②(202X·江苏高考) The reason for the explosion is not _th__a_t people have been reproducing like rabbits, but _th__a_t people have stopped dropping dead like flies.
Unit 4 Revision Films and film events
Part Ⅰ 重点词汇通关 1. expose vt. 使接触, 使体验, 使面临; 暴露, 显露, 揭露;(照片)曝光
【语境检测】用所给词的适当情势填空 ①When robins _a_r_e_e_x_p_o_s_e_d_(expose) to light at night in the lab, it leads to some genes being active at the wrong time of day.
【考点必记】 (1)(much)to one’s disappointment =to one’s (great) disappointment
令某人(非常)失望的是 (2)disappointing adj. 令人失望的
(3)disappointed be disappointed to do sth. be disappointed at/by/with
②(2015·天津高考)The next day, we got a d__is_a_p_p_o_i_n_ti_n_g_ (disappoint) message that another buyer had offered a much higher price.
【写作提升】句式升级 ③He was disappointed to see Tom wasn’t at the party and he left without saying goodbye. → _D_i_sa_p__p_o_in_t_e_d__to__se_e__T_o_m__w__a_sn__’t_a_t__th_e__p_a_r_ty_, he left without saying goodbye. (用形容词短语作状语改写)