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【短語拓展】compare… with…“把……和……相比較”；例如：i carefully compared my answers with my teacher’s. compare…to…把……比作……。例如： poets often compare sleep to death. compare notes with sb.與某人交換看法或意見。例如：they compared notes on the problem.
【點擊高考】_________ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all. ( 湖北)
a. compare b. when comparing c. comparing d. when compared
【解析】答案是d。句中the biggest ocean 和 compare是被動關系，所以要用被動形式。when compared是省略形式，就等于when it is compared。
【鞏固練習】________ to with many girls, mary was indeed very good in drawing.
a. to compare b. to be compared c. comparing d. compared
答案：d
2. as though
【點撥】as though= as if 好像，似乎。可以引導方式狀語從句或表語從句。從句的語氣可以用陳述語氣，也可以用虛擬語氣。如：it looks as if we will be late.看起來我們好像會遲到。she always talks to me as if she were my sister. 她總是以我妹妹的語氣和我說話。
【點擊高考】）when a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as if it _________.（nmet 1995）
a. breaks b. has broken c. were broken d. had been broken
【解析】答案是c。as if 在句中引導一個表語從句，表示與現在事實相反的虛擬語氣，從句用一般過去時。
【思維拓展】形似詞組：even if / even though 即使，盡管。例如：we have decided to visit the school even though it rains tomorrow.
【鞏固練習】(1) we won’t give up we should fail ten times.
a. even if b. since c. whether d. until
(2) he was badly ill, she was always looking after him willingly.
a. even b. as if c. even though d. however
答案：(1) a (2) c
3. 狀語從句中的省略
【點撥】含有when, while ,until, if, unless, once, before等引導的狀語從句的主從復合句中，若從句的主語和主句的主語一致，并且從句中謂語動詞有be的某種形式，從句中的主語及部分謂語（be動詞）可以省略。例如：be careful when crossing the street. some students like studying while listening to the tape.
【點擊高考】when________ , the museum will be open to the public next year.(上海)
a. completed b. completing c. being completed d. to be completed
【解析】答案是a。這是一個省略句，從句省略了the museum is。原句是：when the museum is completed, the museum will…。
【鞏固練習】用括號里所給的動詞的適當形式填空：
(1) when __________ (work) with the workers, we learned a lot from them.