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①It will be so_low_in_price_that(价格如此地低以至于) no man making good money will be unable to own one.(2011· 辽宁卷· 阅读理解C) ②These are such(如此) little birds that they can't fly.

③______ that Marie was able to set up new branches elsewhere.(2007·陕西卷·语法和词汇知识10)

A．So successful her business was B．So successful was her business C．So her business was successful D．So was her successful business 答案 B

while连接的并列句，表示意思上的转

折、对比

【课本原句】 I suppose we just have to realize: boys share activities，while girls share feelings.(P18)我觉得我们必须意识到，男生之间分享活动，而女生之间分享情感。 while的其他用法

(1)conj.“在……期间，当……的时候”，引导时间状语从句，注意句中动词应用延续性动词。

He fell asleep while (he was) doing his homework.他做着做着功课就睡着了。 (2)conj.“虽然”，引导让步状语从句，常放于句首。

(3)n.“(一段)时间”，常用于短语：once in a while“间或，偶尔”；after a while“过了一会儿”。

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——看看高考怎么考

①Then I discovered that in American English “quite” sometimes means “very”，while(然而) in British English it means “fairly”．(2011·全国Ⅱ·阅读理解D)

②______ all of them are strong candidates，only one will be chosen for the post.(2011·陕西卷·单项填空19)

A．Since B．While C．If D．As 答案 B

③______ volleyball is her main focus，she's also great at basketball.(2011·北京卷·单项填空，29)

A．Since B．Once C．Unless D．While 答案 D

④Mary made coffee ______ her guests were finishing their meal.

(2011·全国卷I·单项填空，25)

A．so that C．while 答案 C

B．although D．as if

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Ⅰ.单词拼写

1．A good friend never betrays his friends even in time of danger. 2．He never invites his friends to dinner.He is very mean with money. 3．At last，he succeeded in persuading me into taking part in the sports meet. 4．Boys and girls have different attitudes towards friendship. 5．He was too stubborn to admit that he was wrong and refused to say sorry to his girlfriend.

6．You'd better forgive him；he didn't do it deliberately(故意地)． 7．They admitted(承认) that they were completely failed.

8．If you see him，please give my apology(道歉) for not having written to him. 9．He seems to have overlooked(忽略) an important fact.

10．In order to avoid the punishment(惩罚) for the wrong that he had done，he went to a European country in 1981. Ⅱ.同义转换

1．How they must have laughed behind my back!

→They must have laughed at me behind my back，which is terrible. 2．He kept on saying really mean things to hurt me. →His mean words hurt me deeply.

3．When asked they usually hesitate before responding，“My best friend？...” →When asked the question “My best friend? ...” they usually hesitated before

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responding.

4．Afterwards，I went out to the playground.I was determined to be cheerful，but Hannah sensed something was wrong.

→I went out to the playground after the quarrel，I made up my mind to be cheerful，but Hannah found something went wrong. 5．He seemed absent－minded and as a result of his careless playing，we lost the game. →Judging that he was absent－minded and careless_playing，I knew that we would lose the game. Ⅲ.翻译句子

1．布莱克很慷慨而他的妻子却很吝啬。(generous；mean) Black_is_very_generous_while_his_wife_is_very_mean. 2．杰克曾经是一个活泼开朗的人，但自从他的父亲去世后，他变得很沉默。(used to)

Jack_used_to_be_cheerful_and_easygoinghe_has_been_quiet. 3．我们不应该妒忌别人的成功。(jealous about) We_should_not_be_jealous_about_others'_success. 4．这本书虽没有他最后一本书好，但肯定是值得一读的。(worth) It's_not_as_good_as_his_last_book_but_it's_definitely_worth_reading. 5．他宁愿死也不愿向敌人出卖自己的祖国。(would rather) He_would_rather_die_than_betray_his_county_to_the_enemy. Ⅳ.单项填空

1．It rained continuously for seven days，completely ______ my holidays. A．breaking C．destroying

B．damaging D．hurting ，but_since_his_father's_death，答案 C [句意：连续下了7天的雨，完全毁掉了我的假期。这里是分词短语作状语，表示结果。destroy表示“将……彻底毁坏”，通常无法修复。]

2．At one time，ancient people thought the earth was flat，which sounds ______ today. A．unusual C．curious

B．absurd D．unforgettable

答案 B [考查形容词辨析。句意：古代的人们一度认为地球是平的，现在听起