❷关键词语精析

山东 董明义

●词句解析

1....we decided to go to the beach near our hotel.我们决定去宾馆附近的海滩。

动词decide后面通常接动词不定式作宾语，表示“决定做某事”。例如：

They decided to go for a walk after dinner.他们决定晚饭后去散步。

2.We waited over an hour for the train because there were too many people.

And because of the bad weather，we couldn’t see anything below.

两个句子中的because与because of的意思相同，都是“由于；因为”的意思，但because是连词，用来引导原因状语从句；because of是一个复合介词，后面要接名词或代词。例如：

He didn’t go to school yesterday because he was ill.他昨天没去上学，因为他病了。

I didn’t go shopping yesterday because of the rain.因为下雨，我昨天没去买东西。

because还可用来回答Why开头的特殊疑问句，而because of则不可用。例如：

—Why were you late？你为什么迟到了？

—Because I got up late.因为我起床晚了。

3.My father didn’t bring enough money，so we only had one bowl of rice and some fish.

enough用作形容词，意为“足够的；充分的”，用作定语时放在名词前或放在名词之后。另外，enough也可用作表语。例如：

Thirty yuan is enough.三十元足够了。

enough也可用作副词，意为“足够地；充分地”，用来修饰形容词或副词，通常放在被修饰的词之后。例如：

Isitwarmenoughintheroom？房间里够暖和了吗？

4.Although many students like to watch sports，game shows are the most popular.

although（=though）意为“虽然；即使”，是从属连词，引导让步状语从句，但不可与but连用。若句子中用了but，就不能再用although。although引导的从句可放在主句前，也可放在主句后。例如：

Although she is in poor health，she works hard.（=She is in poor health，but she works hard.）尽管她身体不好，但还是努力工作。

I enjoy learning English，although it takes me a lot of time.尽管学英语花费我很多时间，但我还是喜欢学。

5.My best friend Larry is quite different from me.John is similar to Larry because he’s less hardworking than me.

be different from意为“与……不同”，介词from不可用as或with替代。例如：

Your bike is different from mine.你的自行车和我的不一样。

be similar to意为“与……相像的”，其中的介词to也不可用其他介词替代。例如：

My watch is similar to Mary’s.我的手表和玛丽的相像。

6.But I think friends are like books—you don’t need a lot of them as long as they’re good.

as long as意为“只要”，引导状语从句，不是“与……一样长”的意思。例如：

As long as it doesn’t rain，we can go.只要不下雨，我们就可以去。

7.Call the English Study Center at 443-5667 for more information.

information意为“信息；消息”，是不可数名词，不可与不定冠词连用，但可以说a piece of information来表达“一条信息”。该词作主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。例如：

I hope you will give me some information about the university.我希望你能给我提供一些有关这所大学的信息。

All our information is up to date on the computer.我们计算机上的信息都是最新的。

●真题链接

1.—Jack，why have you decided_______Chinese folk music as a course.

—To learn more about Chinese culture.【2017·苏州中考题】

A.take B.taken

C.taking D.to take

2.—I’ll be away for a long time.

—Don’t worry.She can look after your pet_______. 【2017·鄂州中考题】

A.careful enough B.enough careful

C.carefully enough D.enough carefully

3._______riding shared bikes（共享单车）is an environmentally friendly way to travel，many of the bikes are thrown everywhere. 【2017·黄石中考题】

A.Although B.As

C.Unless D.Until

4.We’ll achieve our dreams some day_______we keep trying and never give up.【2017·长沙中考题】

A.as long as

B.even though

C.so that

5.Computers are very useful.They can help us get much_______on the Internet.【2017·孝感中考题】

A.games B.information

C.courage D.messages

6.My mother says my friend is similar_____me，but I think she is different_______me.【2015·滨州中考题】

A.as；from B.to；from

C.to；to D.as；to

●巩固练习

1.Li Ping has decided_______in the city after graduating from school.

A.work B.to work

C.worked D.working

2.My brother didn’t go to schoolyesterday_______he was ill.

A.because B.because of

C.if D.so

3.They were unable to provide much_______at that time.

A.game B.information

C.idea D.message

4.Lucy and Lily are twins，but they’re different_______each other in many ways.

A.for B.in

C.of D.from

5.—You will certainly enter a good high school_______you work hard.

—Yes.My dream will come true by working hard.

A.as soon as B.as long as

C.as far as D.even if

6._______my cousin is very young，_______she can help with the housework at home on weekends.

A.But；although B.Though；but

C.Although；/ D./；so

7.—What do you think of the lecture of Li Yang’s Crazy English？

—I think it’s_______ ，but someone thinks it’s much too boring.

A.wonderfully enough

B.enough wonderful

C.wonderful enough

D.enough wonderfully