2024届高考英语二轮复习：精读高考真题（九）阅读理解导学案（无答案）
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精 读 高 考 真 题 (九）
高考英语真题是英语学习的宝藏，精读一篇远胜过刷题十篇。相较于教材、日常习题，高考真题的语料更加新颖、更有针对性。长期精读高考真题有利于增强英语学习的信心，从而极大提高学习英语的效率。
一、真题再现
When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机)
These days you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.
Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter （29%） rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey （调查）.Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.
More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor （因素）-only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who've perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn't the only factor; I'd say it's also to do with the makeup of your household.
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
How attached are you to your landline How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries
24. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones
A. Their target users. B. Their wide popularity.
C. Their major functions. D. Their complex design.
25. What does the underlined word "concede" in paragraph 3 mean
A. Admit. B. Argue. C. Remember. D. Remark.
26. What can we say about Baby Boomers
A. They like smartphone games. B. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity.
C. They keep using landline phones. D. They are attached to their family.
27. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph
A. It remains a family necessity. B. It will fall out of use some day.
C. It may increase daily expenses. D. It is as important as the gas light.
（2021年全国乙卷阅读理解B篇）
二、语篇导读：本文的语篇类型是说明文，主题语境为人与社会。介绍了如今几乎每人都有手机的情况下，仍有一半以上的澳大利亚家庭坚持使用座机的现象，并分析其存在的原因。
三、重点单词（词性转换词、熟词生意词、超纲词）和短语
1. a mobile phone 手机
2. more than half of ... 一半以上的 ......（half前面不加冠词a）
3. pay for ... 为......付款，付钱给......
4. in fact 实际上，事实上
5. plenty of ... 大量的......，充足的......（后接可数名词或不可数名词，动词与此名词的数保持一致；通常用于肯定句，否定句和疑问句中使用enough, much或 many）
6. practically adv. 几乎、差不多；实际上、实践上
practical adj. 实际的，实用的，实践的
make calls 打电话
receive calls 接听电话
make and receive calls 接打电话
still adv. 但是，然而，尽管如此（熟词生义）
a quarter 四分之一
rely on ... 依赖......，依靠......
according to ... 根据......，按照......
smartphone n. 智能手机（合成词）
a third (of ... ) 三分之一（的 ...... ）
concede vt. 承认（后常接that从句，同义词：admit）（课标外词）
keep ... as ... 把......留作为......
a security blanket （小孩喜欢抱着以得到安全感的）安乐毯，安慰物（指能带给人安
全感的人或者事物）
17. further adj. 更多的，附加的，另外的（熟词生义）
18. in case of ... 在......情形时，万一......
19. fall into ... n. 属于......，分成......
fall into that category 属于那一类
choose to do sth. 选择做某事
stick with ... 继续做/使用......，坚持......，不放弃......
naturally adv. 自然地，当然地，天然地
natural adj. 自然的，天然的
nature n. 自然，自然界
Generation Y Y一代（指20世纪80年代后至本世纪初出生的年轻人）
Generation X X一代（又称“失落的一代”，指20世纪60年代末到70年代中期出生
的那拨人，是Generation Y之前的一代）
now and then 有时，偶尔（相当于sometimes）
compared to/with ... 与......比较起来，较之......
boomer n. （非正式）在生育高峰期出生的人
Baby Boomers 婴儿潮一代（在1946-1964年出生的孩子被称为“婴儿潮一代”）
boom v. 突然繁荣，暴涨
makeup n. 组成，构成（动词转名词）
household n. 家庭，一家人（合成词）
provide sth. for sb. 为某人提供某物（=provide sb. with sth.）
that said, ... 尽管如此，......
pick up the phone 拿起电话，接电话
Caller ID n. 来电显示
take the fun out of ... 是......失去乐趣
attached adj. 喜爱的，依恋的（分词形容词）
be attached to ... 喜爱......，依恋......
attach vt. 粘贴，使附属，使喜爱
delivery n. 投递，发送（-y接在形容词、动词后构成名词）
milk deliveries 牛奶投送
deliver v. 投递，传送
go the way of ... 走......的道路，重蹈......的覆辙
target users 目标用户
popularity n. 流行，受欢迎
wide popularity 广受欢迎，广泛流行
popular adj. 流行的，大众的，受欢迎的
necessity n. （U）必要（性），（C）必需品
a family necessity 家庭必需品
necessary adj. 必要的，必需的，必须的
fall ou of ... 从......落下
fall out of use 停止使用
some day 总有一天，有朝一日
daily expenses 日常开销
四、关键结构和长难句
1. When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机) .
1).本句中的when意为“既然、尽管、虽然”，不表示单纯的时间意义；主从句之间没有时间关系，只有意义上的对比关系，而且是彼此相反的强烈对比。
E.g. Why do I have to swithch on the light, when you are much closer to it 既然你离灯那么近，为什么非要让我过去开灯？
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. 我们待人处事，往往以舒适豪华为人生的主要要求，而其实唯一使我们过得真正幸福的，就是要有所热情关注。
How can I ever get a job in America when I can’t even speak English 我连英语都不会说，又怎么能够在美国找到工作呢？
How silly we are to sit around inside when outside it is so lovely. 外面这么好，咱们呆在室内多么笨。
2).half of + 名词（或代词）充当主语时，其谓语动词的数与half本身无关，而决定于half of之后的名词（或代词）的数。名词为单数，谓语动词用单数；名词为复数，谓语动词用复数。
