（新课标）2014高三英语总复习 Unit 14 Careers课件 .pptVIP

3. I discovered then that so long as I am committed and never give up I will be able to produce high quality reports. 我发现，只要我具有献身精神并决不放弃，我就能够写出高质量的报道。 句中so long as是“只要”之意；引导条件状语从句，相当于only if。 So long as you try all your best, you will succeed. 只要你全力以赴，你就会成功的。 So long as you keep your promise, I will allow you to do it. 只要你遵守诺言，我就会让你做这件事情的。 committed 是形容词，表示“忠诚的；献身的；尽职守的”之意。 He is committed to the course of the reform. 他献身于改革。 She is very committed to her job to help the poor. 她对于帮助穷人的工作很尽职尽责。 探究练习 — Do you have a minute? I’ve got something to tell you. — OK, ________ you make it short. A. now that B. if only C. so long as D. every time 【解析】 C 考查了so long as 表示“只要”之意的用法，引导条件状语从句。而now that是“既然”；if only是“要是……就好了”；every time是“每次……”，均不符合语境。 4. It is sometimes difficult to work out the patterns of change. 有时候很难搞清楚变化的规律。 句中的work out 是固定搭配，表示“算出；制定出；锻炼；产生结果”之意。 The travel plan should be worked out by next month. 旅游计划得下月前被制定出。 He works out in the forests every day. 他每天都会到森林里锻炼。 发散思维 figure out 计算出；弄清楚 find out 弄清楚；搞懂 探究练习 The problem is so difficult that nearly none of the class can ________. A. work it out B. find it out C. work it on D. put it on 【解析】 A 句意：这个问题是如此难以至于班里很少有学生能够算出来。考查了work out表示“算出”之意的用法；而find out是“查明”；work on是“继续工作；从事于”；put on是“上演；穿上”。 随堂基础闯关 Ⅰ. 单项填空 1. Over the past decades, sea ice ________ in the Arctic as a result of global warming. A. had decreased B. decreased C. has been decreasing D. is decreasing 答案 C 解析 句意：在过去几十年里，由于全球变暖，北极的海冰一直在减少。由时间状语over the past decades可知，主句只能用现在完成时，故选C。 2. You can take as many as you like, because they are free of ________. A. fare B. charge C. money D. pay 答案 B 解析 句意：你想拿多少就拿多少，因为它们是免费的。free of charge为固定搭配，意为“免费”符合句意。 3. Low-income residents can’t afford to ________ a doctor or purchase medicine when they get sick. A. claim B. consult C. occupy D. capture 答案 B 解析 句意：当低收入居民生病时，他们负担不起看医生或买药的费用。claim“要求”； consult“请教”； consult a doctor“看医生”，符合句意。 occupy“占据”; capture“夺取”。 4. It is repo