1.highlight
(1)n. 最重要的部分；最精彩的部分
①The weekend in Venice was definitely the highlight of our trip.在威尼斯度过的那个周末无疑是我们这次旅行的最愉快的时光。
②The highlights of the match will be shown on TV tonight.比赛的最精彩场面将在今晚的电视节目中播放。 ③The highlight of our tour was seeing the palace.我们旅游中最有意思的活动就是参观宫殿。
(2)v. 使……突出；使注意力集中于……
①The exhibition highlights the result of the reform.该展览突出了改革的成果。
②The test highlighted the students' strengths and weaknesses.这次测试能凸显学生优缺点。
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调查结果强调了老年人的需求。The survey ________ ________ ________ of the old.
2．chart
(1)n. [C]图；图表；航图；海图
a weather chart 气象图
the course on a chart 海图的航路
(2)vt. 用图表表示；在图上表示；绘制……的图表
We charted their journey on our map.我们在地图上画出他们的旅行路线。
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该图表显示的是去年的销售额。________ ________ ________ last year's sales figures.
3．settle v. 解决；处理；决定；定居；平静下来
①The two boys settled their quarrel in a friendly way.那两个孩子以友好的方式解决了纷争。
②We have settled who will pay for the meal.我们已经定了由谁来付饭钱。
③They settled in America in 1999.他们于1999年在美国定居。
知识拓展
(1)settled down 定居下来；平静下来
①He settled down as a farmer with his family.他和家人安顿下来务农。 ②Wait until the excitement has settled down.等到兴奋的情绪镇静下来再说。
(2)settlement n. 解决；处理；住宅区
a lasting settlement of the troubles 一劳永逸的解决纠纷的办法
achieve/reach a settlement 达成协议 in settlement(of sth.) 对(债务等的)清偿 辨析
settle, solve settle “解决”，其对象通常是某种争端。 solve “解决”，侧重的是给出一个答案或解决途径。 settle ????? an issue an argument a quarrel a matter solve ?????
a problem a mystery a puzzle difficulties
(1)他把孩子安顿在卧室的一个角落里。He ________ ________ ________ in a corner of the bedroom.
(2)孩子们，不要闹着玩了，静下来做你们的功课。Stop playing, children and ________ to do your homework. 4．petitive adj. 好强的；好竞争的；有竞争力的
①You have to be highly petitive to do well in sport nowadays.如今必须有高度的竞争意识才能在体育运动中取胜。
②Our firm is no longer petitive in world markets.我们公司在世界市场上已不占优势。
单词积累: pete v．竞争，竞赛 petitor n．竞争者 petition n．竞赛，竞争
pete in 参加……比赛 pete with/against 与……进行竞争，比赛 pete for 为……而竞争
①Some 1000 athletes peted in 20 events.约1000名运动员参加了20个项目的比赛。
②The young tennis player peted with/against five other athletes for the world champion.
一位年轻的网球运动员与另外五名运动员为世界冠军而竞争。
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(1)He will pete ________ a 100-meter race.
(2)The two girls are peting ________ each other ________ the highest mark.
(3)John peted ________ other athletes in the game.
5．elect
(1)v. 选举某人；选择或决定
①They elected a new president.他们选举出一位新总统。
②She was elected to parliament last year.她去年被选进了议会。
③She elected to bee a lawyer.她决定当律师。
(2)adj. 当选而尚未就职的
the president elect 候任总统
注意：在“elect sb.＋职位”句式中，总统、市长等独一无二的职位前不用任何冠词。
单词积累: election n. 选举；推选；当选 elector n. 选举人；竞选人
辨析:choose, select, elect和pick out
这组词都含有“选择”之意。其区别是：
(1)choose通常指在所提供的对象中，经过考虑，凭个人的判断力进行选择，名词choice。
He chose his words carefully, hoping to avoid a quarrel.他用词非常谨慎，希望能避免一场争吵。
(2)select指有目的地、仔细认真地选择，有“精选”的含义；名词为selection。
These stamps are carefully selected from her collection.这些邮票是从她的收藏中挑出来的。
(3)elect着重遵照一定的规章或法则来“挑选”，尤其指用投票或举手等表决方式选举。
They elected her to represent them on the mittee.他们选她在委员会作为他们的代表。
I want to pick out a tie to wear with my coat.我想选条领带与大衣搭配。
用choose, select, elect, pick out填空
(1)There are ten to ________ from and I don't know which to________.