E.g. Half of the land is cultivated. 这些土地的一半已耕种。
Half of the books have been placed on the shelves. 这些书有一半已放在书架上了。
【参考译文】既然几乎每个人都有手机，为什么超过一半的澳大利亚家庭还在为固定电话付费？
2. These days you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone.
1).be hard pressed to do sth. 意为“很难做某事”，相当于have difficulty (in) doing sth.。
E.g. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone better for the job.(=You’d have difficulty (in) finding anyone better for the job.) 找一个更好的人来做这一工作很难。
This year the airlines will be hard pressed to make a profit. 今年各航空公司将难以盈利。
Although her husband has promised again and again to be faithful to her, Mary is
still hard pressed to let her defenses down.(= ... Mary still has difficulty (in) letting her defenses down.) 尽管她的丈夫再三承诺会对她忠诚，玛丽还是很难放下戒备心理。
2). who doesn’t own a mobile phone是一个定语从句，关系代词who指代先行词anyone，并在从句中做主语。在通常情况下，用作主语的that远没有who那么常用，但是， 在形容词最高级之后以及all, nobody, no one, somebody, someone, anybody等和those之后也可以用that作关系代词。
E.g. He was the best king who/that ever sat on the throne. 他是这个王朝建立以来最贤明的君主。
All who/that heard him were delighted. 所有听了他讲话的人都很高兴。
Happiness and success often come to those who are good at recognizing their own
strengths. 幸福和成功总青睐能善于意识到自己长处的人们。
【参考译文】现如今，你很难在澳大利亚找到一个15岁以上没有手机的人。
3. Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies.
1). Of those Australians who still have a landline部分为了强调，被放到了句首。原来的语序是：A third of those Australians who still have a landline concede that ... 。主语是those Australians，谓语动词是concede；who still have a landline是定语从句，关系代词who指代先行词those Australians, 在从句中做主语；concede后面接了两个宾语从句，由and并列；破折号后while引导一个对比状语从句。
2). Of those Australians who still have a landline本来在a third和19 percent后面，为了强调被放到了句首。表示分数、百分数的的短语作主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式和分数后面的名词（或代词）一致。
E.g. Two thirds of the apples were bad. 三分之二的苹果坏了。
Approximately three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered with water。 大约四分之三的地球表面被水所覆盖。
One-third of the country is covered with trees and the majority of the citizens are black people. 这个国家的三分之一覆盖着森林，并且大多数公民是黑人。
As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area need repairing. 由于洪水爆发，这个地区三分之二的建筑需要修复。
The company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third were used regularly. Now we have 60 working all day long. 公司有将近20台笔记本电脑，但是只有三分之一被经常使用。现在我们每天有60台都在全天候的使用着。
Two fifths of the land in that district is covered with trees and grass. 那个地区五分之二的土地被树木和草覆盖着。
3). while引导对比状语从句，用以比较或对比两个事实，表示两者的不同。意为“而，然而”，相当于whereas。
E.g. Fred gambled his money away while Julia spent hers all on dresses and bric-a-brac. 弗雷德把自己的钱赌博赌掉，而朱丽亚则把钱花在衣服和摆设上。
Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent. 从地理上来说，英国位于欧洲的边沿，而巴黎则是在大陆的中心。
【参考译文】在那些仍然拥有固定电话的澳大利亚人中，三分之一承认这是不是真的有必要，他们把它当作安慰物——19% 的人说他们从不使用它，而另外 13% 的人会保留它以防万一。
Age isn't the only factor; I'd say it's also to do with the makeup of your household.
1). I’d是I would的缩写形式。这里助动词would用来表示委婉语气，不把话说死。
E.g. I’d say it’s too late. 看来为时已晚。
I’d have to sit down and think. 我需要坐下来想一想。
2). be to do with ... 意为“与......有关”，“与......有联系”。
E.g. It may be to do with history. 这也许与历史有关。
Talent isn’t the only factor; it is also to do with diligence. 天赋是一方面，它还与后天的勤奋有关。
【参考译文】年龄不是唯一的因素；我想说这也与你家的构成有关。
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member.
1). 句中的it用作形式宾语（或称先行宾语），正真的宾语是to have a home phone。即“find + it + adj. + to do sth”.结构
E.g. Haywood found it difficult to explain his beliefs to Philip. 海伍德觉得难于向菲利普解释他的信念。
Sometimes he found it very hard to like Fellowes. 有时他觉得很难喜欢费洛斯。
She soon found it possible to do this regularly. 她很快发现有可能经常感这种事。
2). 本句中的rather than用作介词，意为“而不是”，相当于instead of。
E.g. We ought to cheek up, rather than just accepting what he says. 我们应该检查一下，而不是只接受他所说的话。
Their actions precipitated the war rather than averting it. 他们的行动不是阻止战争而是加速战争。
【参考译文】有年轻家庭的X一代，比如我和我的妻子，还是会发现有一部家用电话比为每个家庭成员提供一部手机更方便。
That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
1). to be honest意为“诚实地说”、“老实说”，一般放在句首或用作插入语，独立使用。用来表示说话人对说话内容所持的态度，即对句子内容的评论。可成为“评论性动词不定式”（也有专家学者把这种不定式称为“独立不定式”）。类似的还有：to begin/start with（首先），to conclude（最后），to tell the truth（说实话），to be fair（公平而论），to put it mildly（说得委婉些），to be precise（准确地说），to be truthful（诚实地说），to be frank with you（坦白地对你说），to speak candidly（坦率地说），to put it briefly（简而言之）。
E.g. We can’t go. To begin with, it’s too cold. Besides, we’ve no money. 我们不能走。首先，天气太冷。另外，我们也没钱。
To tell he truth, I was not sorry to be rid of him. 说实话，离开他，我并不难过。
To put it mildly, she’s just a bit inquisitive. 说得委婉些，她只是爱管闲事。
To be frank with you, I like you, and should be glad to give you any help I can. 坦白地对你说，我喜欢你，很高兴给你我所能给的一切帮助。
2). who ever ring our home phone是定语从句，关系代词who指代先行词people，并在从句中做主语。
当先行词受only修饰时，定语从句中充当主语的关系代词在表示人时，使用that多于who；在表示物时，使用that多于which。
E.g. He’s the only man that can do it. 他时唯一能做这事的人。
She’s the only person that understand me. 她是唯一了解我的人。
“Because they are the only people who have golden trumpets,”said the ruler. “因为只有他们才有金喇叭，”国王说，“其余的都是穷苦大众。”
3). where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone ... 是定语从句，where用作关系副词，先行词是point。to the point ... 意为“达到......的程度”，“近乎......”。
关系副词where的先行词通常是表地点或处所的名词。
E.g. This is the town where I was born. 这是我出生的那个小镇。
但是，关系副词where的先行词也可以是point，case，condition，situation，
stage，position，job，activity，family，race，environment，letter，work，topic等名词。
E.g. I have reached a point in my life where I am supposed to make decisions of my own. 在我的生活中我已经到了我要自己做出决定的这个地步了。
We're just trying to reach a point where both sides will sit down together and talk. 我们只是在努力达到一个能使双方坐下来对话的点。
And there’s one point where I’d like your advice. 有一点我想征求您的意见。
You reach a point in any project where you just want to get the thing finished. 从事任何一个项目你都会进入一种境界：一心只想完成它。
【参考译文】尽管如此，老实说，唯一给我们家打电话的人是我们婴儿潮一代的父母，以至于我们玩游戏并在接电话之前猜测谁打电话（使用来电显示会失去乐趣）。
【答案】B A C B
【附：学案】
精 读 高 考 真 题 (九）
高考英语真题是英语学习的宝藏，精读一篇远胜过刷题十篇。相较于教材、日常习题，高考真题的语料更加新颖、更有针对性。长期精读高考真题有利于增强英语学习的信心，从而极大提高学习英语的效率。
一、真题再现
When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机)
These days you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.
Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter （29%） rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey （调查）.Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.
More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor （因素）-only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who've perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn't the only factor; I'd say it's also to do with the makeup of your household.
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
How attached are you to your landline How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries
24. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones
A. Their target users. B. Their wide popularity.
C. Their major functions. D. Their complex design.
25. What does the underlined word "concede" in paragraph 3 mean
A. Admit. B. Argue. C. Remember. D. Remark.
26. What can we say about Baby Boomers
A. They like smartphone games. B. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity.
C. They keep using landline phones. D. They are attached to their family.
27. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph
A. It remains a family necessity. B. It will fall out of use some day.
C. It may increase daily expenses. D. It is as important as the gas light.
（2021年全国乙卷阅读理解B篇）
二、语篇导读：本文的语篇类型是_______，主题语境为__________。介绍了_________________________________________________________。
三、重点单词（词性转换词、熟词生意词、超纲词）和短语
1. a mobile phone
2. more than half of ...
3. pay for ...
4. in fact
5. plenty of ...
6. practically adv.
practical adj.
make calls
receive calls
make and receive calls
still adv.
a quarter
rely on ...
according to ...
smartphone n.
a third (of ... )
concede vt.
keep ... as ...
16.a security blanket
17. further adj.
18. in case of ...
19. fall into ... n.
fall into that category
choose to do sth.
stick with ...
naturally adv.
natural adj.
nature n.
Generation Y
Generation X
now and then
compared to/with ...
boomer n.
Baby Boomers
boom v.
makeup n.
household n.
provide sth. for sb.
that said, ...
pick up the phone
Caller ID n.
take the fun out of ...
attached adj.
be attached to ...
attach vt.
delivery n.
milk deliveries
deliver v.
go the way of ...
target users
popularity n.
wide popularity
popular adj.
necessity n.
a family necessity
necessary adj.
fall ou of ...
fall out of use
some day
daily expenses
四、关键结构和长难句
1. When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机) .
1).本句中的when意为______________，不表示单纯的时间意义；主从句之间没有时间关系，只有意义上的对比关系，而且是彼此相反的强烈对比。
E.g. Why do I have to swithch on the light, _________you are much closer to it 既然你离灯那么近，为什么非要让我过去开灯？
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, ______ all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. 我们待人处事，往往以舒适豪华为人生的主要要求，而其实唯一使我们过得真正幸福的，就是要有所热情关注。
How can I ever get a job in America _________ I can’t even speak English 我连英语都不会说，又怎么能够在美国找到工作呢？
How silly we are to sit around inside __________ outside it is so lovely. 外面这么好，咱们呆在室内多么笨。
2).half of + 名词（或代词）充当主语时，其谓语动词的数与half本身_______，而决定于_________________的数。名词为单数，谓语动词用单数；名词为复数，谓语动词用复数。
E.g. Half of the land ________ cultivated. 这些土地的一半已耕种。
Half of the books __________________ on the shelves. 这些书有一半已放在书架上了。
【译文】____________________________________________________？
2. These days you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone.
1).be hard pressed to do sth. 意为_______________，相当于______________________。
E.g. You’d ______________________ anyone better for the job.(=You’d ______________________anyone better for the job.) 找一个更好的人来做这一工作很难。
This year the airlines will __________________ a profit. 今年各航空公司将难以盈利。
Although her husband has promised again and again to be faithful to her, Mary ________________________ her defenses down.(= ... Mary still ________________________ her defenses down.) 尽管她的丈夫再三承诺会对她忠诚，玛丽还是很难放下戒备心理。
2). who doesn’t own a mobile phone是一个___________，关系代词who指代先行词_________，并在从句中做_________语。在通常情况下，用作主语的that远没有who那么常用，但是， 在形容词最高级之后以及all, nobody, no one, somebody, someone, anybody等和those之后也可以用that作关系代词。
E.g. He was the best king ____________ ever sat on the throne. 他是这个王朝建立以来最贤明的君主。
All ____________ heard him were delighted. 所有听了他讲话的人都很高兴。
Happiness and success often come to those __________are good at recognizing their own strengths. 幸福和成功总青睐能善于意识到自己长处的人们。
【译文】_______________________________________________。
3. Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies.
