高手过招

单项填空

①In Singapore, a southeastern Asian country, the Chinese people the largest percentage of its population, so you can speak Chinese there. (2010•01•安徽利辛检测)

A. make up B. take up

C. hold up D. turn up

②Since the 2008 Olympic Games Beijing has taken a new look everywhere. (2010•01•山西四校检测)

Up B. on C. over D. Off

解析: ①选A。考查短语辨析。make up编造; 弥补; 组成; 构成;take up拿起来; 占据(时间或空间);hold up阻止;turn up开大; 调高; 出现。

②选B。考查短语辨析。take on呈现; take up拿起; 从事; take off脱下; take over接管。

7. sweep up

打扫;横扫

These students are sweeping up dead leaves.

这些学生们正在扫(拢)落叶。

He ran forward and swept her up into his arms.

他跑上前去一把将她抱在怀里。

The whole country was swept up in the excitement.

全国上下都沉浸在兴奋的气氛中。

We’d better sweep up all the bits of broken glass quickly.

我们最好快点把玻璃碴子扫干净。

联想拓展

sweep aside 放/堆到一边; 不予理会

sweep away 扫清;消灭;彻底消除

sweep off 扫清; 吹走; 大量清除

sweep out 扫掉; 清除

sweep over 将……一扫而光; (某种感情)掠过(……的心头)

高手过招

用sweep up的适当形式填空 (原创)

①After the party, the house needed .

②The leaves were into the air by the strong wind.

答案：①sweeping up ②swept up

重点句型

8. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying,...

这就与你乘坐飞机会产生时差反应相似，……

联想拓展

when flying是when you are flying的省略形式。在有些表示时间、条件、方式或让步的状语从句中，如果谓语包含动词be，从句的主语又和主句的主语一致，或者主语是it，通常可以把从句中的主语和be动词省略。

When asked where’s the toilet, the waitress showed the way politely to the guest.

当被问及厕所在哪里时，服务员非常有礼貌地给客人带路。

Until finishing the homework, the child was allowed to watch the cartoon film.

直至完成作业，小孩才允许看卡通片。

If necessary, you can call help from the police.

有必要时，你可以向警方求助。