1、Unit 1A land of diversity1majority n大多数；大半The majority is(are)doing his(their)best.大多数人都尽心尽力。The majority of my friends have gone abroad.我的大多数朋友都出国了。上一页a majority of 大多数的；大部分的in a/the majority 占大多数have a majority over sb.获得多于某人的；战胜某人by/with a majority of 以大多数赢得上一页A majority of workers now work five
2、days a week.现在多数工厂每周工作五天。(1)majority为 可 数 名 词，指 可 数 的 概 念，不 指 量(amount)。the majority作主语时，如果泛指多数，谓语动词用单复数形式皆可。(2)the majority of名词，表示“多数”，其后的谓语动词取决于of之后的名词。(3)majority常由great修饰。(4)majority的反义词是minority，意为“少数；少数人；少数票”，复数形式是minorities，意为“少数民族”。上一页学以致用(单项填空)Of the first Spanish to go to California，the m
3、ajority_religious men，_ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.Awas；of which the Bwere；of whomCwere；their Dwere；whose上一页上一页【解析】前面the majority指代的是大部分的人，所以用系动词的复数；第二个空是非限制性定语从句，用whose在从句中作定语。【答案】D2.occur vi.发生；出现；存在At the beginning of June an event occurred.六月初发生了一件事。That sound does
4、 not occur in my language.我的语言里似乎不存在那个音。上一页occur to sb.发生在某人身上It occurs to sb.to do sth.某人想起做某事上一页It occurred to me to visit my parents.我突然想去探望父母。某人突然想到的几种表达方法：sth.strikes es to sb.It occurs to sb.that.It strikes sb.that.It hits sb.that.上一页上一页学以致用(单项填空)It suddenly _ to me that we could use the compu
5、ter to do the job.Astruck Boccurred Chappened Dsaw【解析】句意：我突然想到我们可以用计算机来做这项工作。it occurred to sb.that.“某人突然想到”，为固定搭配，符合句意。【答案】B上一页3.indicate vt.指出；标示；表明；暗示Blue panels indicate that the motorway starts at the junction ahead.蓝色标牌指示高速路自前方路口处开始。The dark clouds indicate that it is going to rain soon.乌云密布说明
6、不久就要下雨。Jack patted the sofa to indicate that she should join him.杰克拍拍沙发示意她坐下。上一页(1)作“指示；指出”讲时，后面经常接名词。(2)作“表明；象征；暗示”讲时，后面可以接名词或宾语从句，即“indicaten./that.”。The research results indicate that the new method may save test time.研究结果表明，新方法可节省试验时间。There is every indication of a change in the weather.各种迹象表明天气
7、很可能发生变化。上一页Research _ that men find it easier to give up smoking than women.Apoints Bsays Cindicates Dmeans学以致用(单项填空)上一页【解析】句意：研究表明男性比女性更易戒烟。indicate“表明”，符合句意。point“指出”；say“说”；mean“意味着”。【答案】C上一页4.by means of.用办法；借助Thoughts are expressed by means of words.思想是用(通过)言语表达的。They succeeded by means of hard
8、 work.他们依靠努力工作而获得成功。上一页by all means 尽一切办法；务必；(表示答应)当然可以by any means 无论如何by no means 决不；并没有by this means 用这种方法This plan must be put into practice by all means.这个计划必须付诸实施。Can you solve the problem by this means?你能用这种方法解决这个问题吗？上一页上一页学以致用(单项填空)May I have a word with you?_.Im not busy，anyway.ABy no means
9、 BBy all means CBy means of DBy any means【解析】句意：可以和你说句话吗？当然可以。不管怎样，我并不忙。由句意可知“我”同意和你说话，by all means“当然可以”，符合句意。【答案】B上一页5.make a life习惯于新的生活方式、工作等；谋生The problem is how they make a life.问题是他们如何习惯于新的生活方式。We make a living by what we get；we make a life by what we give.我们通过得到些什么来谋生；通过给予某些东西来适应生活。上一页come t
10、o life 突然苏醒；突然变得活跃live/lead a.life 过着生活come back to life 苏醒过来；恢复生气full of life 充满生气make/earn a/ones living 谋生start/make a new life 开始新生活for life 终生；一生；终身to the life 栩栩如生上一页The game really came to life in the second half.下半场比赛变得很刺激。上一页学以致用(完成句子)They went to the West and decided to make a new life(适应新