1). Of those Australians who still have a landline部分为了________，被放到了句首。原来的语序是：_____________________________________ concede that... 。主语是_________________，谓语动词是_____________；who still have a landline是________________，关系代词who指代先行词__________________, 在从句中做______语；concede后面接了两个___________，由_______并列；破折号后while引导一个__________________。
2). Of those Australians who still have a landline本来在a third和19 percent后面，为了强调被放到了句首。表示分数、百分数的的短语作主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式和____________________一致。
E.g. Two thirds of the apples __________bad. 三分之二的苹果坏了。
Approximately three-fourths of the earth’s surface __________covered with water。 大约四分之三的地球表面被水所覆盖。
One-third of the country __________covered with trees and the majority of the citizens are black people. 这个国家的三分之一覆盖着森林，并且大多数公民是黑人。
As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area _________repairing. 由于洪水爆发，这个地区三分之二的建筑需要修复。
The company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third ____________ used regularly. Now we have 60 working all day long. 公司有将近20台笔记本电脑，但是只有三分之一被经常使用。现在我们每天有60台都在全天候的使用着。
Two fifths of the land in that district _______ covered with trees and grass. 那个地区五分之二的土地被树木和草覆盖着。
3). while引导对比状语从句，用以__________个事实，表示两者的不同。意为_________，相当于whereas。
E.g. Fred gambled his money away _______ Julia spent hers all on dresses and bric-a-brac. 弗雷德把自己的钱赌博赌掉，而朱丽亚则把钱花在衣服和摆设上。
Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, ________ Paris is at the heart of the continent. 从地理上来说，英国位于欧洲的边沿，而巴黎则是在大陆的中心。
【译文】________________________________________________________。
Age isn't the only factor; I'd say it's also to do with the makeup of your household.
1). I’d是I would的缩写形式。这里助动词would用来表示委婉语气，不把话说死。
E.g. I’d say it’s too late. 看来为时已晚。
I’d have to sit down and think. 我需要坐下来想一想。
2). be to do with ... 意为_____________________。
E.g. It may ________________history. 这也许与历史有关。
Talent isn’t the only factor; it _______________ diligence. 天赋是一方面，它还与后天的勤奋有关。
【译文】_______________________________________。
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member.
1). 句中的it用__________________，正真的宾语是__________________。即“find +_____+ adj. + ___________”.结构
E.g. Haywood found_______difficult_________________ his beliefs to Philip. 海伍德觉得难于向菲利普解释他的信念。
Sometimes he found ____________ very hard ____________ Fellowes. 有时他觉得很难喜欢费洛斯。
She soon found ___________possible ___________ this regularly. 她很快发现有可能经常感这种事。
2). 本句中的rather than用作介词，意为______________，相当于instead of。
E.g. We ought to cheek up, ____________ just _______ what he says. 我们应该检查一下，而不是只接受他所说的话。
Their actions precipitated the war ___________________it. 他们的行动不是阻止战争而是加速战争。
【译文】_______________________________________________________。
That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
1). to be honest意为__________________，一般放在________或用作_________，独立使用。用来表示说话人对说话内容所持的态度，即对句子内容的评论。可成为“评论性动词不定式”（也有专家学者把这种不定式称为“独立不定式”）。类似的还有：to begin/start with（首先），to conclude（最后），to tell the truth（说实话），to be fair（公平而论），to put it mildly（说得委婉些），to be precise（准确地说），to be truthful（诚实地说），to be frank with you（坦白地对你说），to speak candidly（坦率地说），to put it briefly（简而言之）。
E.g. We can’t go. _______________, it’s too cold. Besides, we’ve no money. 我们不能走。首先，天气太冷。另外，我们也没钱。
______________, I was not sorry to be rid of him. 说实话，离开他，我并不难过。
________________, she’s just a bit inquisitive. 说得委婉些，她只是爱管闲事。
_________________, I like you, and should be glad to give you any help I can. 坦白地对你说，我喜欢你，很高兴给你我所能给的一切帮助。
2). who ever ring our home phone是___________，关系代词who指代先行词______，并在从句中做________。
当先行词受only修饰时，定语从句中充当主语的关系代词在表示人时，使用that多于who；在表示物时，使用that多于which。
E.g. He’s the only man that can do it. 他时唯一能做这事的人。
She’s the only person that understand me. 她是唯一了解我的人。
“Because they are the only people who have golden trumpets,”said the ruler. “因为只有他们才有金喇叭，”国王说，“其余的都是穷苦大众。”
3). where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone ... 是________，where用作_________，先行词是_________。to the point ... 意为___________。
关系副词where的先行词通常是表地点或处所的名词。
E.g. This is the town ____________ I was born. 这是我出生的那个小镇。
但是，关系副词where的先行词也可以是point，case，condition，situation，
stage，position，job，activity，family，race，environment，letter，work，topic等名词。
E.g. I have reached a point in my life ___________ I am supposed to make decisions of my own. 在我的生活中我已经到了我要自己做出决定的这个地步了。
We're just trying to reach a point _______ both sides will sit down together and talk. 我们只是在努力达到一个能使双方坐下来对话的点。
And there’s one point _________ I’d like your advice. 有一点我想征求您的意见。
You reach a point in any project ___________ you just want to get the thing finished. 从事任何一个项目你都会进入一种境界：一心只想完成它。
【参考译文】___________________________________________________。
高考英语真题是英语学习的宝藏，精读一篇远胜过刷题十篇。相较于教材、日常习题，高考真题的语料更加新颖、更有针对性。长期精读高考真题有利于增强英语学习的信心，从而极大提高学习英语的效率。
一、真题再现
When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机)
These days you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.
Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter （29%） rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey （调查）.Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.
More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor （因素）-only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who've perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn't the only factor; I'd say it's also to do with the makeup of your household.
