鄧星斌

1. 【知識要點(diǎn)】 —Whats the matter?

—I have a cold.

【中考題】 —______?

—Nothing serious, but a bit tired.

—Better have a rest now, dear. (2006安徽省)

A. Is that all B. Is there anything else C. Whats this

D. Whats the matter with you

【解析】 選D。Whats the matter (with you)? 是詢問病人情況的常用句型。還可用Whats wrong with you? 或Whats your trouble? 等句型。

2. 【知識要點(diǎn)】 Maybe you should see a dentist.

【中考題】Schools ______ allow students at least one hour a day for sports. （2007安徽?。?/p>

A. would B. might C. should D. could

【解析】 選C。根據(jù)句意來判斷，應(yīng)用表示“應(yīng)該”意思的情態(tài)動(dòng)詞should。

3. 【知識要點(diǎn)】 Maybe you have too much yin.

【中考題】Im really busy because I have ______ homework to do at the moment. (2007四川廣元)

A. too much B. too many

C. much too

【解析】 選A。too much意思是“太多”，用來修飾不可數(shù)名詞；too many也有“太多”的意思，用來修飾可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式。需要特別注意的是，與too much形似的much too的意思是“太……”，用來修飾形容詞或副詞。

4. 【知識要點(diǎn)】 Its easy to have a healthy lifestyle, and its important to eat a balanced diet.

【中考題】 —Can I smoke here?

—I think _______ is not good to smoke in public. ( 2007四川巴中)

A. it B. this C. that

【解析】 選A。這里的it作形式主語來替代真正的主語動(dòng)詞不定式，而this與that則不可這樣用。

5. 【知識要點(diǎn)】 You should go to bed early for a few nights.

【中考題】 —You look sad, Kate.

—Yeah. I have made _______ mistakes in my report. （2007湖北武漢）

A. a little B. little C. a few D. few

【解析】 選C。few與a few修飾可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式，little與a little修飾不可數(shù)名詞；few與little含有否定意義，a few與a little含有肯定意義。根據(jù)句意來判斷應(yīng)用表示肯定意義的a few。

6. 【知識要點(diǎn)】 Dont get stressed out. Its not healthy.

【中考題】I have been working so hard these days for the big exam, I feel ______. Im afraid I cant pass it. (2007福建廈門)

A. relaxed B. stressed out

C. comfortable

【解析】 選B。從整句話的意思來判斷，應(yīng)用stressed out，意思是“有壓力的；緊張的”。

7. 【知識要點(diǎn)】 I study late every night, sometimes until 2 am.

【中考題】 —Look! Here comes our school bus.

—No hurry. Dont get on the bus ______ it has stopped. (2007安徽省)

A. until B. if C. to D. for

【解析】 選A。until意思是“直到……”，用作介詞時(shí)，后面接表示時(shí)間點(diǎn)的詞語。until還可用作連詞，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，與not連用時(shí)意為“直到……才……”。

8. 【知識要點(diǎn)】 ... but I dont think Im improving.

【中考題】 我認(rèn)為你的答案不對。

I ______ ______ your answer is right. (2006內(nèi)蒙古烏蘭察布)

【解析】 填 dont think。think的意思是“想、認(rèn)為”，后面可接賓語從句。當(dāng)I think后面所接的賓語從句表示否定意義時(shí)，一般要用“I dont think + 肯定的賓語從句”，而譯成漢語時(shí)，則要把從句譯為否定的。