11、生活)He earned his living/made living(谋生)by selling vegetables.6keep up持续；维持；沿袭(风俗、传统等)If you do not keep up with the payments you could lose your house.如果你不继续付款，你的住房就可能保不住了。I hope the fine weather will keep up.我希望好天气能保持下去。Do you still keep up your Spanish?你还坚持说西班牙语吗？上一页keep(on)doing sth.继续、重复做某事keep
12、sth.up 使某物保持在高水平keep sb.from doing sth.阻止某人做某事keep on 继续keep out of.不进入(某处)；留在外边keep to sth.遵守(或信守、履行诺言)keep up with 跟上；(与)同步前进上一页上一页学以致用(单项填空)In the face of all these difficulties，were not discouraged and our spirits _ well.Akeep up Bgo up Chold up Dpick up上一页【解析】句意：面对这些问题，我们没有灰心反而是情绪高涨。keep up“保持；
13、维持”，符合句意。go up“增长；上升”；hold up“举起；阻挡”；pick up“举起”。【答案】A7take in包括；吸收；收留；欺骗The tour took in some famous old castles.这趟观光旅行包括参观一些著名的古堡。When humans or animals eat，they take in sugars.当人或者动物吃东西时会摄入糖分。The kind old lady offered to take in the poor homeless child.那位好心的老太太主动收留了那个可怜的无家可归的孩子。Dont let yourself
14、be taken in by his tricks.不要被他的花招欺骗。上一页take away拿走；使离开；消除(病痛等)take down 记下来；拆掉take for (错)当作；(误)以为take off 起飞；匆匆离去；脱下take on 呈现；雇佣take over 接收；接管；取代take up 占去；占据；开始从事上一页学以致用(单项填空)Some students find it hard to _ the new teachers dialect.(2011徐州一中模拟)Atake in Btake upCtake over Dtake on上一页【解析】句意：很多学生发现
15、很难听懂这位新老师的方言。本句中take in为“理解；领会”的意思。take up“拿起；开始从事”；take over“接管”；take on“呈现”。【答案】A上一页8a great/good many许多；很多Tom found that there were a great/good many people already there.汤姆发现那儿已经有很多人了。It seems that a great/good many of them are out of work now.似乎他们中的许多人现在失业了。A great many of the flowers are white
16、.那些花多数是白色的。上一页(1)修饰可数名词复数，作主语时谓语动词用复数 的 词 有：many，a great/good many，a good/large number of，quite a few，a good few。(2)修饰不可数名词的词有：much，a good/great deal of，a large amount of。(3)既可以修饰可数名词也可以修饰不可数名词的词有：a lot of，lots of，plenty of，a large quantity of，quantities of。上一页a great/good many后 接 可 数 名 词 复 数，但 a gr
17、eat/good many后接of时，必须加限定词，如：these/those/the/ones等，然后再加名词复数。上一页学以致用(单项填空)_the houses were knocked down in the earthquake.AA great many BThe number of CA great many of DA great deal of上一页【解析】句意：很多的房屋在地震中被摧毁。a great many of the名词的复数形式意为“很多的；大量的”，符合句意。a great deal of修饰不可数名词。【答案】C上一页9That is why today ov
18、er 40%of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.这就是今天有超过40%的加利福尼亚人把西班牙语作为第一或第二语言的原因。句中的why引导的为表语从句。why，when，where，how引导表语从句，宾语从句，可译为“的原因；的时候；的地方；的方法”。Thats why.这就是为什么(why从句表示结果)Thats because.这是因为(because从句表示原因)The reason why.is/was that.的原因是(表语从句常用that引导，而不用because)Thats why I left
19、 so early.这就是我早早离开的原因。上一页This is where I was born.这是我出生的地方。This is when he joined the army.这是他入伍的日子。This is how he solved the problem.这是他解决问题的方式。上一页学以致用(单项填空)Is this the reason _ in the report for her success in the job?Ashe explained Bwhat she explained Chow she explained Dwhy she explained上一页【解析】句意：这就是她在报告中所说的在事业上成功的原因吗？本句为reason作先行词的定语从句，关系词在从句中作宾语，故首先排除C、D两项；what不能引导定语从句，亦排除；that引导定语从句在从句中作宾语时可以省略，故答案选A。【答案】A上一页