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
How attached are you to your landline How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries
24. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones
A. Their target users. B. Their wide popularity.
C. Their major functions. D. Their complex design.
25. What does the underlined word "concede" in paragraph 3 mean
A. Admit. B. Argue. C. Remember. D. Remark.
26. What can we say about Baby Boomers
A. They like smartphone games. B. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity.
C. They keep using landline phones. D. They are attached to their family.
27. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph
A. It remains a family necessity. B. It will fall out of use some day.
C. It may increase daily expenses. D. It is as important as the gas light.
（2021年全国乙卷阅读理解B篇）
二、语篇导读：本文的语篇类型是说明文，主题语境为人与社会。介绍了如今几乎每人都有手机的情况下，仍有一半以上的澳大利亚家庭坚持使用座机的现象，并分析其存在的原因。
三、重点单词（词性转换词、熟词生意词、超纲词）和短语
1. a mobile phone 手机
2. more than half of ... 一半以上的 ......（half前面不加冠词a）
3. pay for ... 为......付款，付钱给......
4. in fact 实际上，事实上
5. plenty of ... 大量的......，充足的......（后接可数名词或不可数名词，动词与此名词的数保持一致；通常用于肯定句，否定句和疑问句中使用enough, much或 many）
6. practically adv. 几乎、差不多；实际上、实践上
practical adj. 实际的，实用的，实践的
make calls 打电话
receive calls 接听电话
make and receive calls 接打电话
still adv. 但是，然而，尽管如此（熟词生义）
a quarter 四分之一
rely on ... 依赖......，依靠......
according to ... 根据......，按照......
smartphone n. 智能手机（合成词）
a third (of ... ) 三分之一（的 ...... ）
concede vt. 承认（后常接that从句，同义词：admit）（课标外词）
keep ... as ... 把......留作为......
a security blanket （小孩喜欢抱着以得到安全感的）安乐毯，安慰物（指能带给人安
全感的人或者事物）
17. further adj. 更多的，附加的，另外的（熟词生义）
18. in case of ... 在......情形时，万一......
19. fall into ... n. 属于......，分成......
fall into that category 属于那一类
choose to do sth. 选择做某事
stick with ... 继续做/使用......，坚持......，不放弃......
naturally adv. 自然地，当然地，天然地
natural adj. 自然的，天然的
nature n. 自然，自然界
Generation Y Y一代（指20世纪80年代后至本世纪初出生的年轻人）
Generation X X一代（又称“失落的一代”，指20世纪60年代末到70年代中期出生
的那拨人，是Generation Y之前的一代）
now and then 有时，偶尔（相当于sometimes）
compared to/with ... 与......比较起来，较之......
boomer n. （非正式）在生育高峰期出生的人
Baby Boomers 婴儿潮一代（在1946-1964年出生的孩子被称为“婴儿潮一代”）
boom v. 突然繁荣，暴涨
makeup n. 组成，构成（动词转名词）
household n. 家庭，一家人（合成词）
provide sth. for sb. 为某人提供某物（=provide sb. with sth.）
that said, ... 尽管如此，......
pick up the phone 拿起电话，接电话
Caller ID n. 来电显示
take the fun out of ... 是......失去乐趣
attached adj. 喜爱的，依恋的（分词形容词）
be attached to ... 喜爱......，依恋......
attach vt. 粘贴，使附属，使喜爱
delivery n. 投递，发送（-y接在形容词、动词后构成名词）
milk deliveries 牛奶投送
deliver v. 投递，传送
go the way of ... 走......的道路，重蹈......的覆辙
target users 目标用户
popularity n. 流行，受欢迎
wide popularity 广受欢迎，广泛流行
popular adj. 流行的，大众的，受欢迎的
necessity n. （U）必要（性），（C）必需品
a family necessity 家庭必需品
necessary adj. 必要的，必需的，必须的
fall ou of ... 从......落下
fall out of use 停止使用
some day 总有一天，有朝一日
daily expenses 日常开销
四、关键结构和长难句
1. When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机) .
1).本句中的when意为“既然、尽管、虽然”，不表示单纯的时间意义；主从句之间没有时间关系，只有意义上的对比关系，而且是彼此相反的强烈对比。
E.g. Why do I have to swithch on the light, when you are much closer to it 既然你离灯那么近，为什么非要让我过去开灯？
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. 我们待人处事，往往以舒适豪华为人生的主要要求，而其实唯一使我们过得真正幸福的，就是要有所热情关注。
How can I ever get a job in America when I can’t even speak English 我连英语都不会说，又怎么能够在美国找到工作呢？
How silly we are to sit around inside when outside it is so lovely. 外面这么好，咱们呆在室内多么笨。
2).half of + 名词（或代词）充当主语时，其谓语动词的数与half本身无关，而决定于half of之后的名词（或代词）的数。名词为单数，谓语动词用单数；名词为复数，谓语动词用复数。
E.g. Half of the land is cultivated. 这些土地的一半已耕种。
Half of the books have been placed on the shelves. 这些书有一半已放在书架上了。
【参考译文】既然几乎每个人都有手机，为什么超过一半的澳大利亚家庭还在为固定电话付费？
2. These days you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone.
1).be hard pressed to do sth. 意为“很难做某事”，相当于have difficulty (in) doing sth.。
E.g. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone better for the job.(=You’d have difficulty (in) finding anyone better for the job.) 找一个更好的人来做这一工作很难。
This year the airlines will be hard pressed to make a profit. 今年各航空公司将难以盈利。
Although her husband has promised again and again to be faithful to her, Mary is
still hard pressed to let her defenses down.(= ... Mary still has difficulty (in) letting her defenses down.) 尽管她的丈夫再三承诺会对她忠诚，玛丽还是很难放下戒备心理。
2). who doesn’t own a mobile phone是一个定语从句，关系代词who指代先行词anyone，并在从句中做主语。在通常情况下，用作主语的that远没有who那么常用，但是， 在形容词最高级之后以及all, nobody, no one, somebody, someone, anybody等和those之后也可以用that作关系代词。
E.g. He was the best king who/that ever sat on the throne. 他是这个王朝建立以来最贤明的君主。
All who/that heard him were delighted. 所有听了他讲话的人都很高兴。
Happiness and success often come to those who are good at recognizing their own
strengths. 幸福和成功总青睐能善于意识到自己长处的人们。
【参考译文】现如今，你很难在澳大利亚找到一个15岁以上没有手机的人。
3. Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies.
