(一)做题技巧和步骤
I.做题步骤:1、通读全文,了解文章大意;文章两种模式:总分、对比;2、初选答案(排除法、优选法);3、寻找线索;4、回头补缺;5、核实答案。 II.出题重点: 1.词语的辨析:
1)同义词; 2)反义词; 3)形近词; 形近词举例:Test 2
... or down frightening hillsides to towns __87__ in deep valleys. 87. A) lying B) laying C) laid D) lied 注:说谎:lie lied lied lying 躺:lie lay lain lying
放置,下蛋:lay laid laid laying 2.逻辑关系:
1)列举/种属关系:
such…as; especially; in particular; specifically; for example; for instance; likely; 2)因果关系:
because (for); due to; owing to; thanks to; since; for; as; for the reason that; seeing that;
3)并列/递进:
besides; likewise; moreover; also; too; what’s more; apart from; except; furthermore; not noly…but also….; in addition; 4)转折/让步关系:
however; but; never the less; nonetheless; whereas; still; though; although; anyhow; anyway; in any case; yet; 5)对比关系:
by contrast; in contrast; by comparison; like; as…as; on the contrary; conversely; oppositely; ….than….; 逻辑关系举例1:Test 4
Sometimes homework is returned 76 brief written comments but without a grade. 76. A) by B) in C) for D) with 逻辑关系举例2:Test 2
The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time. __71__ these wide modern roads are generally __72__ and well maintained, with __73__ sharp curves and many straight __74__, a direct route is not always the most _ 75__ one. 71. A) Although B) Since C) Because D) Therefore 72. A) stable B) splendid C) smooth D) complicated 73. A) little B) few C) much D) many 74. A) selections B) separations C) series D) sections 75. A) terrible B) possible C) enjoyable D) profitable
3.固定结构的识别:提高阅读的速度、对于内容有合理的预期、有利于总体把握文章:
either…or…; neither…nor…; too…to…; so…that…; not…until…; hardly…when…; no sooner…than…; not only…but also… 固定结构举例:Test 3
76 geography books focus on a small area 77 a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation. Or an 78 continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another 79 to divide the study of 80 is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the 81 starts with human beings and 82 how human beings and their environment act 83 each other. but when
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geography is considered as a single subject, 84 branch can neglect the other. 76. A) Some B) Many C) Most D) Few 77. A) outside B) except C) as D) like 81. A) second B) later C) next D) latter
2.搭配:
例如:a. + n.; ad. + v. ; take advantage of?.; make use of?.等;
3.动词用法:
1)主谓一致; 2)时态; 3)语态; 4)非谓语动词;
4.介词用法:
1)介词与名词; 2)介词与动词; 3)介词与形容词;
第五部分.翻译经典练习
一、翻译经典练习(认真分析横线之间的翻译)
1.I have had great deal of trouble__keeping up with the rest of the class.__.(跟得上班上的其他
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同学)
2._ none of us expected the chairman to turn up __(我们没有人料到主席会出现) at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.
3. A good many proposals were raised by the delegates,_ as was to be expected __(正如预料的那样).
4. Most doctors recognize that medicine is as much_an art as it is a science __(是一门科学,也是一门艺术).
5. Some women _could have made a good salary._(本来能够挣一份很好的工资) in a job instead of staying home, but they decided not to work for the sale of the family.
6.Over a third of the population was estimated__to have no access __(无法获得) to the health service.
7. Although punctual himself, the professor was quite used__to students’ being late for __(习惯了学生迟到) his lecture.
8. The price of beer__ ranges/varies from 50 cents to __(从50美分到4美元不等) per liter during the summer season.
9.We’d like __to reserve a table for __(预订一张餐桌) five for dinner this evening.
10. There’s a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means__to make trouble __(想找麻烦).
11. It may be necessary to stop__ at intervals __(每隔?时间) in the learning process and go back to the difficult points in the lessons.
