Module 3 Life now and then 词句精讲精练（含答案）

Module 3 Life now and then
词句精讲精练

词汇精讲
1. exercise
（1）exercise作动词，意为“运动，锻炼”等时，既可以作及物动词也可以作不及物动词。例如：
Every day I exercise before I go to sleep.（不及物动词）
我每天睡觉前锻炼。
We should often exercise our muscles. (及物动词)
我们应当经常锻炼肌肉。
（2）exercise作名词，意为“练习，操”等时，是可数名词。意为“锻炼”时，是不可数名词。例如：
We should do eye exercises. 我们应该做眼保健操。
Let’s take exercise together. 让我们一起锻炼吧。
2. used to
used to do sth.是一个固定结构，意思是“过去经常做某事”，后面用动词原形，表示过去的某种经常性、习惯性的行为或者动作，并意味着这种动作目前已经不存在。
例如：
肯定句：I used to play with my friends after school.
过去放学后我常常和朋友们一起玩。
否定句：You didn’t use to like pop songs. = You usedn’t to like pop songs.
你过去不喜欢流行歌曲。
一般疑问句：Did your sister use to be quiet? = Used your sister to be quiet?
你的妹妹过去是很安静吗？
there be句式：There used to be a lot of fishes in this river.
过去这条小河常常有许多鱼。
【拓展】
（1）be used to do something意思是“被用来做某事”，是动词短语use …to do的被动语态结构。例如：
Knives are used to cut things. 小刀是用来切东西的。
（2）be used to doing something意思是“习惯于做某事”，to后接动词-ing形式。例如：
My father is used to living in the village. 我爸爸习惯于住在小山村。
3. married
married 意为“已婚的，结婚的”，在句子中常作表语。常用于词组be /get married to sb. 意为“与某人结婚”。例如：
They have been married for ten years. 他们已经结婚十年了。
Alice was married to a doctor last month. 上个月爱丽丝和一位医生结婚了。
【拓展】
married的动词形式是marry, 其常见用法如下：
（1）marry sb. = get married to sb. 意为“与……结婚”。例如：
John married Mary last week. 上星期约翰和玛丽结婚了。
（2）marry sb. to sb. 意为“把某人嫁给某人”。例如：
She married her daughter to a businessman. 她把女儿嫁给了一位商人。
（3）marry 一般不与介词with 连用。例如：
她和一位英国人结了婚。
【误】She married with an Englishman.
【正】She married an Englishman.
【正】She was / got married to an Englishman.
4. the number of/ a number of
（1）a number of 意为“许多”，后面接可数名词的复数形式，谓语动词用复数形式。number前面可以用large，great，small等修饰，构成a large number of; a small number of等。例如：
I have a number of letters to write. 我有许多信件要写。
A large number of students in our school are from the countryside.
我们学校许多学生来自农村。
A small number of students in our class went swimming yesterday.
昨天我们班一小部分学生去游泳了。
（2）the number of意为“……的数量”，后接可数名词复数，谓语动词用单数形式。例如：
The number of people speaking Chinese is larger than that of those speaking English. 说汉语的人数要大于说英语的人数。
5. busy
busy是形容词，意为“忙的，繁忙的”，在句中既可以作定语，又可作表语。它的反义词是free。常用于句式：be busy with sth，意为“忙于某事”； be busy doing sth，意为“忙于做某事”。例如：
My mother is busy with her work.
我的妈妈忙于她的工作。
We are busy cleaning the room.
我们正忙于清扫屋子。
6. lonely
lonely表示“寂寞的，孤寂的”，带有较强感彩，可用作表语或定语；表示“荒凉的，偏僻的”，用来说明地方，多用作定语。例如：
When his wife died, he was very lonely.
太太死后他非常孤独。
The old man lived in the lonely mountain village.
那个老人住在荒凉的山村。
【拓展】lonely与alone的辨析：
lonely作形容词，意为“（人）孤单的，寂寞的”，它更强调一种主观的感觉；alone作形容词和副词，意为“独自的（地），单独的（地）”，它更强调一种客观情况。alone作形容词，在句中只用作表语。例如：
Don’t leave me alone. I will feel lonely.