1). Of those Australians who still have a landline部分为了强调，被放到了句首。原来的语序是：A third of those Australians who still have a landline concede that ... 。主语是those Australians，谓语动词是concede；who still have a landline是定语从句，关系代词who指代先行词those Australians, 在从句中做主语；concede后面接了两个宾语从句，由and并列；破折号后while引导一个对比状语从句。
2). Of those Australians who still have a landline本来在a third和19 percent后面，为了强调被放到了句首。表示分数、百分数的的短语作主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式和分数后面的名词（或代词）一致。
E.g. Two thirds of the apples were bad. 三分之二的苹果坏了。
Approximately three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered with water。 大约四分之三的地球表面被水所覆盖。
One-third of the country is covered with trees and the majority of the citizens are black people. 这个国家的三分之一覆盖着森林，并且大多数公民是黑人。
As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area need repairing. 由于洪水爆发，这个地区三分之二的建筑需要修复。
The company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third were used regularly. Now we have 60 working all day long. 公司有将近20台笔记本电脑，但是只有三分之一被经常使用。现在我们每天有60台都在全天候的使用着。
Two fifths of the land in that district is covered with trees and grass. 那个地区五分之二的土地被树木和草覆盖着。
3). while引导对比状语从句，用以比较或对比两个事实，表示两者的不同。意为“而，然而”，相当于whereas。
E.g. Fred gambled his money away while Julia spent hers all on dresses and bric-a-brac. 弗雷德把自己的钱赌博赌掉，而朱丽亚则把钱花在衣服和摆设上。
Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent. 从地理上来说，英国位于欧洲的边沿，而巴黎则是在大陆的中心。
【参考译文】在那些仍然拥有固定电话的澳大利亚人中，三分之一承认这是不是真的有必要，他们把它当作安慰物——19% 的人说他们从不使用它，而另外 13% 的人会保留它以防万一。
Age isn't the only factor; I'd say it's also to do with the makeup of your household.
1). I’d是I would的缩写形式。这里助动词would用来表示委婉语气，不把话说死。
E.g. I’d say it’s too late. 看来为时已晚。
I’d have to sit down and think. 我需要坐下来想一想。
2). be to do with ... 意为“与......有关”，“与......有联系”。
E.g. It may be to do with history. 这也许与历史有关。
Talent isn’t the only factor; it is also to do with diligence. 天赋是一方面，它还与后天的勤奋有关。
【参考译文】年龄不是唯一的因素；我想说这也与你家的构成有关。
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member.
1). 句中的it用作形式宾语（或称先行宾语），正真的宾语是to have a home phone。即“find + it + adj. + to do sth”.结构
E.g. Haywood found it difficult to explain his beliefs to Philip. 海伍德觉得难于向菲利普解释他的信念。
Sometimes he found it very hard to like Fellowes. 有时他觉得很难喜欢费洛斯。
She soon found it possible to do this regularly. 她很快发现有可能经常感这种事。
2). 本句中的rather than用作介词，意为“而不是”，相当于instead of。
E.g. We ought to cheek up, rather than just accepting what he says. 我们应该检查一下，而不是只接受他所说的话。
Their actions precipitated the war rather than averting it. 他们的行动不是阻止战争而是加速战争。
【参考译文】有年轻家庭的X一代，比如我和我的妻子，还是会发现有一部家用电话比为每个家庭成员提供一部手机更方便。
That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
1). to be honest意为“诚实地说”、“老实说”，一般放在句首或用作插入语，独立使用。用来表示说话人对说话内容所持的态度，即对句子内容的评论。可成为“评论性动词不定式”（也有专家学者把这种不定式称为“独立不定式”）。类似的还有：to begin/start with（首先），to conclude（最后），to tell the truth（说实话），to be fair（公平而论），to put it mildly（说得委婉些），to be precise（准确地说），to be truthful（诚实地说），to be frank with you（坦白地对你说），to speak candidly（坦率地说），to put it briefly（简而言之）。
E.g. We can’t go. To begin with, it’s too cold. Besides, we’ve no money. 我们不能走。首先，天气太冷。另外，我们也没钱。
To tell he truth, I was not sorry to be rid of him. 说实话，离开他，我并不难过。
To put it mildly, she’s just a bit inquisitive. 说得委婉些，她只是爱管闲事。
To be frank with you, I like you, and should be glad to give you any help I can. 坦白地对你说，我喜欢你，很高兴给你我所能给的一切帮助。
2). who ever ring our home phone是定语从句，关系代词who指代先行词people，并在从句中做主语。
当先行词受only修饰时，定语从句中充当主语的关系代词在表示人时，使用that多于who；在表示物时，使用that多于which。
E.g. He’s the only man that can do it. 他时唯一能做这事的人。
She’s the only person that understand me. 她是唯一了解我的人。
“Because they are the only people who have golden trumpets,”said the ruler. “因为只有他们才有金喇叭，”国王说，“其余的都是穷苦大众。”
3). where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone ... 是定语从句，where用作关系副词，先行词是point。to the point ... 意为“达到......的程度”，“近乎......”。
关系副词where的先行词通常是表地点或处所的名词。
E.g. This is the town where I was born. 这是我出生的那个小镇。
但是，关系副词where的先行词也可以是point，case，condition，situation，
stage，position，job，activity，family，race，environment，letter，work，topic等名词。
E.g. I have reached a point in my life where I am supposed to make decisions of my own. 在我的生活中我已经到了我要自己做出决定的这个地步了。
We're just trying to reach a point where both sides will sit down together and talk. 我们只是在努力达到一个能使双方坐下来对话的点。
And there’s one point where I’d like your advice. 有一点我想征求您的意见。
You reach a point in any project where you just want to get the thing finished. 从事任何一个项目你都会进入一种境界：一心只想完成它。
【参考译文】尽管如此，老实说，唯一给我们家打电话的人是我们婴儿潮一代的父母，以至于我们玩游戏并在接电话之前猜测谁打电话（使用来电显示会失去乐趣）。
【答案】B A C B
【附：学案】
精 读 高 考 真 题 (九）
高考英语真题是英语学习的宝藏，精读一篇远胜过刷题十篇。相较于教材、日常习题，高考真题的语料更加新颖、更有针对性。长期精读高考真题有利于增强英语学习的信心，从而极大提高学习英语的效率。
一、真题再现
When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机)
These days you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone. In fact plenty of younger kids have one in their pocket. Practically everyone can make and receive calls anywhere, anytime.
