完形填空部分常见词汇辨析
1. clothes, cloth, clothing
clothes统指各种衣服,谓语动词永远是复数, cloth指布,为不可数名词 clothing 服装的总称,指一件衣服用a piece of, an article of
2. incident, accident
incident指小事件, accident指不幸的事故He was killed in the accident.
3. amount, number
amount后接不可数名词, number后接可数名词 a number of students
4. sound, voice, noise
sound自然界各种各样的声音,voice人的嗓音,noise噪音I hate the loud noise outside.
5. weather, climate
weather一天内具体的天气状况,climate长期的气候状况 The climate here is not good for you.
6. road, street, path, way
road具体的公路,马路,street街道,path小路,小径,way道路,途径
take this road; in the street, show me the way to the museum.
7. course, subject
course课程(可包括多门科目),subject科目(具体的学科)a summer course
8. custom, habit
custom传统风俗,习俗,也可指生活习惯,后接to do, habit生活习惯,习惯成自然,后接of doing. I've got the habit of drinking a lot.
9. cause, reason
cause 指造成某一事实或现象的直接原因,后接of sth./doing sth,reason用来解释某种现象或结果的理由,后接for sth./doing sth. the reason for being late
10. exercise, exercises, practice
exercise运动,锻炼(不可数),exercises练习(可数),practice(反复做的)练习
Practice makes perfect.
11. damage, damages
damage不可数名词, 损害,损失; damages复数形式, 赔偿金 $900 damages
12. problem, question
problem常和困难连系,前面的动词常为think about, solve, raise,question常和疑问连系,多和ask, answer连用
13. trip, journey, travel, voyage
travel是最常用的,trip指短期的旅途,journey指稍长的旅途,voyage指海上航行a three-day trip
14. a number of, the number of
a number of许多,谓语动词用复数。the number of…的数目,谓语动词用单数。The number of students is increasing.
15. for a moment, for the moment
for a moment 片刻,一会儿,for the moment暂时,一时 Thinking for a moment, he agreed.
16. more than a year, more than one year
more than a year一年多,more than one year超过一年(两年或三年等)
17. take advice, take the(one's) advice
take advice征求意见,take the advice接受忠告 He refused to take the advice and failed again.
18. take air, take the air
take air传播,走漏,take the air到户外去,散步 We take the air every day.
19. in a word, in words
in a word总之,一句话, in words口头上 In a word, you are right.
20. in place of, in the place of
in place of代替,in the place of在…地方 A new building is built in the place of the old one.
21. go to sea, by sea, by the sea
go to sea当海员,出航,by sea乘船,由海路, by the sea在海边 go by sea
22. the doctor and teacher, the doctor and the teacher
the doctor and teacher指一个人,既是医生又是老师,the doctor and the teacher两个人,一个医生和一个老师 the doctor and teacher is
23. in office, in the office
in office在职的,in the office在办公室里 He is in office, not out of office.
24. in bed, on the bed
in bed卧在床上,on the bed在床上 The book is on the bed. He is ill in bed.
25. in charge of, in the charge of
in charge of管理,负责照料, in the charge of由……照料 He is in charge of the matter. The matter is in the charge of her.
26. out of question, out of the question
out of question毫无疑问的,out of the question不可能的
27. not a little, not a bit
not a little非常,not a bit一点也不 I'm not a bit tired. 我一点儿也不累。
28. many, much, a lot of
many和可数名词连用,much和不可数名词连用,a lot of可数,不可数均可,但不用于否定句 I haven't many books.
29. no, not
no=not a/any no friend=not a/any friend no water=not any water
30. no more than, not more than
no more than相当于only,仅仅,只有,not more than 至多,不超过
31. majority, most
majority只能修饰可数名词,most可数不可数均可 the majority of people
32. by oneself, for oneself, to oneself, of oneself