第II部分高中英语词汇试题复习
考点1. engage, be engaged in，take up.
⑴engage使从事于，使忙于（常用被动语态）；约束，约定，使订婚；占用（时间等）；雇用.
例如：Housework engaged much of her time. 家务占用了她许多时间.
Can you engage that all what he said is true? 你能保证他说的都是真话吗？
I’ll engage to be there on t ime. 我保证准时到达.
⑵be engaged in doing sth 这个短语动词作“从事”讲，其中的engaged是个表语形容词；be engaged to do sth 则是“被任用”的意思，是被动式.
例如：He is engaged in writing a book on English usage. 他正在编写一本讲英语用法的书.
He is engaged to write a book on English usage 他被约编写一本讲英语用法的书.
⑶be engaged to定婚.
例如：John is engaged to Mary. 约翰同玛丽定了婚.
⑷engage in参加.
例如：They engaged in conversation. 他们参加了谈话.
注意：engage含有“占有”的意思；take up也作“占有”解.
1. Studying most of a serious student’s time.
A. engages
B. takes
C. spends
D. pays for
解：答案为 A. 该题题意为―读书占用了认真学习的学生的大部分时间‖.Engage 含有―占有‖的意思；take作―占有‖解时后面应加up ;spend, pay off的主语应该是人.
考点2. work on ,work at.
work at , work on 表示从事于某事情，但work at为一般用语，其深度不如work on.
例如：work at math 学习数学；work on math 致力于数研究；work on some wood cuts 创作一些木刻
1. Mr Zhao, an English teacher, sat up far into the night, a paper on how to teach beginners of English.
A. and worked at
B. and worked on
C. working at
D. working on
解：答案：D. work at为一般用语，其深度不如work on, work at a problem和work on a problem意思不大一样，前者可作学习中的―计算一道题‖解，后者可引伸到生活和工作中的―研究或解决一个问题‖. work out意为―计算出‖.
2. You will have to work the weak points in your English if you want to pass the examination.
A. out
B. at
C. for
D. on
解：选A. work out解决；work on在…上工作；work hard at + subject在…科目上努力工作.
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考点3. ⑴more…than.
①more than +名词，表示超出该名词所指，意思是“不止”“不仅仅是”.
例如：We need more than material wealth to build our country.建设我们国家，不仅仅需要物质财富.
②more than +形容词或动词，表示加重语气，意思是“非常”“很”.
例如：I am more happy to help you 能帮助你，我特别高兴.
③more than +数词，表示超出该数，意思是“多于”“大于”.
例如：More than one person has made this suggestion. 不止一人提过这个建议.
④more than + (that)从句，其基本意义是“超过（=over）”，但可译成“简直不”“远非”.
例如：That is more than I can understand . 那非我所能懂的.
⑤如果在more than之间插入形容词或副词，这时它就有两种含义：一为普通的比较级的用法；二是用来表示“与其说… 倒不如说……”的意思，试比较：
例如：The concert was more enjoyable than the lecture. 音乐会比讲座更令人愉快.
[注意]这种用法也适用于less...than结构.
例如：He was less hurt than frightened. 与其说他受了伤，不如说他吓坏了. 1. —Do you think him naughty enough?
—I’m afraid he’s than naughty.
A. more clever
B. clever
C. much clever
D. much more clever 解：答案：A 在此句中more ..than意为―与其说……倒不如说……‖.
2. We advertised for pupils last autumn ,and got 60.
A. more than
B. more of
C. as much as
D. so many as
解：答案为A. as much as 意为―和…….一样多‖，往往用来表示程度，不能用来修饰可数名词；so many as 虽然可以修饰可数名词，但用于肯定句中要用as many as .more than后跟名词或数量词，表示―超过，不止是，不仅仅是‖，即相当于over.
⑵no better than=only 仅仅, not better than=at most 不超过.
①No more than 仅仅，同……一样不……
His whole school education added up to no more than one year. 他所受的全部学校教育加起来只有一年.
例如：I could no more do that than you. 你不能做这事，我也不能做.
②Not more than 至多，不超过，不必……更.
例如：There are not more than six people over there .至多有六个人在那里.
1. —I did not do well in the exam. How about you?
—I did you. Maybe even worse.
A. not better than
B. no better than
C. as well as
D. nit worse than
解：答案为B.由maybe even worse（有可能比你还差）推知，前面的句意应是―我做的不比你好多少‖.Not better than不比….好；as well as和…..一样好；not worse than不如……差；no better than不比….好.
2. What a wonder ! They’ve finished30％of the task within one week.
A. no more than
B. no less than
C. not more than
D. much less than
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