詞匯導練
1．The group is made up of local____________ (音樂家)who have been performing together for several years.
2．She is like a ____________ (蝴蝶)．She flits(掠過)in and out of people’s lives.
3．The restaurant certainly lived up to its ____________ (名聲)；the food was delicious.
4. At last the Japanese had to accept an____________(無條件的)surrender.
5．The old lady ____________ (恐嚇)her grandchildren with ghost stories.
6．The use of the library is a p____________，not a right.
7．Because there is so much u____________，the competition for jobs is fierce.
8．The youth like to follow the latest t____________ in fashion.
9．Zhang Yimou is a famous film d____________.
10．S____________ was abolished(廢除)after the Civil War.
11．The____________(perform)received only pitying looks from his audience.
12．With practice he could speak French____________(fluent)．
1.musicians 2.butterfly 3.reputation 4.unconditional5.terrified 6.privilege 7.unemployment 8.trends9.director 10.Slavery 11.performance 12.fluently
短語匯集
1．________________ 相愛，墜入愛河
2．________________ 醉心于……，沉溺于……，由于……而忘乎所以
3．________________ 對……實施控制，控制
4．________________ 食言，收回承諾
5．________________ 參加選拔……
6．________________ 被處死
7．________________ 申請
8．________________ 和……交朋友
9．________________ 扎根于……之中
10．________________ 發財，賺錢
11．________________ 使停止，中斷；打斷，制止
12．________________ 征招……入伍
13．________________ 解散，解體，分手
1.fall in love 2.be drunk with 3.exercise control over4.break one’s promise 5.try out for 6.be condemned to death 7.apply for 8.make friends with 9.be anchored in 10.make a fortune 11.cut short 12.be drafted into13.break up
語句試譯
1．(回歸課本P18)Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City－there could not be a________setting!
可以想象在紫禁城里上演這部戲劇--不可能有比這更好的場景了！
2．(回歸課本P19)Then Calaf says his own name aloud，________his future in Turandot’s hands.然后，卡拉夫大聲地說出了自己的名字，把自己的未來托付給圖蘭朵。
3．(回歸課本P27)The album included the song‘The Sound of Silence’，________was a number one________on the pop charts.
該唱片包括了當時在流行音樂排行榜上排名第一位的歌曲《寂靜之聲》。
4．(回歸課本P31)They continue to have almost universal appeal today，______ ________they broke up in 1970.
今天他們仍有著全球性的吸引力，即使他們于1970年解散了。
1.better 2.leaving 3.which；hit 4.even though
核心知識
1cast(cast，cast，casting) vt. & vi. 投、擲、拋；挑選……扮演某角色；投下影子(或陰影)
(回歸課本P18)Many great Chinese musicians，actors and singers were also cast.許多中國偉大的音樂家，演員和歌手也被挑選在其中扮演角色。
歸納拓展
cast light on/onto解釋；給……提供線索
cast a new light on使某人對某事有新的認識
cast a shadow(over)(在某物上)投下影子(或陰影)
cast doubt on使懷疑
cast back回想；追溯
cast down(常用被動語態)使沮喪；使下降；推翻；毀滅
cast a vote 投票
cast n.(電影陣容)全體演員
例句探源
①(牛津P297)The play is being cast in both the US and Britain.目前正在英美兩國挑選這部戲的演員。
②(朗文P294)At that time，the Cold War still cast a shadow (over) our children’s future.
當時，冷戰仍然給我們孩子的未來籠罩上一層陰影。
③Candles cast a romantic light in the restaurant’s dinning room.燭光為飯店的餐廳增添了幾分浪漫。
1．完成句子
你能解釋這些數字的含義嗎？
(1)Can you ______ ________ ________ ________the meaning of these figures?
答案：cast any light on
(2)樹木在草坪上投下一片陰影。
The trees________ ________ ________the lawn.
答案：cast shadows across
(3)我無意懷疑瑪麗對這個事情的描述。
I didn’t mean to________ ________ ________Mary’s description of the story.
答案：cast doubt on
(4)游客將硬幣拋進噴泉。
Tourists______ ________ ________the fountain.
答案：cast coins into
2dare vi. 敢，敢于，膽敢
(回歸課本P18)She even dares to try and exercise control over her father，the emperor of China，who has promised to allow her to choose her own husband.
