选修8 Unit 4 Language points

Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit & Reading—Language Points

cast (cast, cast) vt. & vi.选派角色；投射(光、影)；向……投以(视线、笑容)

n．演员阵容；投掷

(教材P18)Some of the world’s greatest opera singers were cast in this production, and many

great Chinese musicians also participated. 几位世界顶级的歌剧演唱家担任角色，许多杰出的中国音乐家也参加了演出。

be cast in 被选派……(角色)

cast light on 使……清楚

cast a shadow on/over 为……蒙上阴影

cast doubt on 怀疑……

cast a glance at/on 对……瞥了一眼

cast down 使沮丧

①The show is very amusing and the cast is very good.

演出妙趣横生，演员的表演也很出彩。

②The two world wars cast_a_shadow_over the people all over the world.

两次世界大战在全世界人民心中留下了阴影。

③All eyes were cast on/upon the speaker.

所有的目光投射在说话者身上。

④Don’t be cast_down by a small failure in your experiment. 你别因为实验中小小的失败就萎靡不振。

⑤She cast_a_glance_at the notice and went into the office in a hurry. 她瞥了一眼通知，匆匆忙忙走进了办公室。

Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit & Reading—Language Points

recommend vt.推荐，推举，介绍；劝告；夸奖，称赞

(教材P1)If you were asked to recommend a book to a friend, what book would you choose?

如果要求你向朋友推荐一本书，你将会选择什么书？

(1)recommend sb./sth.to sb. 向某人推荐某人/某物

recommend sb.to do sth 劝说某人做某事

recommend that...(should) do sth 劝说某人做某事

recommend sb.for sth 推荐某人担任……

recommend doing sth 建议做某事

(2)recommendation n 正式建议；提议

①It was really annoying; I couldn’t get access to the data bank you had recommended.

这真的很让人恼火，我无法使用你推荐的那个数据库。

②The doctor strongly recommended limiting(limit) the amount of fat in my diet.

医生强烈建议我限制饮食中脂肪的含量。

③The doctor recommended_me_to_have

a good rest.

医生劝我好好休息。

adaptation n. 改编，改写；适应，改变

(教材P2)Three years later, in 1998, a modern adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel Great

Expectations appeared in cinemas.

三年后，在1998年，一部查尔斯·狄更斯小说《远大前程》的现代改编剧出现在电影院。

Unit 4 第3课时Learning about Language

Ⅰ.单项填空

从A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1．(原创)She stared out of the window, ________in day-dreams.

A．having lost

B．lost

C．being lost

D．losing

答案：B 本题题意：她凝视窗外， 陷入白日梦中。本题考查过去分词短语(或形容词短语)在句中担任方式和伴随状语。

2．________into use in April 2000, the hotline was meant for residents reporting water and

heating supply breakdowns.

A．Put

B．Putting

C．Having put

D．Being put

答案：A 本题题意：热线电话于2000年4月投入使用，专供城市居民报告自来水和暖气的供应故障问题。本题考查分词作时间状语。句子的主语hotline(热线)与动词短语put...into use(使用，利用)之间构成逻辑上的“动宾”关系，采用过去分词作状语。本句转换为时间状语从句为：After it was put into use in 2000，...

3．________from other continents for millions of years, Australia has many plants and

animals not found in any other country in the world.

A．Being separated

B．Having separated

Unit 5 第4课时Using Language

Ⅰ.单项填空

从A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1．(原创)I always had the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina twirling around and

around and hearing people ________ for me.

A．applaud B．entertain

C．welcome D．encourage

答案：A 本题题意：我一直梦想着像一个美丽的芭蕾演员一样跳舞，轻盈地旋来转去，耳边是人们的掌声。applaud表示“鼓掌”。

2．(原创)In order to catch up with and surpass the advanced world levels we'll have to

________our speed.

A．accelerate B．accumulate

C．accomplish D．approve

答案：A 本题题意：要赶超世界先进水平， 我们还得快马加鞭。accelerate 表示“(使)加速，加快”。

3．(原创)He had begun to eat with great appetite when his attention was ________by a

stealthy footstep on the stairs.

A．struck B．arrested

C．trapped D．seized

答案：B 本题题意：他正吃得津津有味，忽听楼梯上有悄悄的脚步声。arrest表示“吸引(注意)”。

4．(原创)To my great ________， the difficulties were all overcome.

A．relief B．brief