Unit 2 King Lear
12.it was raining heavily. little mary felt cold, so she stood ______ to her mother. (北京)
a. close b. closely c. closed d. closing
解析：close to sth是“離。。。很近、緊挨著。。。”意思。故選a。
2、詞組做狀語
i cannot describe my feelings with such fancy words.我無法用這些花哨的言辭描述我的感情。
in expressing her love for you, my sister has also expressed mine.我姐姐表達對你的愛時，也表達了我對你的愛。
真題：
1. you’re standing too near the camera. can you move _______ ? (上海)
a. a bit far b. a little farther c. a bit of farther d. a little far
解析：該題考查1）比較級2）比較級的修飾語。故選b。
2. —i hear they aren’t pleased with the house you’ve chosen for them.(北京)
—well, ______ could they live in such comfort?
a. where else b. what else c. how d. why
解析：該題live 后有介詞in，所以考生很容易把正確選項排除掉。實際上此in與后面的such comfort構(gòu)成介詞短語。故選a。
3. ____ , some famous scientists have the qualities of being both careful and careless. (上海)
a. strangely enough b. enough strangely c. strange enough d. enough strange
解析：該題考查1）形容詞與副詞的區(qū)別2）enough做狀語時的位置（要后置；做定語時可以前置也可以后置）。故選a。
4. the house rent is expensive. i’ve got about half the space i had at home and i’m paying _____ here. (上海)
a. as three times much b. as much three times
c. much as three times d. three times as much
解析：考查“比較”。故選d。(參見本單元“重要句型詳解”第2條第2小題)
5. as far as i am concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn, _____ . (02上海)
a. the more for life are you equipped b. the more equipped for life you are
c. the more life you are equipped d. you are equipped the more for life
解析：該句考查the more… , the more…結(jié)構(gòu)。故選b。
3、非限定性動詞短語做狀語
you do wrong to cause friction between yourself and your daughter.你做錯了，導(dǎo)致了您和您的女兒之間的摩擦。
to study english well, we do reading aloud every morning.為學(xué)好英語，我們早晨都做朗讀。
given enough time, we can perform this play very well.我們?nèi)绻凶銐虻臅r間，可以把這出戲表演得非常好。
seeing from the top of the hill, we can find our school very beautiful.從這山頂上看，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)我們的學(xué)校非常漂亮。
a group of children came out of the classroom, laughing and talking.一群孩子有說有笑地從教室里走出來。