她甚至敢于嘗試并且控制自己的父親，即中國皇帝，他曾經允諾她自己選擇丈夫。
歸納拓展
(1)dare 用作情態動詞時，多用于疑問句、否定句、條件句中。
(2)dare用作實義動詞時，有人稱和數的變化,肯定句中要跟帶to的不定式，而在否定句或疑問句中不定式符號to可帶可不帶。
(3)I dare say.我敢說/我相信/可能/大概。
(4)How dare you！你竟敢！/你怎么敢！
例句探源
①(牛津P503)He didn’t dare (to) say what he thought.
他不敢說出他的想法。
②(朗文P507)I daren’t tell her.
我不敢告訴她。
③How dare you say that?
你怎么敢那么說呢？
④No one dared speak of it.
無人敢提及此事。
2．完成句子
(1)如果你敢違反規定，就會受到處罰的。
You will be punished if you ______ ______ the rules.
答案：dare break
(2)你敢一個人去那里嗎？
Do you______ (______) ______there alone?
答案：dare (to) go
(3)我不敢進那座房子。
I ______ ______ ______ ______the house.
答案：didn’t dare go into
(4)你竟敢那樣做！
How______ ______ ______that!
答案：dare you do
3.The little boy________out in the dark at night.
A．dares not to go B．dare not go
C．dares not go D．does not dare going
解析：選B。句意：“那個小男孩晚上不敢去黑暗的地方。”否定用dare not可確定dare用作情態動詞，無人稱和數的變化，后面須跟動詞原形，所以選B。
3terrify v． 恐嚇，使感到恐怖
(回歸課本P19)Turandot is desperate to learn his name and threatens and terrifies Liu because she knows his name.
圖蘭朵極度渴望知道他的名字，于是他威脅恐嚇Liu，因為Liu知道他的名字。
歸納拓展
例句探源
①(牛津P2086)Flying terrifies her.
她害怕坐飛機。
②(朗文P2127)The children were terrified of the dog.
孩子們害怕那只狗。
③Spending a night in jail was a terrifying experience.
在監獄里過一夜是一次極其可怕的經歷。
4．完成句子
(1)他嚇唬那個小孩讓他呆在原處。
He______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______as he was.
答案：terrified the little child into staying
(2)我第一次看見老虎時嚇壞了。
I ______ ______ ______the tiger when I first saw it.
答案：was terrified at
(3)我們如何克服這些可怕的想法呢？
How do we conquer these________thoughts?
答案：terrifying
5.The________look on the girl’s face showed that she was greatly terrified at the ________news.
A．terrified；terrifying
B．terrified；terrified
C．terrifying；terrifying
D．terrifying；terrified
解析：選A。句意：“女孩臉上恐懼的表情表明被那令人害怕的消息嚇著了。”terrified感到害怕的，恐懼的；terrifying令人害怕的，恐怖的。
4desire vi.&vt. 愿望，渴望，欲望
n． 愿望，渴望，欲望；渴望的人
(回歸課本P25)It had always been one of my strongest desires to have a part in Turandot.
在圖蘭朵中扮演一個角色一直都是我最大的愿望之一。
歸納拓展
例句探源
①One woman had expressed a strong desire to learn to read.
一位女士已經表現出學習閱讀的強烈欲望。
②(朗文P547)Power is used by those desiring to fulfill their objective.權力被那些渴望實現自己目標的人所利用。
③Ellman’s goal is highly desirable，but unfortunately not realistic.
埃爾曼的目標是很好的，但不現實。
6．完成句子
(1)女王很想馬上見你。
The Queen______ ______ ______you at once.
答案：desires to see
(2)他母親希望他立即來。
His mother desires that he (______) ______at once.
答案：(should) come
(3)她渴望回家。
She had a strong desire______ ______home.
答案：to go
5decline vi. & n． 衰敗；衰落；下降
(回歸課本P30)From the early 1930s to the early 1950s，traditional jazz went into a bit of a decline，and was replaced in popularity by a new kind of music known as swing.
