Unit 14 Career 基础知识自测 2011名师指津教材（高考英语）.ppt

本文讲的是一位老人在等骑马者载他过河时遇到一位好心人, 这人不但载他过河还送他回家, 这位善良的人就是美国第三任总统托马斯·杰斐逊。 It was a very cold evening, an old man was waiting for a ride across the river. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didn’t ask for any help. The wait seemed 31___________(end). 31.endless。根据前一句的语境应用end的否定词, seemed为系动词后接形容词, 构成end+后缀less。类似构成还有helpless, hopeless, homeless, meaningless, breathless, jobless, selfless, useless, worthless, etc。 endless Then came another rider; the old man 32________(catch)his eye and said, “Sir, would you mind doing me a favor?” 32.caught。由and said可知, 与之并列的谓语动词也用一般过去时。 caught Stopping his horse, he replied, “Of course.” Almost 33_______(freeze), the old man could not get 34 ___ the ground. 33.frozen。用过去分词作伴随状语, 表“冻僵”的状态。 34.off。因为老人被冻僵了, 所以无法站立起来, get off the ground原义为“离开地面”, 而这里为“站立起来”。 frozen off 5.A fire broke out last night in his house, and fortunately, it was discovered and _______________(控制)soon after it started and nobody was hurt. taken charge of 6._______________(首先, 更重要的是), it is also the most exciting city in Germany with people of many different cultures living there. Above all 7.She______________ (对……厌烦)being a person who does nothing in the family where others are very busy every day. is bored with 8.Such is my mother, a strict but kind-hearted woman who will always ________________ (毫无疑问)be highly respected and deeply loved by me. without doubt 9.Gone are the days when women were looked down upon. As a matter of fact , they together with men master the country______________(独自). on their own 10.She is getting more and more patient with the exams and of course, the more careful she is, the better results she will get. So at last she _______________(获得成功). achieved success “1___ was my mother who taught me to be curious. She had a great love of everything in the universe and she 2_______(teach)me to be interested in mankind and nature, 1.It。以构成强调结构。 2.taught。由前一分句的谓语动词had可知, 此处也用一般过去时。 It taught eve