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Unit 3 The Earth 阅读+写作
例题1:选词填空
find out/find/discover/invent/look for/search for
Columbus ___________America in 1492.
Do you know who first ___________clock?
Jane ___________her key to the drawer everywhere just now, but she couldn't ___________it.
4) Please try to ___________who broke the window.
5) The police ___________ for the criminal at present
【答案】1) discovered 2)invented 3)looked for ; find 4) find out 5) are searching for
【解析】
find, look for, find out, discover, invent, search… for
find:意为“找到,发现”。既可指经过寻找后得到或重新获得已失去的东西,强调动作的结果。既可指偶然地发现、碰到。常用“find+宾语+宾语补足语(形容词、介词短语或不定式)”。
e.g. I have found the lost pen. 我已经找到丢失的笔了。
At last,I found my dog under my bed. 最终我发现狗在床底下。
look for: 意为“寻找”,强调动作过程。
e.g. I'm looking for my pen, but I can't find it. 我正在找我的钢笔,但找不到。
find out: 意为“找到,发现,查出”。强调经过一番努力的探索、观察、询问、调查、推理等之后才搞清楚,弄明白某一情况。
e.g. I hope you can find out who broke the window. 我希望你能查出是谁打破了窗户。
discover:指发现本来存在,但以前未为人知或未被发现的事物、真理或情况。
e.g. Columbusis the first European who discovered America.
哥伦布是第一个发现美洲大陆的欧洲人。
invent:意为“发明”,用来指创造前所未有的东西。
e.g. Edison invented the electric light bulb. 爱迪生发明了电灯泡。
search… for强调有具体的目标。
was searching for a pair of grey gloves to go with my new gown
我在找一副跟我的新礼服相配的灰色手套。
例题2:选择题
—Have you ever _____ the book Red Star Over China written by Edgar Snow? -- Not yet.
watched B.looked C.read D.heard
【答案】C
【解析】读书 read the book. 所以选C
I want to ____ this book for a month.
borrow B.keep C.lend D.get
【答案】B
【解析】for+一段时间,要用延续性动词keep
3.—You bought a nice CD.
--Thank you. It doesn’t ____ me to much.
spend B.pay C.cost D.take
【答案】C
【解析】四花费 take pay spend cost 的区别
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It takes sb.+时间 + to do sth.
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sb. + spend* 时间/金钱 + on sth.
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sb. + spend+ 时间/金钱 + (in) doing sth.
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sb.+ pay+ 金钱 + for sth.
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sth. + cost + sb. + 金钱
所以选C
_____! It’s the music of Mozart. Be quiet.
Hear B.Sound C.Sing D.Listen
【答案】D
【解析】听!这是莫扎特的音乐,安静点。hear听见,听到的结果;sound是听起来;sing是唱歌。listen是听的动作。选D
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