從二十世紀三十年代初至二十世紀五十年代初，傳統的爵士樂進入了衰敗的狀態，被新流行起來的一種叫搖擺樂的音樂所取代了。
歸納拓展
例句探源
①(朗文P524)Computer sales declined 2.1 percent this year.
今年，計算機銷售下降了2.1%。
②(牛津P518)I offered to give them a lift but they declined.
我主動邀請他們搭車，但他們婉言謝絕了。
③The town fell into a decline after the mine closed.
這個鎮在礦井關閉后開始衰落。
易混辨析
decline，refuse，reject
(1)decline指婉言謝絕，較正式，有禮貌。
(2)refuse指堅決、果斷地拒絕。
(3)reject指以否定或敵對的態度當面拒絕。
①We asked him to come，but he refused.
②The board rejected all our ideas.
③We asked them to come to our party，but they declined (the invitation)．
7.The financial crisis has led to a sharp ________ in profits in many factories.
A．decline B．increase
C．deadline D．bankruptcy
解析：選A。考查詞義辨析。A意為“減少，下降”，B“增加，增長”，C“最后期限”，D“破產”。句意：這次金融危機致使許多企業利潤下降。故A項正確。
8．Offered the position of chairman，Mr.Smith ________，preferring to keep his current job.
A．decreased B．retired
C．left D．declined
解析：選D。decline指禮貌地拒絕提議或邀請。句意：讓史密斯先生擔任主席時，他婉言拒絕了，卻寧愿干目前的工作。decrease“減少”；retire“退休”；leave“離開”。
9.（2011年江蘇安陵中學高三聯考）She ________ my invitation because of an appointment.
A．refused B．rejected
C．declined D．decreased
解析：選C。句意：因為有約會，她謝絕了我的邀請。此題考查動詞辨析。refuse，reject，decline都表示“拒絕”。refuse是普通用語，強調態度堅決；reject強調不能答應、當面拒絕或不予采納不合理的見解、建議等，后接介詞as，for等；decline強調委婉的拒絕。decrease“下降，減少”。根據句意，答案為C。
6be drunk with... 陶醉于，醉心于，沉溺于……，因……忘乎所以
(回歸課本P18)In the story ，Turandot is drunk with power.
在這個故事中，圖蘭朵醉心于權力。
歸納拓展
drunk (1)drink 的過去分詞；(2)adj.(常作表語)(酒)醉的；陶醉的，興奮的；(3)n.醉漢；酒鬼；酗酒者
drunken adj.(常作定語)(酒)醉的
be dead/blind/half drunk爛醉/半醉
be drunk with...陶醉于……，沉醉于……
as drunk as a lord酩酊大醉,類似的表示“陶醉于……”“沉溺于……”的短語有：
be deep in沉溺于……
be absorbed in全神貫注于……；沉溺于……
be addicted to sth./doing sth.沉溺于……
be lost in沉溺于……
be buried in埋頭于……
例句探源
①(牛津P618)She was too drunk to remember anything about the party.
她喝得酩酊大醉，聚會上的事什么都記不得了。
②(朗文P628)A drunken teenager was arrested for vandalism.
一位醉酒的青少年因故意破壞公共財物而被捕。
③We were drunk with freedom.
自由令我們忘乎所以。
10．完成句子
(1)昨晚他回家時已經醉得一塌糊涂了。
He came home last night______ ______.
答案：blind drunk
(2)You shouldn’t quarrel with a ________(醉漢)．
答案：drunk
(3)They were________(陶醉于)with success.
答案：drunk
11.As the teenagers are easily________with Internet games，it is necessary to make a limit to them.
A．frozen B．absorbed
C．involved D．drunk
解析：選D。句意：“由于青少年很容易沉迷于網絡游戲，所以限制他們是必要的”be drunk with 沉迷于……；be absorbed in沉溺于……；be involved in涉及……
7exercise control over 對……實施控制，控制
(回歸課本P18)She even dares to try and exercise control over her father，the emperor of China，who has promised to allow her to choose her own husband.
她甚至敢于嘗試并控制自己的父親，即中國皇帝，(他)曾經允諾女兒由她自己選擇丈夫。
歸納拓展
例句探源
①(朗文P438)Exercise and diet have brought Young’s weight under control.
鍛煉和節食已使揚的體重得到了控制。
②The situation quickly got out of control and the police were called in.
