内容正文:
Is the Truth true?
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1. How much do you know about Zhang Heng?
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2. What do you know about the seismograph and the detection of earthquakes?
Sentence 1
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SENTENCES
We created tools, stories and traditions based on common made-up beliefs① so that we could live better lives②.
so that在这个句子中引导了一个目的状语从句。
过去分词短语based on ...在这里用作后置定语,修饰前面的名词tool, stories and traditions,相当于一个定语从句 ... and traditions that/which are based on ...。
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so that也可以引导结果状语从句。我们可以从语意关系和结构形式上对目的状语从句和结果状语从句进行分辨。
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SENTENCES
从句若是反映一种意欲、一种可能性,则是目的状语从句;若是一种事实,则是结果状语从句。
e.g. I’m going to take an early bus so that I get there in time.
(目的状语从句)
e.g. I took an early bus so that I got there in time. (结果状语从句)
目的状语从句表示一种动机(即一种可能性),因而从句中多用假定性的谓语动词,如can、will、could、might、would、should等情态动词。结果状语从句表示客观事实,所以用陈述语气的谓语动词。
e.g. I always write carefully so that I can make myself clear.
(目的状语从句)
e.g. The gravestone was covered with moss so that it was impossible to read the name on it. (结果状语从句)
Sentence 2
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Unfortunately, neither the re-creation nor① the device’s actual ability to detect earthquakes was② explained in detail when it was put into textbooks.
neither ... nor ...,意为“既不……也不……”或“……和……都不”,通常连接两个对等的成分(名词、动词、形容词),用于否定两者。
e.g. My father neither smokes nor drinks.
e.g. It’s neither too cold nor too hot in Shanghai in October.
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neither ... nor ... 连接两个成分作主语,其谓语动词的单复数形式遵循“就近原则”。
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1. Doctors must ________ the risks of the treatment to patients before operations.
2. I know Germany won last night, but I don’t know the ________ score.
3. Our aim is to bring classical music to a ________ audience.
4. I’d like to do more housework, but I never seem ________ to find the time.
5. The show is ________ from most exhibitions of modern art.
Complete each sentence using one word from the box in its correct form. Note that there is one word more than you need and you can use each word only once.
able
explain
actual
different
wider
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widely ability explained actually differin