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Unit 1 Know yourself
Reading 2
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①“Wu Wei is a born artist,” said his best friend.
/bɔːn/ adj. 天生的
e.g. My sister is a born singer. 我姐姐是一个天生的歌手。
a recently born idea
born 还可作bear 的过去分词。
出生的,产生的
考点1
一个最近产生的想法
As we all know, everyone is __________ (天生的) with the ability to learn.
born
中考在线1:
… has impressed the whole country with his creative work.
吴伟以他的极具创造力的工作给整个国家留下了印象。
impress是动词,意为:
①使印象深刻(常见搭配:impress sb.; impress sb. with sth.; be impressed by / with);
②使意识到(重要性或严重性等)(常见搭配:impress on sb. sth.)。
e.g. He _________________ his excellent drawing skills.
他的绘画技巧给我留下很深印象。
impresses me with
【拓展】
impression n. 印象,影响,效果
make a good / strong impression on sb. 给某人留下良好的/深刻的印象
…have won high praise from the art community.
在艺术界赢得了很高的荣誉
praise n. 赞扬,表扬
win high praise from ... 从……获得很高的的赞扬
sing high praise for sb. 高度赞扬某人
in praise of 赞扬(某人或某事物)
The headmaster praised the boy for his courage.
校长赞扬这个男孩的勇气。
praise也可作及物动词,后面直接加宾语。
praise sb. for sth.
因某事表扬某人
考点2
Wu Wei, a young artist, has received high _______ from
the art community for his sculptures. [宿迁]
pride B. praise C. promise D. progress
【点拨】考查名词辨析。句意:吴伟,一位年轻的艺术家,他的雕塑受到了艺术界的高度赞扬。pride 骄傲,自豪; praise 赞扬,称赞;promise 承诺;progress 进步。由句意可知选B。
B
中考在线2
③Su Ning gave up her job as an accountant five years ago and started to work for the sales department in a big company.
考点3
give up意为“放弃”,可以接名词、代词或v.-ing形式作宾语
需要注意的是:当其宾语是名词时,
名词可以放在give和up之间,也可以放在up之后;
当其宾语是代词时,代词只能放在give和up之间。
e.g. Teenagers have to give up their hobbies
because of too much schoolwork.
因为过多的学业,青少年不得不放弃自己的兴趣爱好。
This problem is too difficult. I shall give it up.
这个问题太难了,我要放弃它。
You should give up smoking for your health.
为了健康,你应该戒烟。
My brother often _______ his spare time to help me with my spoken English. [淮安]
A. puts up B. gives up
C.