形勢很快失控，有人叫來了警察。
③There has been some violence after the match，but the police are now in control of the situation.
比賽后發生了一些暴力事件，但是現在警方已控制了局勢。
12．用適當的介詞填空
(1)The government is________complete control of the situation.
答案：in
(2)Your mother’s illness is ________control.
答案：under
(3)This situation is getting from bad to worse，which is ________ ________control.
答案：out of
(4)We should not exercise too strict control________the use of educational funds.
答案：over
8be condemned to death 被處死
(回歸課本P21)If they guess wrong，they will be condemned to death.如果他們猜錯了，他們就會被處死。
歸納拓展
例句探源
①(牛津P410)The editor of the newspaper was condemned as lacking integrity.這家報紙的編輯被指責為不夠公正。
②(朗文P412)Giany knew that society would condemn her for leaving her children.
金尼知道社會會譴責她遺棄自己的孩子。
③He was convicted of first degree murder and condemned to death.
他被定為一級謀殺罪并被判了死刑。
④If you don’t learn from the past，you’re condemned to repeat its mistakes.
如果你不從過去吸取教訓的話，就注定要重復以前的錯誤。
13．完成句子
(1)這個犯人一定會被判死刑。
The prisoner is sure to______ ______ ______ ______.
答案：be condemned to death
(2)我們因為他行為不良而責備他。
We______ ______ ______his bad conduct.
答案：condemned him for
14.The judge________the criminal to ten years in jail.
A．condemned B．abused
C．accused D．transformed
解析：選A。句意：法官判處那個罪犯十年徒刑。condemn“判刑”；abuse“濫用，虐待”；accuse“控告”；transform“使改變”。
9cut short 使停止，中斷；打斷；制止
(回歸課本P31)Elvis’musical life was cut short when he was drafted into the army in 1958.
當埃爾維斯1958年被征召入伍時，他的音樂生活就中斷了。
歸納拓展
cut in 插嘴；突然插入
cut off切掉，剪下；切斷，斷絕
cut out切掉；刪掉
cut through開辟(出路或通道)
cut up切碎；使痛心
cut into halves/cut in half切成兩半
cut down砍倒；削減；壓縮
例句探源
①(朗文P496)I tried to explain but she cut me short.
我想要解釋，但她打斷了我。
②The tenday mission was cut short when one of the shuttle’s navigation devices failed.
其中一艘飛船的導航裝置發生故障，導致為期10天的任務被迫中止。
③(牛津P494)She kept cutting in on our conversation.
我們談話時她老是插嘴。
④We were cut off in the middle of our conversation.
我們電話打到一半就斷線了。
15．完成句子
(1)他的事業因疾病而中斷。
His career was ______ ______by illness.
答案：cut short
(2)我們說話時別插嘴。
Don’t ______ ______on our conversation.
答案：cut in
(3)父親停止給我生活費了。
My father has______ ______the supplies.
答案：cut off
(4)你可以刪掉不重要的細節。
You can______ ______the unimportant details.
答案：cut out
16.（2010年湖北武漢高三測試）The boy was________in the middle of his call because he had no more coins to put in the box.
A．cut off B．broken in
C．hung up D．put down
解析：選A。句意：“因為沒有硬幣可投了，小孩的電話打到一半就斷了。”cut off中斷。
10break up 解散，拆散；解體；分手，(關系)破裂；結束；散會，放假
(回歸課本P31)They continue to have almost universal appeal today，even though they broke up in 1970.
盡管他們在1970年就解散了，但他們今天仍舊幾乎對所有的人都有吸引力。
歸納拓展
例句探源
①(牛津P234)The ship broke up on the rocks.
船觸礁撞碎了。
②(朗文P230)Force was used to break up the rally.
動用了軍隊來驅散集會。
③What year did the Beatles break up?
甲殼蟲樂隊是哪一年解散的？
④The meeting broke up at 11∶00 .
會議在十一點結束。
17．用break的短語填空
(1)We are sorry to arrive late，but the car ________ ________.
答案：broke down
(2)Their marriage ________ ________ ten years ago.
答案：broke up
(3)Chemicals in our body ________ ________ our food into useful things.
答案：break down
18.The old car ________ on the way and couldn’t start again.
