉;逐個(gè)地(或有選擇地)瞄準(zhǔn)射中

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(1)Let me ____________ some good ones for you.讓我來(lái)替你挑幾個(gè)好的。

(2)It's easy to __________________ in a crowd because he is very tall.很容易從人群中辨認(rèn)出他,因?yàn)樗麄€(gè)子很高。

(3)The bus ____________ passengers outside the airport.公共汽車在機(jī)場(chǎng)外接乘客。

答案:pick out;pick him out;picks up

12.cut off 切掉,割掉,分離,隔離(常跟 from),中斷

cut across 抄近路穿過(guò);對(duì)直穿過(guò)

cut away 切掉,剪掉;逃走,跑開(kāi)

cut down 砍倒;(疾病等)奪去生命;削減,縮短;毀滅,破壞

cut in 插嘴;突然插入

cut into halves/pieces 切成兩半/切碎

cut out 切掉;刪掉

cut up 切碎,切掉;使喪氣,使痛心

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(1)I had my hair ____________ and sold it.我把頭發(fā)剪掉賣了。

(2)Just when she had reached the most important point we ______________.她剛剛講到最要緊的地方,我們的電話就被切斷了。

(3)We were completely ______________ the outside world.我們和外界完全隔絕了。

答案:cut off;were cut off;cut off from