Still, 55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter （29%） rely only on their smartphones, according to a survey （调查）.Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies. I think my home falls into that category.
More than half of Australian homes are still choosing to stick with their home phone. Age is naturally a factor （因素）-only 58 percent of Generation Ys still use landlines now and then, compared to 84 percent of Baby Boomers who've perhaps had the same home number for 50 years. Age isn't the only factor; I'd say it's also to do with the makeup of your household.
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member. That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
How attached are you to your landline How long until they go the way of gas street lamps and morning milk deliveries
24. What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us about mobile phones
A. Their target users. B. Their wide popularity.
C. Their major functions. D. Their complex design.
25. What does the underlined word "concede" in paragraph 3 mean
A. Admit. B. Argue. C. Remember. D. Remark.
26. What can we say about Baby Boomers
A. They like smartphone games. B. They enjoy guessing callers’ identity.
C. They keep using landline phones. D. They are attached to their family.
27. What can be inferred about the landline from the last paragraph
A. It remains a family necessity. B. It will fall out of use some day.
C. It may increase daily expenses. D. It is as important as the gas light.
（2021年全国乙卷阅读理解B篇）
二、语篇导读：本文的语篇类型是_______，主题语境为__________。介绍了_________________________________________________________。
三、重点单词（词性转换词、熟词生意词、超纲词）和短语
1. a mobile phone
2. more than half of ...
3. pay for ...
4. in fact
5. plenty of ...
6. practically adv.
practical adj.
make calls
receive calls
make and receive calls
still adv.
a quarter
rely on ...
according to ...
smartphone n.
a third (of ... )
concede vt.
keep ... as ...
16.a security blanket
17. further adj.
18. in case of ...
19. fall into ... n.
fall into that category
choose to do sth.
stick with ...
naturally adv.
natural adj.
nature n.
Generation Y
Generation X
now and then
compared to/with ...
boomer n.
Baby Boomers
boom v.
makeup n.
household n.
provide sth. for sb.
that said, ...
pick up the phone
Caller ID n.
take the fun out of ...
attached adj.
be attached to ...
attach vt.
delivery n.
milk deliveries
deliver v.
go the way of ...
target users
popularity n.
wide popularity
popular adj.
necessity n.
a family necessity
necessary adj.
fall ou of ...
fall out of use
some day
daily expenses
四、关键结构和长难句
1. When almost everyone has a mobile phone, why are more than half of Australian homes still paying for a landline (座机) .
1).本句中的when意为______________，不表示单纯的时间意义；主从句之间没有时间关系，只有意义上的对比关系，而且是彼此相反的强烈对比。
E.g. Why do I have to swithch on the light, _________you are much closer to it 既然你离灯那么近，为什么非要让我过去开灯？
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, ______ all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. 我们待人处事，往往以舒适豪华为人生的主要要求，而其实唯一使我们过得真正幸福的，就是要有所热情关注。
How can I ever get a job in America _________ I can’t even speak English 我连英语都不会说，又怎么能够在美国找到工作呢？
How silly we are to sit around inside __________ outside it is so lovely. 外面这么好，咱们呆在室内多么笨。
2).half of + 名词（或代词）充当主语时，其谓语动词的数与half本身_______，而决定于_________________的数。名词为单数，谓语动词用单数；名词为复数，谓语动词用复数。
E.g. Half of the land ________ cultivated. 这些土地的一半已耕种。
Half of the books __________________ on the shelves. 这些书有一半已放在书架上了。
【译文】____________________________________________________？
2. These days you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in Australia over the age of 15 who doesn’t own a mobile phone.
1).be hard pressed to do sth. 意为_______________，相当于______________________。
E.g. You’d ______________________ anyone better for the job.(=You’d ______________________anyone better for the job.) 找一个更好的人来做这一工作很难。
This year the airlines will __________________ a profit. 今年各航空公司将难以盈利。
Although her husband has promised again and again to be faithful to her, Mary ________________________ her defenses down.(= ... Mary still ________________________ her defenses down.) 尽管她的丈夫再三承诺会对她忠诚，玛丽还是很难放下戒备心理。
2). who doesn’t own a mobile phone是一个___________，关系代词who指代先行词_________，并在从句中做_________语。在通常情况下，用作主语的that远没有who那么常用，但是， 在形容词最高级之后以及all, nobody, no one, somebody, someone, anybody等和those之后也可以用that作关系代词。
E.g. He was the best king ____________ ever sat on the throne. 他是这个王朝建立以来最贤明的君主。
All ____________ heard him were delighted. 所有听了他讲话的人都很高兴。
Happiness and success often come to those __________are good at recognizing their own strengths. 幸福和成功总青睐能善于意识到自己长处的人们。
【译文】_______________________________________________。
3. Of those Australians who still have a landline, a third concede that it's not really necessary and they're keeping it as a security blanket - 19 percent say they never use it while a further 13 percent keep it in case of emergencies.
