①He works from nice o’clock until five o’clock. 他從九點工作到五點
②The Han Dynasty was from 206 BC to 220 AD. 漢朝是從公元前206年到公元220年。
③“World of Animals” is from 8:30 to 9:10 every Wednesday evening on Channel 10.
《動物世界》每周晚8:30到9:10在十頻道播出。
註在“from…to…”結構中的兩個名詞,前面通常不帶冠詞或人稱代詞,但可以用“from one +名詞 + to another”的形式,(不包括專有名詞)。
④The period from the War of Independence to the Civil War is the babyhood of the United States.
從獨立戰爭到內戰這個時期是美國的嬰兒期。
★between…and…意思是“在……之間,在……中間”。如：
①Don’t eat between two meals. 正餐之間不要吃零食。
②Many changes took place in the world between the two world wars.
兩次世界大戰之間,全球發生了很大的變化。
③Usually he feels very tired between 12 o’clock and 1 o’clock.
通常他在十二點到壹點間感到很困。
④It’s cheaper between 6 pm and 8 am.
下午六點到早晨八點間價錢比較便宜。
2. 表示時間的連詞“before”,“after”和“until”
★before作連詞,引導時間狀語從句,表示“在……前”。以before引導的時間狀誤從句,既可以放在主句之前,也可以放在主句之後。如果從句放在主句之前,壹般要用逗號把它與主句隔開。
①Please see me before you go. 妳走以前請來看我。
②Think well before you decide. 深思熟慮以後妳再作決定。
③Do it before you forget it. 盡快動手,別忘了。
④Be a pupil before you become a teacher. 先做學生,再做先生。
⑤They had not known each other long before they got married. 他倆認識不久就結婚了。
⑥Did she leave a message before she left? 她走之前留條了嗎？
★after作連詞,引導時間狀語從句,表示“在……之後”。以after引導的時間狀語從句,既可以放在主句之前,也可以放在主句之後。如果從句放在主句之前,壹般要用逗號把它與主句隔開。
①I’ll call you after I have spoken to them. 我和他們談過以後會打電話給妳。
②Several years after they’d split up, they met again by chance in Paris.
他們離婚幾年後在巴黎偶爾遇見了。
③After the work was done, se sat down to sum up experience.
做完工作,我們坐下來總結經驗。
④I found the letter long after he had gone away.
他走後很久我才發現了那封信。
★until (till)作連詞,引導時間狀語從句,表示“到……時；直到……為止”。以until引導的時間狀語從句,既可以放在主句之前,也可以放在主句之後。如果從句放在主句之前,壹般要用逗號把它與主句隔開。以till引導的時間狀語從句,只能放在主句之後。
①I’ll wait until he arrives and then I’ll leave. 我要等他來以後再離開。
②Go straight on until you come to a large red building.
壹直往前,走到壹幢高大的紅色建築物為止。
③Let’s wait until the rain stops. 咱們等雨停吧。
④The teacher kept on asking the students questions until (till) the bell rang.
老師反復向學生提問,直到下課鈴響。
⑤He continued working up till (until) he died. 他壹直工作到去世。
⑥Until you told me I had no idea of it. 在妳告訴我之前,我對此壹無所知。
3. while / as的用法
★while用作連詞,意為“在……期間”“當……時候”。它表示某個動作正在進行時另壹個動作發生了；還可以表示某個動作還在進行的同時,另壹個動作也在進行之中。它只表示時間段,所以從句的謂語動詞必須用持續性動詞或狀態動詞。其時態壹般限於進行時或狀態動詞的壹般時。如：
①My father fell asleep while he was reading the newspaper.
我父親在看報時睡著了。
②While mother was cooking, father was repairing the bookcase.
當媽媽在燒飯時,爸爸在修書架。
③While my uncle is away on holiday, I’m going to stay in his house of a week.
我叔叔外出度假時,我將在他家呆壹個星期。
④While I was sleeping, a thief entered the house.
我睡覺時,小偷進了我的屋。
★while還可以表示“然而”,用作兩個人或物的比較。如：
①I like music while my brother likes sports.
我喜歡音樂而我的哥哥喜歡體育。
②Girls do well in Chinese while boys are good at maths.
女孩的語文好而男孩的數學好。
③Nodding the head means agreement, while shaking it means disagreement.
點點頭表示同意,而搖頭表示不同意。
★while也可用作“只要”解,相當於as long as。如：
①While there is water, there is life. 只要有水就有生命。
②While there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒。
★as作連詞用,引導時間狀語從句,意為“當……時候”,強調at the same time,不指先後,而指同時發生,尤指短動作或事件同時發生。如：
①As you leave, please take a raincoat with you. 當妳離開時,請隨身帶件雨衣。
②She dances as she sings. 她壹邊跳壹邊唱。
★as作連詞用,可引導原因狀語從句,意為“因為”,語氣較because弱。如：
①As he had some exercises to grade, he didn’t go with us.
因為他有壹些練習要批改,他沒和我們壹起去。
②As it is raining hard, you’d better put on your raincoat.
由於雨下得很大,妳最好穿上雨衣。
③As he didn’t know much English, he got out his dictionary and looked up the word “cough”.
