Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been cancelled.

多亏了这倒霉的天气，比赛被取消了。(反语)

联想拓展

表示“因为，由于”的短语还有：

because of，owing to，on account of，due to，as a result of。

温馨提示

以上这些都是介词短语，因此后面可以跟名词或动名词而不可以跟从句。

高手过招

单项填空

①It was your timely help that we accomplished the task on time. (2010•01•山西运城检测)

A. Because B. thank C. thanks to D. as

② the new policy, we are now having a happy life. (2010•01•安徽亳州检测)

A. Thanks to B. Because

C. For D. Thanks for

①解析：选C。because 和as 虽然也表示“因为，由于”，但后面需接句子，而句中是短语，故应用thanks to。句意为： 幸亏你及时帮忙，我们才按时完成了任务。

②解析：选A。考查近义词辨析。thanks to意为“多亏了”;because后应加句子;for 表示补充说明的原因。

8. rid ...of

摆脱;除去

You should rid yourself of that bad habit.

你应该改掉那个坏习惯。

联想拓展

be rid of 摆脱

get rid of 摆脱;除掉;去掉

rid oneself of debt 还清债务

break away from 摆脱;放弃

You must break away from such a bad habit.

你必须改掉这样的坏习惯。

It won’t be long before we can be/get rid of the pest altogether.

不用太久，我们就能把这种害虫消除干净。

高手过招

同义句转换 (原创)

Could you rid yourself of the bad habit of smoking?

Could you the bad habit of smoking?

答案: get rid of

9. would rather

宁愿，宁可

I’d rather you didn’t. (常用来委婉拒绝别人)

我希望你不要。

He would rather stay at home watching TV.

他宁愿待在家里看电视。

I’d rather not go there. 我宁愿不去那里。

I’d rather you came tomorrow than today.

我宁愿你明天来而不是今天来。

I’d rather have made a telephone call to him yesterday.

我昨天本想给他打个电话的。

联想拓展

would rather...than...是常用句式，意为“宁可(愿)……(而)不要(愿)……”

would rather+从句时，从句要用虚拟语气，用动词的过去时表示。

would rather have done 本想做……(而实际上未做)

高手过招

单项填空

①—Shall we go skating or stay at home?

—Which do yourself? (2010•01•江西南昌检测)

A. do you rather B. would you rather

C. will you rather D. should you rather

②I’d rather the basketball match last night. Otherwise, I would have finished my paperwork by now.

(2010•01•江苏徐州检测)

A. not have watched B. not watch

C. hadn’t watch D. haven’t watch

①解析：选B。考查would rather do sth.这一结构的用法。而do, will和should都不能与rather 搭配。would rather (not) do sth.意为“宁愿(不愿意)做某事”。

②解析：选A。would rather not have done意为“本不想做……(实际却做了)”。后一句句意为：否则我现在已经完成了我的文件。 所以前句表示“本不想看球赛却看了”，故选A。

10. lead to

通向;导致;造成(后果)

注意：lead to中的to为介词，该短语后可跟名词或动名词。

The car accident led to his being killed.

那次车祸导致他死亡。

All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马。

Eating too much sugar can lead to health problems.

吃太多糖会导致健康问题。

His carelessness led to his failure.

他的粗心导致了他的失败。

联想拓展

result in 导致

result from 由……导致

高手过招

单项填空

The students in the university are all taking courses a degree. (2010•01•山东烟台检测)

A. sticking to B. leading to

C. turning to D. referring to

解析:选B。考查动词短语辨析。stick to 坚持; lead to 导致，引起;通往;turn to求助，转向，查阅;refer to 指的是;谈论，查阅。由句意“大学生都在学习课程，以取得学位”可知，答案为B。

11. build up

逐步建立;逐渐增强;加强;树立;积累

The company has built up a fine reputation.

该公司已建立起良好的信誉。

You must build up your strength after your illness.

你在病后必须要增强体力。

高手过招

完成句子 (原创)

①我们应该鼓励孩子们树立信心。

We should encourage the children to .

②看到你的词汇量在逐渐增长我很高兴。

I’m very glad to see that your vocabulary is .

答案: ① build up their confidence

② gradually building up

12. focus on

集中(注意力、精力等)于……;对(某事或做某事)予以注意;使聚焦于;使直射于

He focused his mind on his lessons. 他把心思集中在功课上。

Today we’re going to focus on the question of homeless people. 今天, 我们主要讨论无家可归者的问题。

A nearˉsighted person cannot focus accurately on distant objects. 近视的人看不清远处的物体。

联想拓展

focus one’s attention on sth.= center/concentrate/fix one’s attention on sth. 集中注意力于……

高手过招

完成句子 (原创)

①在我看来，学校应该把精力集中在教学上。

In my opinion, schools should .

②他把相机对准了远处的高楼。

He his camera the huge building in the distance.

答案: ① focus attention on teaching

② focused;on

重点句型

13. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

1974年，他成为世界上第一位种植高产水稻的农业先锋。

不定式放在表示次序的词the first, the last, the best以及the only, the very, the right等词后面, 且这些词与动词不定式有逻辑上的主谓关系，结构为：the first/last/best/only/very/right ...+n. + to do sth.表示“第一个/最后一个/最好的一个/唯一的/恰好的/合适的……做某事的人/物”。

He is always the first to come and the last to leave.

他总是第一个来并且最后一个离开。

The last man to leave the sinking ship was the captain.

最后一个离开正在下沉的船的那个人是船长。

高手过招

单项填空

He is the last person to Mary’s birthday party.(原创)

A. to invite B. to be invited

C. invited D. being invited

解析：选B。考查不定式作定语的用法。当名词前面有序数词或last, next等词修饰时，名词后面多用不定式作定语。如New Zealand was the first nation in modern times to allow women to vote. 新西兰成为现代史上第一个允许妇女有选举权的国家。

14. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.

用他的杂交水稻种子，农民们种出的粮食比以前多了一倍。

倍数表达法：

A+be+倍数+as+adj.+as+B

A+be+倍数+比较级+than+B

A+be+倍数+(由某些形容词变化而来的)n.+of+B

I’m not going out with a man who’s twice as old as me.

我不愿意和一个年纪比我大一倍的男人一起参加社交活动。

We got three times as many people as expected.

来的人超过我们预料人数的两倍。

You’re not half as clever as you think you are.

你可不像自己想像的一半那么聪明。

高手过招

单项填空

What a table! I’ve never seen such a thing before. It is it is long. ( 原创)

A. half not as wide as B. wide not as half as

C. not half as wide as D. as wide as not half

解析：选C。考查倍数表达法。表达倍数的结构应该是：A+ be+倍数+as+ adj.+ as +B。as... as中间是形容词或副词的原级，而不可以是比较级或最高级。

15. This also keeps the air, soil, water and crops free from chemicals.

这还可以让空气、土壤、水以及农作物不受化学物质的污染。

keep ...free from 无……的;免于……;摆脱……(常用作表语、后置定语或补语)

联想拓展

be free to do sth. 自由地做，随意地做

set sb. free 释放某人

get/give sth. for free免费得到/赠送

a smokeˉfree room/area无烟室/区

free of charge免费

高手过招

完成句子

用这个东西把桌子罩住，免得有灰尘落在上面。

the table dirty by putting a cover over it.

答案:Keep; free from

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