1). Of those Australians who still have a landline部分为了________，被放到了句首。原来的语序是：_____________________________________ concede that... 。主语是_________________，谓语动词是_____________；who still have a landline是________________，关系代词who指代先行词__________________, 在从句中做______语；concede后面接了两个___________，由_______并列；破折号后while引导一个__________________。
2). Of those Australians who still have a landline本来在a third和19 percent后面，为了强调被放到了句首。表示分数、百分数的的短语作主语时，谓语动词的单复数形式和____________________一致。
E.g. Two thirds of the apples __________bad. 三分之二的苹果坏了。
Approximately three-fourths of the earth’s surface __________covered with water。 大约四分之三的地球表面被水所覆盖。
One-third of the country __________covered with trees and the majority of the citizens are black people. 这个国家的三分之一覆盖着森林，并且大多数公民是黑人。
As a result of the serious flood, two-thirds of the buildings in the area _________repairing. 由于洪水爆发，这个地区三分之二的建筑需要修复。
The company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third ____________ used regularly. Now we have 60 working all day long. 公司有将近20台笔记本电脑，但是只有三分之一被经常使用。现在我们每天有60台都在全天候的使用着。
Two fifths of the land in that district _______ covered with trees and grass. 那个地区五分之二的土地被树木和草覆盖着。
3). while引导对比状语从句，用以__________个事实，表示两者的不同。意为_________，相当于whereas。
E.g. Fred gambled his money away _______ Julia spent hers all on dresses and bric-a-brac. 弗雷德把自己的钱赌博赌掉，而朱丽亚则把钱花在衣服和摆设上。
Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, ________ Paris is at the heart of the continent. 从地理上来说，英国位于欧洲的边沿，而巴黎则是在大陆的中心。
【译文】________________________________________________________。
Age isn't the only factor; I'd say it's also to do with the makeup of your household.
1). I’d是I would的缩写形式。这里助动词would用来表示委婉语气，不把话说死。
E.g. I’d say it’s too late. 看来为时已晚。
I’d have to sit down and think. 我需要坐下来想一想。
2). be to do with ... 意为_____________________。
E.g. It may ________________history. 这也许与历史有关。
Talent isn’t the only factor; it _______________ diligence. 天赋是一方面，它还与后天的勤奋有关。
【译文】_______________________________________。
Generation Xers with young families, like my wife and I, can still find it convenient to have a home phone rather than providing a mobile phone for every family member.
1). 句中的it用__________________，正真的宾语是__________________。即“find +_____+ adj. + ___________”.结构
E.g. Haywood found_______difficult_________________ his beliefs to Philip. 海伍德觉得难于向菲利普解释他的信念。
Sometimes he found ____________ very hard ____________ Fellowes. 有时他觉得很难喜欢费洛斯。
She soon found ___________possible ___________ this regularly. 她很快发现有可能经常感这种事。
2). 本句中的rather than用作介词，意为______________，相当于instead of。
E.g. We ought to cheek up, ____________ just _______ what he says. 我们应该检查一下，而不是只接受他所说的话。
Their actions precipitated the war ___________________it. 他们的行动不是阻止战争而是加速战争。
【译文】_______________________________________________________。
That said, to be honest the only people who ever ring our home phone are our Baby Boomers parents, to the point where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone (using Caller ID would take the fun out of it).
1). to be honest意为__________________，一般放在________或用作_________，独立使用。用来表示说话人对说话内容所持的态度，即对句子内容的评论。可成为“评论性动词不定式”（也有专家学者把这种不定式称为“独立不定式”）。类似的还有：to begin/start with（首先），to conclude（最后），to tell the truth（说实话），to be fair（公平而论），to put it mildly（说得委婉些），to be precise（准确地说），to be truthful（诚实地说），to be frank with you（坦白地对你说），to speak candidly（坦率地说），to put it briefly（简而言之）。
E.g. We can’t go. _______________, it’s too cold. Besides, we’ve no money. 我们不能走。首先，天气太冷。另外，我们也没钱。
______________, I was not sorry to be rid of him. 说实话，离开他，我并不难过。
________________, she’s just a bit inquisitive. 说得委婉些，她只是爱管闲事。
_________________, I like you, and should be glad to give you any help I can. 坦白地对你说，我喜欢你，很高兴给你我所能给的一切帮助。
2). who ever ring our home phone是___________，关系代词who指代先行词______，并在从句中做________。
当先行词受only修饰时，定语从句中充当主语的关系代词在表示人时，使用that多于who；在表示物时，使用that多于which。
E.g. He’s the only man that can do it. 他时唯一能做这事的人。
She’s the only person that understand me. 她是唯一了解我的人。
“Because they are the only people who have golden trumpets,”said the ruler. “因为只有他们才有金喇叭，”国王说，“其余的都是穷苦大众。”
3). where we play a game and guess who is calling before we pick up the phone ... 是________，where用作_________，先行词是_________。to the point ... 意为___________。
关系副词where的先行词通常是表地点或处所的名词。
E.g. This is the town ____________ I was born. 这是我出生的那个小镇。
但是，关系副词where的先行词也可以是point，case，condition，situation，
stage，position，job，activity，family，race，environment，letter，work，topic等名词。
E.g. I have reached a point in my life ___________ I am supposed to make decisions of my own. 在我的生活中我已经到了我要自己做出决定的这个地步了。
We're just trying to reach a point _______ both sides will sit down together and talk. 我们只是在努力达到一个能使双方坐下来对话的点。
And there’s one point _________ I’d like your advice. 有一点我想征求您的意见。
You reach a point in any project ___________ you just want to get the thing finished. 从事任何一个项目你都会进入一种境界：一心只想完成它。
【参考译文】___________________________________________________。