A．broke up B．broke down
C．broke in D．broke off
解析：選B。短語辨析題。break down意思是“壞了，拋錨”。其他答案有一定的干擾性；break up意思是“分解，分散”；break off意思是“折斷，斷掉”；break in意思是“闖入”。
19．During the Second World War lots of families ________ and a large number of people became homeless.
A．broke up B．broke out
C．broke off D．broke down
解析：選A。本題考查了短語辨析。break out意思是“爆發，發生”；break off意思是“折斷，斷掉，中斷”；break up和break down都有“分解”的意思，然而break up還有“驅散，分離”的意思。
句型解析
1【教材原句】 Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden City－there could not be a better setting！(P18)
可以想象在紫禁城里表演這樣的歌劇--不可能有再好的背景了！
【句法分析】 not...better“比較級與否定詞連用”可表示最高級之意。
①I couldn’t agree more on it.
關于此事我再同意不過了。(我非常同意此事)
下列結構均表示最高級意義：
(1)never和完成時連用
②I have never seen such a glorious sunrise.我從來沒有看到過如此壯觀的日出。
③Never before have so many people taken part in the movement.從來沒有這么多人參加這個活動。
(2)否定詞＋so/as＋形容詞或副詞的原級＋as...
④Nothing in my life shook me so deeply as my first visit to China.
在我的一生中給我震撼最大的是我第一次到中國訪問。
(3)as...as ever...
⑤He was as brave a man as ever lived in the country.
他是這個國家無與倫比的勇士。
(4)比較級＋than＋any other＋單數名詞；
比較級＋than＋all the other＋復數名詞；
比較級＋than＋all the others；
比較級＋than＋any of the other＋復數名詞；
比較級＋than＋any of the others；
比較級＋than＋anything/anyone else＋比較范圍
⑥She sang better than anyone else in the country.
她比這個國家的任何人唱得都好。
20．-Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
-Yes.I’ve never been to________one before.
A．a more excited B．the most excited
C．a more exciting D．the most exciting
解析：選C。考查形容詞的比較級。比較級用在否定句中表示最高級含義。所以選C。
21.(2011年江西十所重點中學模擬)-Are you happy with this library?
-Not a little.We can’t have________.
A．a worse one B．a nicer one
C．such a worse one D．such a nicer one
解析：選B。解題的關鍵是對not a little的理解，其意為“許多，很”。答語表示對圖書館非常滿
意，故B項正確，此處是形容詞的比較級表示最高級含義。
22.(2011年河北保定調研)What a beautiful design for our new teaching building！I’ve never seen________one before.
A．a good B．a better
C．a best D．the best
解析：選B。考查形容詞比較級。句中進行了比較，故用a better。
23．(2010年合肥教學檢測)With some snow on top of it，the Yellow Mountain looked fantastic this winter.Actually，I doubt whether we could visit________mountain in China.
A．a most beautiful B．the most beautiful
C．a more beautiful D．a beautiful
解析：選C。考查形容詞的比較等級。這里用形容詞的比較級表示最高級的含義。
2【教材原句】 Then Calaf says his own name aloud，leaving_his future in Turandot’s hands.(P19)
卡拉夫接著大聲說出了自己的名字，把他的未來交到了圖蘭朵的手中。
【句法分析】 leave表示“使……處于某種狀態”，可構成“leave＋賓語＋賓補(doing，done，to do，adv.，adj.，介詞短語)”結構。
①He hurried home，leaving his keys in the office.
他匆忙回家把鑰匙忘在了辦公室。
②He went to America，leaving his son in the countryside.
他去美國了，把兒子留在了鄉下。
24．完成句子
(1)別讓門開著。
Don’t ________ ________ ________ ________.
答案：leave the door open
(2)這場病使得她身體很虛。
The illness________ ________ ________ ________.
答案：has left her weak
(3)工作不要半途而廢。
Don’t ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.
答案：leave your work half done
(4)她任憑孩子哭個不停。
She ________ ________ ________ ________.
答案：left her baby crying
(5)他父母去世了，他成了一個孤兒。
His parents dies，________ ________ ________ ________.
答案：leaving him an orphan
(6)讓一切維持原狀。
Leave things________ ________ ________.
答案：as they are