别留下我一个人，我会觉得孤单的。
7. afford
afford常用作及物动词，意为“买（经受）得起……；给予，提供”，其后常接名词、代词或动词不定式作宾语，afford后还可接双宾语。例如：
This kind of computer is too expensive and I can’t afford it．
这种电脑太贵了，我买不起。
At last I can afford a watch．
我终于买得起一只手表了。
I could not afford so much money for a bicycle．
我出不起那么多钱买一辆自行车。
I’ll afford you a chance．
我将给你提供一个机会。
8. close to
close to意为“靠近，接近”，相当于next to。例如：
Jim’s house is close to his school. 吉姆的家离学校很近。
I live close to the supermarket. 我住得离超市很近。
【拓展】
（1）close可作动词，意为“关上，闭上”。其形容词形式为closed，意为“关着的”。例如：
Please close the door. 请关上门。
Some stations are?closed?on public holidays. 在公共假日里某些车站是关闭的。
（2）close还可作形容词，意为“亲密的；势均力敌的”。例如：
close friends 密友 a close game势均力敌的比赛9. imagine
imagine是动词，意为“想象，推测”，后面可接名词、代词、宾语从句、复合宾语，常用于结构：imagine doing sth. 想象做某事。例如：
We can’t imagine what China will be like in the future.
我们无法想象将来中国是什么样子。
I can’t imagine leaving all my friends.
我无法想象离开我所有的朋友。
No one can imagine what would happen next.
没有人能想象出下一步会发生什么。
词汇精练
I. 英汉互译。
1. do exercise _________ 2. be busy doing… _________
3. used to do sth._________ 4. 离……近________
5. get married to sb. _________ 6. 想象做某事________
II. 根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子。
1. Life is b _______ today than in the past．
2. My homework is n _______ finished．
3. What do you like doing in your s_______ time?
4. The couple are said to be w______. They have several houses in Beijing．
5. Do you think people u______ to take more exercise than today?
6. Are you single or __________（已婚的）?
7. He was not rich, so he couldn’t __________（买的起）the new house.
8. My grandma _______（喜爱）listening to Beijing Opera.
9. It is _______（一般地）thought that English is spoken in most countries.
10. She is a _______（全职的）housewife.
III. 用括号内词的适当形式填空。
1. Mr Smith used to _______ (smoke), but he has stopped _______ (smoke) now because he think it’s bad for his health.
?2. Which do you think is _______ ( interesting ), going to a picnic or going fishing?
?3. He is always busy _______ (prepare) for the exams.
?4. It’s easy for local people _______ (choose)?various goods in Sunnyside Shopping Mall.
5. The Spring Festival is the _______ (big) festival in China. It is a good time for family members to get together.
IV. 从方框中选择恰当的短语并用其正确形式填空。
what’s more get married look after feel lonely more than
1. My sister __________ two years ago. She has a boy called Tom now.
2. Jim’s mother was ill, so he had to ___________ her at home.
3. The girl likes reading; she has __________ one thousand books at home.
4. The old man lives in the house alone, but he doesn’t __________.
5. You shouldn’t do that. __________, you are a middle school student.
V. 听力链接。
(2019 张家界中考)
根据所听内容从A、B、C三个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。
1. _____ don’t like to play soccer.
A. The man B. The boys C. The girls
2. The jacket must belong to_____.
A. Sam B. Larry C. Don
3. Who does the sun hat belong to?
A. Anna. B. Maria. C. Larry.
4. Anna bought the_____ on the way here.
A. magazine B. jacket C. sun hat
5. _____brought the CDs to the picnic.
A. Don B. Sam C. Brad
参考答案
Ⅰ. 英汉互译。
1. 做运动 2. 忙于做…… 3. 过去常常做某事
4. be close to 5. 和……结婚 6. imagine doing sth.
Ⅱ. 根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子。
1. better 2. nearly 3. spare 4. wealthy 5．used
6. married 7. afford 8. likes / enjoys 9. generally 10. full-time
Ⅲ. 用括号内词的适当形式填空。
1.?smoke, smoking 2.??more interesting 3. preparing??? 4. to choose???
5. biggest??
IV.从方框中选择恰当的短语并用其正确形式填空。
1. got married 2. look after 3. more than 4. feel lonely
5. What’s more
V. 听力链接。
答案：1-5 CABAC
原文：
M: Wow! What a lot of things have been left behind. Do you know who this soccer ball belongs to?
