例：This book is full of difficulties. ③ difficulty的形容词形式为difficult 困难的 例：It‘s a bit difficult to solve the problem. 算出这道题有点难
【要点9】compared with的用法
① 表示―把……与……比较‖，通常用 compare...with...，但在现代英语中，也可用compare... to...。
例：If you compare his work with [and] hers, you‘ll find hers is much better. 要是把他俩的工作比较一下，就会发现她的好得多。
② 表示―把……比作……‖，通常用 compare...to...，一般不用 compare...with...。如：
例：Shakespeare compared the world to a stage. 莎士比亚把世界比作舞台。 The poet compares the woman he loves to a rose. 诗人把他所爱的女人比作玫瑰。
③ compared with在句中作状语，意为―和…相比‖。 例：Compared with silk, cotton is cheap. 与丝绸相比，棉花更便宜
【要点10】Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who entered the competition.
① congratulations to sb.(on sth) 表示―（因某事）向某人表示祝贺‖。 例：I passed my driving test yesterday. 昨天我通过了驾照考试。 Did you? Congratulations to you! 是吗？祝贺你！
Congratulations to you on winning the first prize. 祝贺你获得了一等奖。 ② thanks to sb.
thanks to这个短语表示原因，意为―由于‖、―多亏‖，to表示感谢的对象。 如： Thanks to the English language，we can learn a lot from other countries． 由于英语这门语言，我们能从其它国家学到很多东西。【要点11】waste的用
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① waste也可用作名词，表示―浪费‖，不可数
例：It‘s a waste of time your time talking to him. 你和他谈话是白费时间。 另外，它还可表示―废料‖―废物‖等，也不可数。
例：Industrial waste must be prevented from polluting our rivers. 必须阻止工业废料污染我们的江河。
② 用作动词，表示―浪费‖，注意以下句型与结构：
用于 waste time (money) (in, on) doing sth，表示―浪费时间（金钱）做某事‖。 例：We wasted a whole afternoon (in) trying to repair the car. 我们浪费了整整一下午的时间想把汽车修理好。 ③ wasteful用作形容词，表示―浪费的‖。 【要点12】use的用法
① 作及物动词，译为―用，使用‖。
例：We can use the lift to go up and down. 我们使用电梯上上下下。 ②作名词，译为―用法，应用，使用，用途‖。 例： It‘s no use complaining. 抱怨没有用处。 ③ use形容词为useful(有用的)和useless（无用的） ④ 常考短语
It‘s no use doing sth. ―做某事没有用处‖
used to do sth. 过去常常做某事。（现在不做了） be used to sth / doing sth.习惯于某事或者习惯做某事
be used to do sth = be used for sth / doing sth. 被用来做…【要点13】几组常考词性转换
use v.使用 useful adj.有用的 useless adj. 无用的
useable adj.能使用的 reuse v. 重新使用 reusable adj.能重新使用的 care v.\\n. 关心；照顾
careful adj.仔细的 carefully adv.仔细地careless adj.粗心大意的 carelessly adv.
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waste v. 浪费 n.废弃物 wasteful adj. 浪费的 hope v.\\n. 希望
hopeful adj.有希望的 hopeless adj. 没有希望的 harm v.\\n.伤害损害
harmful adj. 有害的 harmless adj. 无害的 pollute v. 污染 pollution n.污染 polluted adj.污染的 environment n. 环境
environmental adj. 环境方面的 health n. 健康 healthy adj. 健康的 protect v. 保护
protection n. 保护※【链接中考】 能力提升 （中考链接-词汇应用）
阅读下面短文，在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。（每空格限填一词）
We are in a world which is 1 of competition. Our parents compete with others in their offices, our brothers and sisters compete with others in their colleges, and we compete with our classmates in school. Many of us give up in the face of competition and will 2 be successful. Why can't we do better than others? One important reason is that we have no self-confidence。
In fact, 3 is born equal . You can do what others do. Although your classmates may be better than you in some ways, you may be better than them in other subjects. So everyone has his or her own____4____ Don‘t look at things from
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a single point of view. Try to discover your own advantages, and believe that you can do better than others in those ways.
Competition is not so terrible. Don‘t be afraid of it. And don‘t be afraid of those classmates 5 are better than you. Remember that self-confidence is the first step to success. Believe in yourselves, and you will be successful one day.
【答案】full/ never/ everyone/ advantages/ who
五、7-12模测试
1. —Is that all?
—Yes. That‘s all ______ I want to take. A. which B. that
C. who D. whose
2. Today there are two new students in our class. I don‘t know ______ of them. A. either B. nor
C. neither
D. both
3. The People‘s Republic of China was ______ on October 1st, 1949. A. find B. found C. founded
D. founding
4. It seems most of the students would like to go to college after high school. A. what
B. if C. whether
D. that
5. —Please say something about Zheng He.
—Oh! He is the Ming Dynasty explorer of ______ all the Chinese are proud. A. who B. whom C. whose 6.Look!Your money is on the floor. ______.
A.Pick it up B.Pick up it C.Pick them up D.Pick up them 7.I have created friendships ______ my pen friend.
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D. that