(2)We ________ some for seeds.
(3)A housewife in a supermarket will often________ one nearest to her.
(4)We ________ him manager.
6．suit
(1)vt. 合适；适合；相配；适宜于
①Which date suits best?哪个日期最合适？
②That dress suits you well.那套衣服你穿起来挺合适。
③You should suit the action to the word.你应言行一致。
(2)n. 一套衣服
A man's suit consists of coat, vest and trousers.一套男装包括外套、背心和裤子。
注意：“一套衣服”不可说a suit of clothing，应说a suit of clothes。
知识拓展:
suit sth. to sb. 让……适合于某人 sth. be suited to/for sb. ……适合于某人
be suitable for/to... 适合于…… suit oneself 随自己的意愿行事；自便
①It doesn't suit you to have your hair cut short.你不适合剪短发。
②This kind of books are not suitable for children.这类书不适合孩子们看。
辨析:fit, suit, match
这组词都含有“适合”的意思。其区别是：
(1)fit用作动词，意为“与……相符；(使)符合；适合”，多指衣物等尺寸大小合身、合脚。
The shoes fit me well.这鞋我穿很合脚。
注意：fit用作形容词时，意为“适合的；称职的”，常后接for或动词不定式。
He is fit for the job.他是称职的。
(2)suit意为“适合”，多指衣服的颜色、款式、质地适合，穿起来协调、好看，合乎需要、口味、性格、条件和地位等。
①A green dress won't suit her.绿色连衣裙她穿不合适。
②Does Oct. 1 suit you?十月一日适合你吗？
(3)match意为“使相称；使相配；使匹配；使一致”。
①The color of the shirt does not match that of the coat.衬衫的颜色与上衣不相配。
②He matches words and deeds.他言行一致。
It ________ you to have your hair cut short. Besides, this necklace ________ your dress, which ________ you well.
7．enormous adj. 巨大的；庞大的
①This is an enormous building.这栋建筑非常大。
②Their losses had been enormous.他们的损失巨大。
单词积累: enormously adv. 极其；非常
She was looking forward to the get-together enormously.她急切期待着这次聚会。
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那给他增加了巨大的压力。That placed ________ ________ ________ him.
1.pare...with 作“把……同……作比较”讲，表示同类之间进行具体的比较或对照，以便找出好坏。在现代英语中有一种趋势：pare...with中的with可用to代替。
It's necessary to pare English to/with Chinese in English study.学习英语时有必要把英语和汉语进行一番比较。
注意：pare with中的动词pare作不及物动词时，常与can连用，作“比得上；可与……匹敌”讲，而且常用于否定句。
Living in a city can't pare with living in the country.住在城里比不上住在乡下。
知识拓展:pare...to作“把……比喻成”讲，表示一种比喻或相似，没有绝对的好坏之分，常用简单时态，不能用with，也常用其被动语态be pared to。
①Poets have pared sleep to death.诗人曾把睡眠比作死亡。
②A teacher's work is often pared to a candle.教师的工作常被比作蜡烛。
注意：pare...with和pare...to的过去分词短语pared with和pared to常作状语，与as pared with, by parison with同义，作“与……比较”解。
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Michael's new house is like a huge palace, ________(pare) with his old one.
2．look back(at/on)回顾；追忆；倒退
①When I look back at those days, I realize I was desperately unhappy.当我回想起那些日子，我觉得自己痛苦极了。
②I look back on those days as the happiest time of my life.我回顾那些日子，把它看作是我生活中最快活的一段时间。
③From that time on, he never looked back.从此以后他便不断地进步。
知识拓展: bring back sth. 使回忆起；回想起 bring back memories of sth. 引起对某事的回忆
前看；盼望
look up to sb./sth. 向上看；巴结；奉承 look down upon(on)．.. 向下看；看不起
look on(upon)．..as... 把……看作……
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Looking back ________ what he did yesterday, he found he looked down ________ the poor man then, who was worth looking up________.