W: Well, it must belong to one of you boys. None of the girls plays soccer. I think it’s Larry’s; I know he loves soccer. And Here’s a jacket. Do you think that’s Don’s?
M: No, it can’t be his. I know he wasn’t wearing a jacket today. I think it belongs to Sam. I’ll ask him when I see him later.
W: Thanks, Brad. And this sun hat probably belongs to one of the girls.
M: Yeah, it must be Maria’s. I know she doesn’t like the sun.
W: And do you think this magazine is hers, too? It’s together with the hat.
M: No, I’m sure that’s Anna’s. I saw her buy it on the way here.
W: OK. And this box of chocolates? Look! There’s still some left.
M: That must be Don’s. You know how much he loves candy. So, that’s it——everything belongs to somebody.
W: Wait! But what about all these CDs? Who brought them to the picnic, Brad?
M: I did. They belong to me, and I’d like to keep them—they’re good!
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句式精讲
1. Do people work as hard as they did fifty years ago?
（1）as…as…中间加形容词或副词原形，表示同级的比较，意为“像……一样……”。例如：This film is as interesting as that one. 这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。Your pen writes as smoothly as mine. 你的钢笔书写起来和我的一样流畅。
（2）其否定式为not as/so… as…中间加形容词或副词原形，意为“不像……一样……”。例如：This dictionary is not as/so useful as you think.
这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。
2. Why don’t you go and ask Mrs Li, our neighbor?
Why don’t you do sth.? 是一个否定疑问句，意为“为什么不……？”常用来征求意见和提出建议，相当于“Why not do sth.?”。例如：
Why don’t you go with us? = Why not go with us?
为什么不同我们一起去呢？
Why don’t you go swimming? = Why not go swimming?
为什么不去游泳呢？
3. I suppose that’s because more people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
（1）动词suppose意为“猜想、假设”，suppose后接that从句，that可以省略。例如：
I suppose he is not yet twenty. 我猜想他不到二十岁。
（2）be supposed to后面用动词原形，表示“被期望做某事、应该做某事”，相当于情态动词should。例如：
　　You are supposed to say hello to the foreigners. 你应该跟这些外宾打招呼。
【拓展】
（1）当句子的主语是人的时候，be supposed to表示“应该做某事、被期望做某事”，经常用来表示劝告、建议、义务和责任等。这里be supposed to相当于情态动词should。例如：
　 You are supposed to ask our teacher if you want to leave the classroom.
　 如果你要离开教室，应该先问一问我们的老师。
（2）当句子的主语是物的时候，be supposed to表示“本应该”的意思，经常用来表示某事物本应该发生而没有发生。例如：
　 The meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday, but we have to put it off.
　 这个会议本应该在星期二举行，但我们不得不把他推迟了。
（3）短语be supposed to do sth.的否定形式是be not supposed to do sth，表示“命令和禁止”，意为“不应该做某事”。例如：
You are not supposed to talk loudly in class.
你不应该在课堂上大声交谈。
（4） be supposed to的后面接have+过去分词，表示“本应该做完的事情而没有做完”。例如：
My mother is supposed to have arrived an hour ago.
我的妈妈应该一个小时前就到了。
4. I searched online and found out the following.
find out意为“找到，发现，查明”，多指通过调查、询问、打听、研究之后“弄明白”。通常含有“经过困难、曲折”之后才找出难以找到的东西。例如：
Please find out when the train leaves.
请查一下火车什么时候离站。
【拓展】
（1）find是动词，意为“找到”，通常指找到或发现具体的东西，强调的是找的结果。例如：
He didn’t find his book.
他没有找到他的书。
（2）look for意为“寻找”，是有目的地找，强调找的动作。例如：
Jim is looking for his little dog.
Jim正在找他的狗。
5. As a result, there were many diseases.
as a result为习惯短语，意为“因此；结果”，在句中作状语。例如：He didn’t practice, and as a result he lost. 他没有练习，所以输了。The traffic was very heavy and as a result we didn’t arrive on time.交通十分拥挤，因此我们没有能准时到达。【拓展】as a result of意为“由于……；作为……的结果”。先交代结果，再用as a result of连接原因。例如：We can’t go out as a result of the heavy rain. 因为下大雨，我们不能出去。
6. In Victorian Britain, thousands of people came to the cities to work in the factories.
thousand是数词，意为“千”，当表示具体的“几千”时，用“基数词 + thousand”，注意不加-s。例如：
There are nine thousand students in our school. 我们学校有9000名学生。
【拓展】
（1）thousands of 表示“数千，成千上万的”。这时thousand后要加-s，且后面有介词of，但是不能与数词连用。例如：
There are thousands of people in the street.
