高二英語上冊專題輔導
our house has been rented by a newly-married couple.
我們的房子被一對新婚夫婦租去了。
boats are let / rent out in the park for 20 yuan per
hour. 公園里出租小船,每小時的租金是20元。
we have decided to take on a new clerk in the accounts
department. 我們已經決定在會計部雇用一名新職員。
▲ 友情提示:英語中“雇用”的其他表達法:take on;
hire;have sb doing sth;rent (租用);use (借用);“解
雇;開除”的表達法:fire;dismiss;turn / send away;
lay off。
【考例3】(北京春招)
-- how long ____ at this job?
-- since 1990.
a. were you employed
b. have you been employed
c. had you been employed
d. will you be employed
[考查目標] 考查上下文中時態(tài)的運用。
[答案與解析]b 從問句中的how long和回答中的
since 1990都可以知道應該選現(xiàn)在完成時態(tài)表示對現(xiàn)
在的影響。
6. employ vt. 雇用,使用
the farmer employed more workers at harvest time.
這個農場主在收獲季節(jié)雇用更多工人。
it's important to employ words in writing poem.
寫詩用詞很重要。
也可以解釋為“忙于,從事”。
they were employed in writing when i came.
我來的時候他們正忙于寫東西。
注:要弄清 employ 幾個名詞的用法:employee (雇工,
雇員),employer (戶主,東家),employment (就業(yè),雇
用)。
【考點4】energy 的用法
▲ 構詞:
① energetic adj. 精力充沛的,需要精力去做的
② energetically adv. 精力充沛地
▲ 搭配:
① save one's energy for 為……而保存精力
② be full of energies 精力充沛,精力旺盛
③ devote one's energy to (doing) sth 致力于
④ concentrate one's energy on 集中精力在……上
▲友情提示:泛指一般意義的“精力”,不可數(shù);具體指
某人做事的“精力”,用復數(shù)。
【考例4】[nmet 1996]many countries are increasing
their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of ____.
a. energy b. source
c. power d. material
[考查目標] 本題考查 energy 及其近義詞的區(qū)別。
[答案與解析]a natural gas和wind屬于energy范
疇。
【考點7】fact 的用法
▲句型:英語中的“事實上。實際上,其實”可表達為:
① as a matter of fact
② in (actual) fact
③ in point of fact
④ the fact (of the matter) is (that)...
⑤ it's a fact that...
在提供某種信息來強調已經說過的某物/某事時,或在
不同意某人說過的某物/某事時,使用以上表達。
【考例7】(浙江) the winter of 1990 was extremely
bad, ____ most people say it was the worst winter
of their lives.
a. at last b. in fact
c. in a word d. as a result
[考查目標] 考查短語在實際語境中的用法。
[答案與解析]b at last 表示“最后”;in fact 表示“事