3．have fun(＝have a good time)玩得开心
①They often have fun flying kites.他们经常开心地放风筝。
②The children had a lot of fun with the building blocks.儿童们玩积木玩得很开心。
知识拓展: have fun doing 开心地做……；愉快地做…… have fun with 玩得高兴
make fun of... 取笑/开……的玩笑 good/great fun 有趣的人/事物 what fun 多么有趣；多么开心
in fun 开玩笑；不是认真的 for fun 开玩笑 (地)；玩耍性地 fun-loving 爱开玩笑的
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(1)这不是比赛。我们下象棋只不过是为了好玩而已。This is not a match. We're playing chess just ________ ________.
(2)炎炎夏日，跳到凉爽的河水里游泳多么惬意呀！______ ______ ______ it is to jump into the cool river in hot summer!
(3)和你的老朋友在一起时，你一定会玩得很开心。You'll be sure to _______ _______when you are with your old friends.
1.I feel too excited to think clearly!我太兴奋了，简直无法理清思路！
在英语中，“too＋adj./adv.＋to do sth.”结构表示否定意义，意为“太……而不能……”。
①You are too young to understand such things.你太年轻，不懂得这些事情。
②The problem is too difficult for me to work out.这道题太难，我做不出来。
③I've been too busy to find time to answer that letter.我一直很忙，抽不出时间来回那封信。
知识拓展
在下列场合下，too...to...结构表示肯定意义：
(1)某些形容词与too...to...连用表示肯定意义，too相当于very或very much。这些形容词多是表示心情的词或描述性的形容词：ready, glad, pleased, surprised, delighted, happy, easy, eager, thankful, anxious, willing, good, kind, true等。
①She was too surprised to see how angry her father was.当看到父亲如此生气时，她非常吃惊。
②They seemed to be too nervous and were too anxious to leave.他们看起来特别紧张不安，并且非常着急地
(2)在too前加上only, but, all, simply或just时，too...to...结构表示肯定意义。
I'm only too glad to meet you here again.我很高兴在这儿再次见到你。
(3)too...to...和never, not连用时，表示肯定意义，意为“非常，不会不”。
①She's too careful not to have noticed it.她那么细心，不会注意不到这一点的。
②English is not too difficult to learn.英语并不难学。
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在过马路时，越小心越好。You can ________ ________ ________ careful when crossing the street. 2．Meanwhile, I find myself looking back at my senior year, and thinking about all the wonderful things that have happened.同时，我发觉自己在回顾自己高中最后一年的时光，追忆所有发生过的美好往事。
find oneself...突然发觉自己处于某种处境或在做某事。
①One morning I awoke to find myself tied up.早上醒来发现自己被绑住了。
②I find myself staring at her as if she were a phantom.我不由自主地盯着她看，好像她是一个幽灵。
③I am glad to find my opinions in general accord with yours.我很高兴地发现我的意见与你的基本一致。知识拓展
find意为“发现，发觉”时，其后接宾语＋宾补(分词、形容词、副词、名词、介词短语或to be)。作宾补的动词用现在分词还是过去分词取决于动词同宾语之间的关系。
①A group of children were found playing on the playground.有人发现一群孩子正在操场上玩耍。
②We have found him(to be)a dishonest child.我们发现他是一个不诚实的孩子。
③I find it necessary to get a map while traveling.我感到旅行的时候有必要带上一张地图。
④I find my hometown much changed.我发现家乡发生了巨大的变化。
⑤I'm glad I found you in.我很高兴你在家。
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A cook will be immediately fired if he is found ________ (smoke) in the kitchen.
3．Something else I've greatly enjoyed is working as a peer mediator, someone who helps students to settle problems that they have with other students.另外一件我非常乐意做的事情是作同伴调解人，就是帮助学生们解决与其他学生之间的问题。
(1)句中含有多个定语从句：I've greatly enjoyed修饰something else; who helps students to settle problems 修饰someone; that they have with other students修饰problems; someone在句中作同位语，进一步解释说明
a peer mediator是什么人。
(2)have problems with sth.在某方面有问题。
We have had no problems with our new puter; it works like a charm.我们的新计算机没有问题，它用起来可神了。
If you have problems ________ the self-test, contact your printer manufacturer.
