李建高
◇詞語用法
interesting & interested
interesting和interested都是形容詞,但用法不同。interesting意為“有趣的”,其主語通常是事物;interested意為“感興趣的”,其主語通常是人,be interested in (doing) sth. 意為“對(做)某事感興趣”。例如:
That question is really interesting. 那個問題十分有趣。
I am interested in skating and I spend a lot of time on it. 我對滑冰感興趣,并且在滑冰上花了很多時間。
【知識拓展】
interest 用作名詞時,意為“興趣;趣味”。interest用作動詞時,意為“使感興趣;使關注”。例如:
Henrys interests are listening to music and playing tennis. 亨利的興趣是聽音樂和打網(wǎng)球。
Politics doesnt interest me. 我對政治不感興趣。
ago & before
ago意為“以前”,只作副詞,一般放在表示時間段的詞語之后。before用作副詞時,可單獨使用,意為“以前”;也可以用作介詞或連詞,意為“在……以前”。例如:
Two years ago, he was still a student. 兩年前,他還是個學生。
Li Ming usually gets up before 7:30. 李明通常七點半之前起床。
I didnt know much about Hangzhou before I went there. 在去杭州之前,我對那兒不怎么了解。
shout at & shout to
shout作動詞,意為“呼叫;喊叫”,常與介詞at或to連用。shout at sb.表示“生氣地或敵意地對某人大喊大叫”;shout to sb.表示“大聲叫某人”或“大聲對某人說話”,以引起別人的注意,無辱罵或生氣的意思。例如:
The little girl got very dirty and her mother shouted at her. 這個小女孩很臟,她媽媽沖她大聲叫喊。
She shouted to me, but I didnt hear her. 她大聲叫我,但我沒有聽到。
thousand & thousands of
thousand意為“千”,當其前面有具體數(shù)字時,thousand后面不加“s”,用來修飾復數(shù)名詞;當thousand前面沒有具體數(shù)字時,thousand后要加“s”。常用短語為thousands of,意為“成千上萬的”,表示不確定的數(shù)量,修飾復數(shù)名詞。例如:
The new computer cost me four thousand yuan. 這臺新電腦花了我4,000元。
Thousands of people come to visit the Terracotta Army every year. 每年都有成千上萬的人來參觀兵馬俑。
among & between
among是介詞,意為“在……中;……之一”,表示在三者或三者以上的人或物之中,后面常接復數(shù)名詞、代詞或集合名詞;between多指在兩者之間,其賓語往往是表示兩者意義的名詞或代詞,或是由and連接的兩個人或物。例如:
John is the tallest boy among the three. 約翰是那三個男孩中最高的。
Xian is among the most beautiful cities in China. 西安是中國最漂亮的城市之一。
How is the relationship between them? 他們倆之間的關系怎么樣?
I sat down between Tina and Anna. 我坐在蒂娜和安娜中間。
◇典型考例
1.Calligraphy (書法) is a traditional Chinese art. More and more kids are becoming ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?in it.
【2017·哈爾濱中考題】
A.interest B.interested C.interesting
【答案與解析】B ? interest意為“使感興趣;興趣;愛好”;interested意為“感興趣的”;interesting意為“有趣的;有意思的”?!癰ecome interested in”是固定詞組,意為“對……感(產(chǎn)生)興趣”。故選B項。
2.—Where did your brother work
he came here?
—In Shanghai. And he just moved here two months ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .
A.ago; ago B.before; before
C.before; ago D.ago; before
【答案與解析】C ? before可用作連詞,意為“在……之前”,引導時間狀語從句;two months為一段時間,其后只能接副詞ago。故選C項。
3.—Why is Bills mother shouting ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?him?
—Because he made his clothes dirty again. And shes angry ? ? ? ? ? ? ?him.
A.to; for B.to; with
C.at; for D.at; with
【答案與解析】D ? “shout at sb.”多指“因生氣或憤怒而沖某人大聲吼叫(嚷嚷)”;“shout to sb.”一般是指“對某人大聲叫喊”,目的是讓別人能夠聽見。“be angry with”是固定詞組,意為“對……生氣”。根據(jù)句意可判斷,應選D項。
4.The CCTV program The Readers interests ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?people of all ages.
【2018·孝感中考題】
A.thousand B.thousands
C.thousand of D.thousands of
【答案與解析】D ? thousands of意為“成千上萬的;數(shù)以千計的”,表示泛指,其中thousand必須用復數(shù)。根據(jù)句意可判斷,應選D項。
5.Theres one taken by the River Seine ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?these photos. Can you find it out?
【2017·無錫中考題】
A.except B.including
C.between D.among
【答案與解析】D ? except意為“除……之外”;including意為“包括;包含”;between意為“在……(兩者)之間”;among意為“在……(三者或三者以上)之間”。根據(jù)單詞photos來判斷,此處所指的相片沒有明確指明張數(shù),可以理解為多張。故選D項。