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Unit 2 Exploring English构词法知识早知道(文末含彩蛋)
一.构词法在心,单词不愁
注意:英语常见构词法有派生法,合成法,转化法,截短法和词首字母缩略法。有些生词可以通过构词法去猜测其意,所以掌握常见的英语构词法是很有必要的。
I.单项选择
1.Which of the following words is formed like “impossible”?
A.incorrect B.afternoon C.creator D.hopeful
2.Which of the following is NOT a compound word (合成词)?
A.housewife B.word C.housework D.grandson
3.The wedding dress is inexpensive but well-made. In the word inexpensive, the in- means________.
A.very B.more C.not D.less
4.“For a moment, he was speechless. Happiness seemed to fill his body and stick in his throat.”
Which word is formed in the same way as “speechless"?
A.disappear B.dangerous C.footprint D.impossible
5.The word “careless” has a suffix(后缀). Which of the following word does NOT have a suffix?
A.careful B.visitor C.amazement D.certain
6.Which of the following is NOT a compound word?
A.helpless B.wartime C.hard-working D.blackboard
7.Which of the following words is formed like “bookstore”?
A.dishonest B.careless C.speaker D.pancake
8.Which word is created in the same way as “blackboard”?
A.careful B.impolite C.illness D.headache
9.Which of the following word can’t create a new word with “-ship”?
A.friend B.relation C.scholar D.business
10.We can’t put prefix “un-” to ________ to give it the opposite meaning.
A.correct B.comfortable C.certain D.interesting
参考答案:ABCBD ADDDA
II.用合适的单词填空
1.His ____________( ill ) was more serious than the doctor first thought .
2. He is such a ______________( honest ) person that we all don ' t believe him .
3. He usually gets up early and eats breakfast ____________( quick ), then goes to work .
4. I ' m not a ____________( cook ),but I am interested in _______________( cook ).
5. Don ' t worry . Your _______________( ill ) is not very serious .
6.A big storm made it _____________________( possible ) for us to go out .
7.It' s ___________( polite ) to talk about subjects like age , weight or money .
8. I think it ' s ________________( fair ) for him to do all the housework .
9. How