在街上有成千上万的人。
（2）表示数词的还有hundred“百”，million“百万”，billion“十亿”。它们的用法和thousand一样，可以用来表示约数和确数。
句式精练
I. 同义句转换。
1. My cousin didn’t draw as well as Mike．（改为同义句）
My cousin _______ _______ than Mike．
2. My sister is older than any other girl in her class．（改为同义句）
My sister is _______ _______ girl in her class．
3. He’ll live in Ji’nan in two years．（对划线部分提问）
________ ________ ________ he ________ in Ji’nan?
4. People are healthier today.（完成反意疑问句）
People are healthier today，________ ________？
5. He disagrees with my idea.（改为同义句）
He _______ _______ with my idea.
6. In the past, married woman were too busy at home to continue working.
（改为同义句）
In the past, married woman were _______ busy at home _______ they couldn’t
continue working.
???? 7. Can you go shopping tomorrow?（改为同义句）
???? Will you ________ ________ ________ go shopping tomorrow?
???? 8. They have been married for ten years.（改为同义句）
??? They________ ________ ten years ago.
???? 9. The teacher is young, but he is experienced.（改为同义句）
???? _______ the teacher is young, he is experienced.
???? 10. What’s life like today? Could you tell me?（合并为一句）
Could you tell me ________ ________ ________ ________ today?
Ⅱ.根据汉语意思完成句子。
1. 在有些地方，水的价格比牛奶的价格还高。
The price of water is _______ than ______ of milk in some places.
2. 今天下午为什么不去钓鱼呢？
_______ ________ ________ go fishing this afternoon?
3. 玛丽过去常常留长发，但现在她留短发。
Mary _______ _______ ________ long hair, but now she has short hair.
4. 今年我们学校学生的数目是两千多。
This year________ _______ _______ students in our school _______more than two thousand.
5. 结果，鲸鱼的数量变得越来越小。
_______ _______ ________，the number of whales becomes smaller and smaller．
6. 每年数以百万计的游客来到这座美丽的城市。
Every year______ _______ tourists come to this beautiful city.
7. 这本书很有趣，我妹妹对它很感兴趣。
This book is very _______. My sister is very _______ ________it.
8. 他们将尽快解决那个问题。
They will solve the problem _______ ________ _______ _______.
9. 托尼比汤姆大两岁，但他不与汤姆一样高。
Tony is _______ ________ older than Tom, but he isn’t _______ ________
_______ Tom.
10.??老师想查明是谁弄坏了门。
The?teacher?wanted?to?________ _______ who?had?broken?the?door.??
Ⅲ.补全对话。
(2019 贵州铜仁中考)
从方框内选择能填入对话相应空白处的适当选项。
A：Lily, what would you like to do at Linda’s birthday party?
B：I’d like to sing some songs.
A： 1
/B：English songs. 2
A：Yes, I’d love to. But I can’t sing English songs.
B： 3
A：I’d like to play the piano.
B：_ 4
A：I can also perform ballet.
B： 5
A：No, I can’t. But Li Hua can. He can perform ballet very well.
B：I’m sure we’ll enjoy ourselves.
A. Can you perform magic tricks?
B. What else can you do?
C. Do you want to sing Chinese songs or English songs?
D. What would you like to do?
E. Would you like to sing with me?
参考答案
Ⅰ. 同义句转换。
1. drew worse 2. the oldest 3. How soon will; live 4. aren’t they
5. doesn’t agree 6. so; that?? 7. be able to ?? 8. got married??
??? ? 9. Though/ Although? 10. what life is like
Ⅱ.根据汉语意思完成句子。
1. higher, that 2. Why don’t you 3. used to have
4. the number of , is 5. As a result 6. millions of
7. interesting, interested in 8. as soon as possible
9. two years, as / so tall as 10. find?out?
III. 补全对话。
1. C 2. E 3. D 4. B 5. A