badly off穷的;缺少的

教材原句P18：Unfortunately his father died，leaving the family even worse off，so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.不幸的是他父亲去世了，他的家境更加贫困，因此查理的童年是在照顾生病的母亲和弟弟中度过的。

①We aren’t too badly off but we can’t afford a house like that.

我们并不是一文不名，但我们负担不起那样的房子。

②The school is rather badly off for books and equipment.

这所学校相当缺乏书和设备。

③I went to her home and found her living condition was worse off than mine.我去她家一看，发现她的生活状况比我的更差。

④If he had worked harder when young，he would be well off now.如果他年轻时多努力一点，现在就能过得舒服些。

⑤To make matters worse/What’s worse，it began to rain while we were marching.使事情更糟的是，在我们行进过程中，天下起了雨。

7.We shouldn’t complain about being poor，because many families are much_______after the big earthquake.

A.better off　　　  B.badly off

C.well off　　　   D.worse off

解析：　由句意和句子成分分析可知，空格处应用比较级，表示“更拮据，更贫穷，境况更不好”，故选D。well off情况很好，富裕;badly off穷的，缺少的。

答案：　D

pick out挑出;辨别出

教材原句P18：Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti.

查理首先挑出鞋带来吃，像是吃意大利面条一样。

①It took Mary a long time to pick out a new dress at the store.

玛丽花了很长时间才从那家商店挑选了一件新衣服。

②A competition was held to pick out the best table tennis players.为选拔出最好的乒乓球选手举行了一场比赛。

pick up拾起，捡起;收拾，整理;(偶然)学会;用车接某人;

收听到;身体好转

pick up with sb.结识某人

pick and choose挑三拣四

③He picked up some French while he was away on a business trip in Paris.他在巴黎出差时顺便学会了一些法语。

④You’ll soon pick up health when you get to the seaside.

到了海滨，你就很快地恢复健康。

8.(2010•山东卷)Sam________some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it.

A.brought up　　　  B.looked up

C.picked up　　　  D.set up

解析：　句意为：Sam只通过观看别人操作电脑便学到了一些电脑知识。考查动词短语辨析。bring up抚养;look up抬头看，查询;pick up好转，开车接人，认出，学会;set up建造，搭起。根据句意故选C项。

答案：　C

9.—How could you________my sister so easily in the crowd?

—Because she stood out in her bright red dress.

A.pick up　　　B.pick out

C.take up　　　D.take out

解析：　句意为：“在人群中你怎么那么容易认出我妹妹来的?”“因为她穿着鲜艳的红裙子，十分显眼。”pick out认出，挑出，符合句意。pick up拣出;take up从事，学习;take out拿出，均不符合题意。

答案：　B

Unfortunately his father died，leaving the family even worse off，so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.

不幸的是他的父亲去世了，使得他的家庭状况更糟了，因此查理的童年是在照顾生病的母亲和弟弟中度过的。

①His parents died，leaving him an orphan.

他的父母去世了，使他成为孤儿。

②The child fell，striking his head against the door.

小孩摔了一跤，头在门上碰了一下。

③European football is played in 80 countries，making it the most popular sport in the world.

八十个国家踢欧式足球，使它成为世界上最流行的运动。

现在分词作结果状语常表示“意料、情理之中”，而不定式作结果状语常表出乎意料的结果。

④He hurried to the bus stop，only to find the bus had left.

他匆匆地去了车站，结果发现车已离开。

⑤Her father disappeared，never to be heard from again.

她的父亲离家出走，从此杳无音讯。

10.(2010•重庆卷)The news shocked the public，________to great concern about students’ safety at school.

A.having led　　　  B.led

C.leading　　　   D.to lead

解析：　句意为：这条新闻使广大民众感到很震惊，引起了人们对在校学生安全的担忧。考查非谓语动词作结果状语。首先排除B和D两项;having done指动作先于谓语动词发生，在此不符合语境，故只能选择C。

答案：　C

By his teens，Charlie had，through his humour，become one of the most popular child actors in England.在十多岁的时候，凭借着自己的幽默，查理已经在英国成为最受欢迎的童星之一。

by在加时间点引导的时间状语句子中，表示“到……为止，到……底”时，句子经常用完成时态。

①By 2010 the population of our city will have risen to over 20 million.到2010年，我们城市的人口将超过两千万。

②By this time of next year，all of you will have become college students.到明年的这个时刻，你们大家就都成为大学生了。

11.(山东高考)By the time he realizes he________into a trap，it’ll be too late for him to do anything about it.

