选修7 第四单元Learning about Language.ppt

Unit 4 Sharing otherwise, airmail, be dying to, adjust, muddy, hear from, fortnight, platform, remote Sharon looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. She had posted the _______ letter to Tim last week but had had no reply. She smoothed her hair down with a wet comb, wiped her _______ shoes, and thought about the three months she had known him. He was the nicest boy she had ever met, _________ she would not have fallen in love with him. 1. (dry _______) to become completely dry 2. (dry ______) to become dry on the surface 3. (dry ______) to come to an end 4. (hear _____) to listen to somebody till the end 5. (hear _____) to receive a letter or a phone call from someone 6. (hear _____) to have knowledge of sb/sth 7. (be dying ______) to want to do something very much 8. (die _____) to disappear or stop existing completely 9. (die ______) to gradually get quieter 注意, 先行词是人时一般不受上述情况的限制。但是 Are you clear now?OK. Let’s do some exercises! 1. The famous basketball star, _______ tried to make a comeback, attracted a lot of attention. A. where B. when C. which D. who 解析: 本题考察定语从句关联词的选择， 从句意可知先行词the famous basketball star (著名的篮球明星)是人, 所以应用表示人的 关联词who。 2. (2006 北京) Women ____ drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than those _____don’t. A who; /???? B /; who??? C who; who???? D / ; / 解析: 本题考查两个定语从句, 这两个定语 从句都缺少主语, 在定语从句中, 如果是关系 代词做定语从句的主语, 关系代词不能省略， 故答案选 C。 3. (2006 福建) Look out! Don’t get too close to the house ____ roof is under repair. A. whose B. which C. of which D. that 解析: whose 在定语从句中做 roof 的定语， 用于修饰 house. 4. (2005 福建)-- Is that the small town you often refer to? --Right, just the one ____ you know I used to work for years. A. that B. which C. where D. what 解析: 从句中 you know是插入语, 所以用 where引导表示地点的定语从句。 1. By nine o’clock, all the Olympic torch bearers had reached the top of Mount Qomolangma, __