11. (2015·淮安模拟)After the earthquake, many people had to be ________ in the tents, because their houses were badly damaged.
A. put away B. put up
C. put out D. put off
【解析】选B。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 地震后许多人不得不被安置在帐篷里, 因为他们的房子被严重毁坏了。put away把……收好, 储存; put up举起, 张贴, 提供住宿; put out扑灭; put off推迟, 延迟。
【加固训练】
I really can’t ________ with the loud noise outside. It is driving me crazy.
A. come up B. put up
C. push ahead D. get through
【解析】选B。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 我真的难以忍受外面大声的噪音。它都要让我发疯了。选项中四个短语均可与介词with搭配, 其意义不同。come up with提出; put up with忍受; push ahead with努力推进; get through with完成。
12. All the teachers are well aware of the fact that most students, especially teens, need help and encouragement ________ punishment.
A. other than B. rather than
C. or rather D. more than
【解析】选B。考查介词短语辨析。句意: 所有的老师都清楚地意识到大多数学生, 特别是青少年, 需要的是帮助和鼓励而不是惩罚。other than除了; rather than而不是; or rather更准确地说; more than超过, 不只是。
【加固训练】
My son prefers us to email each other once a week ________ spend half an hour on the phone every night.
A. other than B. rather than
C. more than D. instead of
【解析】选B。考查短语辨析。句意: 我儿子宁愿我们每周彼此发一次电子邮件也不愿意每天晚上花半小时打电话。other than除了; rather than而不是, 宁可……也不愿; more than比……多, 不止; instead of代替, 而不是。根据句意可知答案选B。
13. (2015·芜湖一中模拟)Proper drinking produces few harmful effects but drunkenness and alcoholism can have terrible ________ .
A. consequences B. troubles
C. diseases D. harm
【解析】选A。考查名词辨析。句意: 适当饮酒不会产生什么有害的后果, 但是醉酒和酒精中毒可能会有可怕的后果。consequence结果; trouble麻烦; disease疾病; harm危害, 损害。
14. Can’t you notice that there is little time left? Please tell me the whole thing ________ .
A. in case B. in brief C. in total D. in detail
【解析】选B。考查介词短语辨析。句意: 难道你没有注意到仅有很少的时间剩下吗? 请简单地告诉我整件事情。in case以防, 以免; in brief简而言之; in total总计, 合计; in detail详细地。
15. ________ copies of the famous writer’s works will be on sale after his talk at the Press Conference.
A. Signing B. Sign C. Signed D. To sign
【解析】选C。考查非谓语动词。句意: 这位著名作家在新闻发布会以后, 他签过名的书将会被出售。本题中的动词sign与名词copies之间构成被动关系, 故使用过去分词来修饰名词。如果是单个的过去分词修饰名词, 要放在名词的前面; 分词短语要放在所修饰的名词的后面。故C项正确。
【拓展延伸】
过去分词或过去分词短语作状语时, 表示被动和完成, 在句子中一般可以作时间、原因等状语。
1. 时间状语
Told that his mother was ill, Li Lei hurried home quickly.
李雷得知母亲生病了时, 很快赶回了家。
2. 原因状语
Satisfied with what he did, the teacher praised him in class.
由于对他所做的事情很满意, 老师在班上表扬了他。
3. 条件状语
Compared with you, I still have a long way to go.
跟你比起来, 我还差得很远呢。
4. 让步状语
Explained a hundred times, he still can’t understand it. 即使给他解释一百遍, 他还是不明白。
5. 结果状语
The cup fell down to the ground, broken.
杯子掉到了地上, 碎了。