12. The mad man was put in the soft-padded cell lest he __injure himself __(伤害自己).
13.Jean did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was__ busy preparing for __(忙着准备) her examination. 14. The ship’s generator broke down and the pumps__ had to be operated manually __(不得不用手工操作) instead of mechanically.
15. Why didn’t you tell me you could me the money? I__ needn’t have borrowed it from the bank.__(本来不必从银行借钱的)
16.By the time you get to New York, I__ shall have left for __(已经动身去) London.
17. Buying clothes__is often a very time-consuming job __(是一件很耗时的工作), because those clothes that a person likes are rarely the ones that fit him or her.
18. It’s time__ something was done/some measures were taken __(采取措施) about the traffic problem downtown.
19. When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon__ overcame it/got over it _(克服了这种心理).
20. Please don’t stand in the kitchen, you’re__ in the way __(挡路了).
21.There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone __ had interrupted me __(打扰我) that evening.
22.__it is because she is too inexperienced __(正是由于她太没有经验) that she does not know how to deal with the situation.
23.When I __ caught him cheating me __(发现他骗我) I stopped buying thins there and started dealing with another shop.
24. The manager would rather his daughter__ did not work in the same office __(不在一个办公室内工作).
25. The sports meet originally due to be held last Friday__was finally called off/cancelled because of the bad weather __(最终因天气不好而取消了).
26.I___will be doing/conducting the experiment __(将在做实验) from three to five this afternoon.
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27. How close parents are to their children__ has a strong influence on __(有很强的影响) the character of the children.
28. But for his help, I __would not have finished so early __(我不可能这么早完成). 29. His remarks left me ___wondering about his real purpose __(想知道他的真实目的).
30. Mark often___ attempts to escape being fined __(试图逃脱罚款) whenever he breaks traffic regulations.
31.If this can’t be settled reasonably, it may be necessary to__ resort to force __(诉助武力). 32. The room is in a terrible mess; it __can’t have been cleaned __(肯定没打扫过). 33. Everybody knows he__was wrongly accused/charged __(受到了冤枉指控).
34. He wears a pair of sunglasses__ for fear that he should be recognized __(惟恐被别人认出来).
35. She never dreams of __ being sent abroad __(被派到国外).
36. If you won’t agree to our plan,__ neither will they __(他们也不会同意).
37. I should say Henry is __ not so much a writer __(与其说是个作家不如说是) as a reporter. 38. __ Believe it or not __(信不信由你), his discovery has created a stir in scientific circles. 39. If you don’t like to swim, you __ may just as well stay at home __(不妨待在家里).
40. Please be careful when you are drinking coffee in case you__ stain the new carpet _(弄脏了新地毯). 41.Frankly speaking, I’d rather you __didn’t do anything __(不采取任何措施) about it for the time being.
42. In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives___play indispensable roles __(起着不可缺少的作用) in raising children.
43. John seems a nice person, __ Even so __(即使这样), I don’t trust him.
44. The fifth generation computers, with artificial intelligence,__are being developed __(正在研制) and perfected now.
45. What a lovely party! It’s worth__remembering all my life __(牢记一生).
46.Though you stay in the sea for weeks, you will not__lose contact with __(失去联系) the outside world.
47. Cancer is __second only to __(仅次于) heart disease as a cause of death.
48. It is a pity that we should stay at home when we have __ such fine weather __(这么好的天气).
49. I would __have never resorted to _(不会诉诸法律) a court of law if I hadn’t been so desperate.
50. John cannot afford to go to the university, __ not to speak of/not to mention/let alone going abroad __(更不用说出国了).
51.I don’t mind your__delaying making __(你延期做出决定) the decision as long as it is not too late.
52. I suggested he _should adapt himself to __(使自己适应)his new conditions. 53. I have no objection___to hearing your story again __(再听听你的故事).
54. This popular sports car___is now being turned __(正在生产出来)out at the rate of a thousand a week.
55. __ Could you take a blank sheet of paper? __(请你找张空白纸)and write your name at the top?
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