由於他對英語懂得不多,他拿出他的字典查找cough這個詞。
★as作連詞用,可引導方式狀語從句,意為“按照”“如同”。如：
①You must do everything as I do. 妳必須如同我做的壹樣來做每壹件事。
②When at Rome, do as Romans do. 入鄉隨俗。(在羅馬時就要像羅馬人那樣做)
③Please do as I told you. 請按照我告訴妳的去做。
4. 副詞的比較等級和最高級
★副詞的比較級和最高級的變化形式和形容詞相同,有規則變化和不規則變化兩種。
規則變化：單音節詞和少數雙音節詞,詞尾加-er, -est來構成比較級和最高級。大部分雙音節詞和多音節詞,前面加more, most構成比較級和最高級。
構成法 原 級 比較級 最高級
單音節詞和少數雙音節詞,詞尾加-er, -est late
early later
earlier latest
earliest
大部分雙章節詞和多音節詞,前面加more, most carefully
slowly more carefully
more slowly most carefully
most slowly
不規則變化：
原 級 比較級 最高級
well better best
badly worse worst
much more most
little less least
far farther farthest
★副詞的比較級和最高級的常用結構：
①as + 副詞原級 + as意為“與……壹樣”,表示同級比較。如：
She sings as sweetly as an angel. 她歌唱得像天使壹樣甜。
I can run as fast as 30 miles an hour. 我能壹小時跑30英裏。
He doesn’t do so well in the test as Mary. 他在測試中沒有瑪麗做得好。
②比較級副詞 + than意為“比……更”,表示兩者之間比較。如：
Ben gets up earlier than his lazy father. 本比他那個懶爸爸起床起的早。
They now live more happily than before. 他們現在比以前過得幸福。
③副詞比較級 + 副詞比較級,意為“越來越……”。如：
It snowed more and more heavily. 雪下得越來越大。
You work harder and harder. 妳工作越來越努力了。
④the + 副詞的比較級,the + 副詞的比較級,意為“越……就越……”。如：
The more I see her, the less I like her. 我看到她越多,我越不喜歡她。
The faster you type, the more mistakes you will make.
妳打字打得越快,妳出的錯也會越多。
⑤The + 副詞的最高級 + 比較範圍(三者或三者以上),意為“最……”。如：
Henry jumps highest of all the athletes. 亨利是所有運動員中跳得最高的。
He works hardest in his class. 他在班上學習最用功。
註在as, so, too, very, quite等詞後,只用原級。如：
Thank you for teaching us so well. 謝謝妳教我們這麽好。
Tom did very well in the long jump. 湯姆在跳遠比賽中表現出色。
I got up too late this morning. 我今天起床太晚了。
He doesn’t write as / so carefully as his brother. 他寫字不如他哥哥認真。
語法專項練習
壹、根據句意,寫出括號中所給詞的正確形式。
1. She sang even than usual (差).
2. Mother asked her son to walk a bit (快).
3. Of all the novels I like this one (最).
4. Who do you think can jump (高) in your class?
5. Please send us the technical data as (快) as possible.
6. He should speak (少) and listen (多).
7. The (努力) you work, the (好) harvest you’ll have.
8. Please tell them not to play so (吵鬧).
二、用下列方框中的動詞的適當形式填空
miss, sweep, send, spend lie, have, write, return, look, drive
1. Last week he three worrying days until he found his wallet.
2. Please listen to the teacher carefully, or you the point of the talk.
3. The woman stopped the floor because she had something else to do.
4. The lost cat dead among the trees when they found it.
5. We are sure that China will be the third country in the world people into space.
6. All these magazines should to the library in two weeks.
7. Don’t you think the new dress makes you sister much younger?
8. His uncle his new car on the road from nine to eleven last Sunday.
9. The famous scientist five books on computers since 1989.
10. “Where are the teachers?” “They a meeting in the meeting-room.”
三、完形填空
In learning English, one should first pay attention to(註意) listening and speaking. It is the groundwork of reading and writing. You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening. Don’t be afraid of making 1 . But he careful not to let them stop you from improving you English. 2 you are doing this ,a good way is to write “keep a diary, write notes or letters, then if you can, ask some others to go through 3 you have written and tell you where it is wrong. Many mistakes in your speaking will be 4 found when you write. Through correcting the mistakes, you can 5 learning English.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry. One of the helpful ways is 6 , either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose 7 interesting to read. It mustn’t be too 8 for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can 9 their meanings when they have nothing important to 10 with the sentence. You can do that some other time.
( )1. A. faces B. friends C. mistakes D. sure
( )2. A. If B. While C. Before D. Till
( )3. A. how many B. what C. how long D. which
( )4. A. happily B. slowly C. hardly D. easily
( )5. A. do better in B. work hard at C. fall behind D. catch up with
( )6. A. speaking B. listening C. reading D. writing
( )7. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
( )8. A. easy B. difficult C. helpful D. popular
( )9. A. know B. guess C. find D. tell
( )10. A. do B. begin C. talk D. agree
參考答案
壹、根據句意,寫出括號中所給詞的正確形式。
1. worse 2. faster 3. best 4. highest 5. soon
6. less; more 7. harder, better 8. noisily
二、用下列方框中的動詞的適當形式填空
1. spent 2. will miss 3. sweeping 4. lay 5. to send
6. be returned 7. look 8. was driving 9. has written 10. are having
三、完形填空
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. D 8. B
9. B 10. A