4．It's well-known that Americans are petitive, and I did enjoy it whenever I won our races!众所周知，美国人争强好胜。不管什么时候只要我赢了比赛，都会为此欣喜万分！
(1)I did enjoy it中助动词did用来加强语气。英语中do, does，did可用在动词原形前表示强调，意思为“确实，的确”。
①I do think we should start as soon as possible.我坚持认为我们应该尽快开始。
②He does look tired.他的确显得很疲惫。
④Do remember to tell me!千万记住要告诉我！
(2)句中whenever引导的是一个让步状语从句，意为“不管什么时候，无论何时”，相当于no matter when。类似的词还有whatever，whoever，whomever，wherever等。
①Whenever he gets into trouble，his parents will e to help him.＝No matter when he gets into trouble，his parents will e to help him.无论何时他陷入困境，父母都会前来帮助他。
②Whoever leaves the classroom last，she/he should turn off the lights.不论是谁最后离开，她/他都应把灯关掉。
注意：wh-ever这类词既可以引导让步状语从句，也可以引导名词性从句；但是no matter wh-(疑问词)只能引导让步状语从句。
It is not wise to give a child whatever he wants.给孩子他想要的一切是不明智的。(句中whatever he wants 作动词give的宾语，不能替换为no matter what)
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如果你有一份工作，一定要全身心投入，最终你会成功的。If you have a job, ________ ________yourself to it and finally you'll succeed.
5．It's a great pity that it's probably the last time this will happen.
很遗憾这样美妙的夜晚很可能不会再有了。
it is＋名词(词组)＋that...是一个常用句型，在这个句型中，it是形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的名词性从句。
①It is a great pity that your sister shouldn't e with you.很遗憾，你姐姐竟然没有和你一起来。
②It is a good thing that your little brother can dress himself.你的小弟弟能够自己穿衣服是件好事情。
③It was a pleasant surprise that we heard of her marriage.得知她结婚是件令人惊喜的事。
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(1)很遗憾他没有被这家公司雇用。__________________________he was not employed by the pany.
(2)十年后再次见到他是一件令人吃惊的事情。______________________I met him again after ten years.
3．I've found a job that ________ me down to the ground.
5．Nobody can entirely keep away from this ________ world.
6．The opinions of his ________ are more important to him than his parents' ideas.
7．You'll never see life if you stay at home ________.
8．Neither side shows any intention of ________ this problem.
9．You'll be sure to ________ at the party tonight.
10．Young people often look ahead to the future while the elderly ________ the past.
Ⅱ.句型转换
1．What a pity! You didn't e to see the 3D film, Titanic, with us last night.
→________ ________ ________ ________ that you didn't e to see the 3D film, Titanic, with us last night. 2．It is reported that Wang Xuebing and Sun Ning got a divorce.
→Wang Xuebing and Sun Ning ________ get a divorce, ________ is reported.
3．Whenever the baby heard the music, he would dance to it.
→________ ________ ________the baby heard the music, he would dance to it.
4．All the students had great fun on the costume party.
→All the students ________ ________ ________ ________on the costume party.
Ⅲ.单项填空
1．He was in________with some world-class runners.
A．parison B．pany C．petition D．panion
2．Did you have trouble________the post office?
A．to have found B．with finding C．find D．in finding
3．He often can't help________the happy life when he was a child.
A．to look back upon B．look back upon C．looking back upon D．looking back
4．My daughter will go to middle school this September. I find it will take some time to find one that ________ her needs.
A．matches B．fits C．suits D．attaches
5．We had ________ great fun watching the performance, which was ________ entire success.
A．a; an B．a; the C．/; an D．a; /
6．Some people said ________ that the conference didn't reach any official agreement.
A．what was a pity B．what a pity it was C．how pity was it D．it was what a pity 7．When he came to himself, he found ________ in hospital.
A．him lying B．himself lying C．him lay D．himself lain
8．—Your T-shirt ________ nice.
A．does look B．look C．does look like D．look like