九年级英语上册课时精讲精练习题8.docVIP

一、基础知识 1. It is hard to believe that he used to be a “problem child” until a conversation with his parents influenced his way of thinking. influence动词，意为“影响，对……起作用”，也可作名词，短语“have an influence on…”表示“对……有影响”。 例如：My parents influenced me to love reading.我爱阅读是受我父母的影响。 My English teacher has a great influence on me.我的英语老师对我的影响很大。 2. As a small child, he seldom gave his parents any problems, and they were proud of him. ①seldom副词，意为“不常，很少”，一般放在助动词、be动词、情态动词之后，行为动词之前。 例如：They seldom watch TV these days.这些天，他们很少看电视。 ②be proud of意为“以……为骄傲”，相当于take pride in。pride是proud的名词形式。 例如：I am proud of my son.我以我的儿子为骄傲。 3. He was no longer interested in studying. interested形容词，意为“感兴趣的”。短语“be interested in”表示“对……感兴趣”，其主语通常为人，后面可接名词、代词或动名词形式。 例如：The boy is very interested in drawing.这个男孩对画画非常感兴趣。 4. He was often absent from classes, and he failed his examinations. ①absent意为“缺席的，不在场的”。短语“be absent from…”表示“缺席……，不在……”。 例如：I will be absent from home this evening.我今天晚上不在家 ②fail动词，意为“不及格，失败，未能做到”。短语“fail to do sth.”侧重于表示“未做某事”，而“fail (in) sth.”和“fail (in) doing sth.”则表示“（做）某事失败”，指做完了某事而未成功，短语中的in可以省略。 例如：I failed to finish the work on time.我未能按时完全这项工作。 He appeared to be unhappy because he failed his math test.他看上去不开心，因为他的数学考试不及格。 5. Finally, his parents made a decision to send him to a boarding school. make a decision意为“作决定，下决心”，decision是名词，意为“决心，决定”，其动词形式为decide，短语“decide to do sth.”意为“决定做某事”。 例如：She decided to visit Beijing this summer.她决定今年夏天参观北京。 6. The head teacher advised his parents to talk with their son in person. ①advise动词，意为“劝告、建议”。短语 “advise sb./sth.”表示“劝告某人，建议……”，“advise (against) doing sth.”表示“建议（别）做某事”，“advise sb. (not) to do sth.”表示“建议某人（别）做某事”。 例如：He advised going to the movie.他建议去看电影。 He advised us to go to the movie.他建议我们去看电影。 ②in person意为“亲自，亲身”。类似的结构如：in fact（事实上，实际上），in danger（在危险中）。 例如：You’d better go to thank her in person.你最好亲自去谢谢她。 7. To everyone’s surprise, this conversation changed Li Wen’s life. to one’s surprise意为“令某人惊奇的是”。 例如：To our surprise, she scored 90 on th