一、 词语例解　　1. prison　　n. 监狱：　　（1）表示监禁状态是不可数名词，常不用冠词：　　He is in prison now. That’s why we haven’t seen him for months.他在坐牢，所以我们好几个月没见到他了。　　It was reported that fou

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Ⅰ. 单词拼写。　　根据句意和汉语或首写字母的提示，写出所缺单词的完全形式。　　1. She dropped a______ (块)of sugar into her tea and stirred(搅拌) it with a spoon.　　2. People in the small island didn’t u

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Ⅰ. 单词拼写。　　根据句意和汉语提示，写出所缺单词的完整形式。　　1.______ (奴隶制) is the system by which some people are owned by others. 　　2. Fifty years ago, mixed-race marriages were______ (

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下面是2006年两道高考试题：　　1. My parents were quarrelling about me____ I could not quite tell why. (06上海38)　　A. since B. though　　C. if D. until　　解析：答案为B。考查状语从句。“我的

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1. 课本原句： You may use the following questions to get started. (P. 18)　　指点迷津： get started开始。get + 过去分词结构，如：get lost迷路；get caught抓住；get burnt烧伤，烫伤；get trapped困住，卡住

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1. 课本原句： John Brown died so that the slaves might be set free.(P. 27)　　指点迷津： 1） so that可引导目的状语从句 ，从句中含有may, can, would等情态动词；so that 是“为了，以便”的意思。例如:　　He spoke lo

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Chinese mobile phone users are being flooded with spam text messages, with 6.25 per cent of them receiving spam more than 40 times a week, according to a survey

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A brief nap could boost people’s memory, according to new research. 　　Researchers at The City University of New York found that having a brief sleep improved pe

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After twenty years of making movies about the poor country life in China, director Zhang Yimou has switched to portraying ancient, affluent China, albeit in an

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Sarah came running in.“Look what I found.” Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy, crumbling long object that caused me to jump. It was a snake s

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Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing,

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俚语: AA制　　“AA制”在国外，英美人习惯上叫“Dutch treat”。看来，源于17世纪那场“英荷战争”，荷兰人真的要永留英国“史册”了。 　　17世纪的“Anglo-Dutch Wars”（英荷战争），不仅让荷兰人丢掉了“海上马车夫”的殊荣，而且，一系列非褒义性“Dutch”用语由此融入英国词汇。由于英国人的

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Do remember not to smoke　　A much worried patient walked into doctor’s office asking for help:　　“Doctor, I don’t know what to do. I accidentally drank a bottle o

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I have a great mother. She is not only my mother, but my teacher, too. When I was a little child, my mother told me why and how to be a useful man to our mother

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A　　Liu Xiang Will Resume Training　　Athens Olympic 110m hurdle champion Liu Xiang felt so relieved to return to racetrack after getting out of the great number o

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LETTING GO OF SUCCESS　　I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I’ve 1 that the best way to do it is to let go of past 2 . But that’s not al

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根据下图内容，用英文写一篇100个单词左右的短文，简述乘飞机和火车旅行的利弊及你的观点。要求包括图表全部内容，标题与文章的第一句和最后一句已给出，不计入总词数。　　以从北京到广州为例：　　　　Train Travel and Air Travel　　Air travel has two advantages over

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第一卷（选择题）　　第一部分： 英语知识运用　　第一节： 语法和词汇知识　　从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。　　1. —Can I tell my best friend about it?　　—No, I don’t want anyone else to know

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There was a story: An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely li

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I used to watch her from my kitchen window, she seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the st

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