A.walks　　　  B.walked

C.has walked　　　 D.had walked

解析：　句意为：到他认识到已经中计的时候，再做任何事情也就无济于事了。根据句意，可知本句讲的是现在的事情，故用现在时，排除B、D两项，本句强调“已经中计”，用完成时，故答案为C。

答案：　C

Ⅰ.选词填空

1.__________________，Xu Jinglei has starred in a great number of famous films.

答案：　Up to now

2.What worries us is that this is the third time the electricity has been__________________this week.

答案：　cut off

cut off;badly off;content with;pick out;be caught in;at times;up to now;in a mess

3.It’s very difficult to__________________the best composition，since they’re all so good.

答案：　pick out

4.He__________________a heavy traffic jam and arrived late for the job interview.

答案：　was caught in

5.You shouldn’t complain so much.Other people are much__________________than you.

答案：　worse off

6.Not__________________his present job，he has been busy hunting for a new one.

答案：　content with

7.Peter can be really difficult__________________even though he’s a nice person in general.

答案：　at times

8.Tom is very untidy;he always leaves his room________________.

答案：　in a mess

Ⅱ.巧思妙解

1. (福建高考)What’s the________of having a public open space where you can’t eat，drink or even simply hang out for a while?

A.sense　　　　　　　　　　　 B.matter

C.case　　　   D.opinion

解析：　句意为：在这样一个公共场所，你不可以吃、喝，甚至不可以走动，你会有什么样的感觉?sense感觉;matter问题;case情况，状况;opinion观点。根据题意选A。

答案：　A

2.I am sure David will be able to find the library—he has a pretty good________of direction.

A.idea　　　  B.feeling

C.experience　　　 D.sense

解析：　have a sense of...有……的感觉，该句意为“我敢肯定戴维能找到图书馆，他有很好的方向感”。

答案：　D

3.No matter how I tried to read it，I just couldn’t make______of this sentence.

A.meaning　　　  B.thought

C.sense　　　   D.idea

解析：　make sense of理解，明白。句意为“不管我怎么努力读，可就是不明白这个句子的意思”。

答案：　C

4.My aunt always loses her way when she is out by herself，because she has no________of direction.

A.sense　　　 B.feeling

C.touch　　　 D.scene

解析：　have no sense of direction是习惯用法，指没有方向感。sense of sight/hearing/smell/taste/touch视/听/嗅/味/触觉。

答案：　A

Ⅲ.语法专练

本单元语法——v.­ing作表语、宾语和宾语补足语

1.(2011•东城检测)The driver braked hard to avoid________a child coming in his way.

A.hit　　　  B.to hit

C.hitting　　　  D.to have hit

解析：　考查非谓语动词。此处谓语动词avoid后面要跟动名词作宾语，类似的动词与词组有enjoy，suggest，imagine，consider，dislike，risk，insist on，get used to，can’t help等，据此选C项。

答案：　C

2.(2011•陕西教学检测)It looks like my cousin，but I don’t remember him________a pair of glasses.

A.to wear　　　  B.wore

C.wear　　　  D.wearing

解析：　考查非谓语动词。wear和其逻辑主语之间是主动关系，故这里用现在分词作宾语补足语。

答案：　D

3.(2010•湖南卷)Listen!Do you hear someone________for help?

A.calling　　　B.call

C.to call　　　D.called

解析：　句意为：听!你听到有人正在求救吗?本题考查非谓语动词作宾补。设空处与宾语之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，故排除D项;不定式作感官动词或使役动词的宾补要省去to且不表示动作正在进行，故排除C项;因为表示动作正在进行，故排除B项;现在分词calling 表主动且表正在进行，故为答案。

答案：　A

4.(2010•南昌二模)The plan to be carried out next month needs________among the members of the labor union before________.

A.to discuss;carrying out

B.to be discussed;carried out

C.discussing;being carried out

D.discussed;to be carried out

解析：　考查非谓语动词。need表示“需要”，主语是物时，其后可以接动词的­ing形式，此时用主动形式表示被动含义;第二空前的before在此是介词，其后接名词或动名词，故答案为C。

答案：　C

5. (2011•成都第一次诊断)At the airport，a man dressed in a black suit was caught________on the clean floor.

A.spit　　　B.spitting

C.spat　　　D.to spit

解析：　现在分词作主语补足语。catch sb.doing sth.意为“发现某人正在做某事”。

答案：　B

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