3. He ____ his collar to stop the cold wind. How he wished he were sitting in a warm room!

A. put up　　 B. picked up　 C. tore up　　 D. pulled up

2. Mr. Stevens kept ____ of his business by telephone when he was in hospital.

A. relation　 B. connection　 C. information　 D. track

1. After three years of hard work，they had at last paid ____ all the money they had borrowed.

A. for　　 B. off　　　 C. on　　 D. back

14. tend 常與to連用 vt. 有……的趨勢，有某種傾向People under stress tend to express their full range of potential. / He tends to pitch the ball too high.

[牛刀小試2]

8. be seated (= sit down) 意為“坐下”，是正式用語，而sit down 是非正式用語。Please be seated, ladies and gentlemen.

10. on one condition該介詞短語意為“規(guī)定一個條件”。

He allowed me to do it on one condition.

on condition that 這是一短語連詞 (=only if)，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句。I'll give you the day off on condition that you work on Saturday morning.

[考點1]pay 短語

① pay back 償還；報復(fù)

② pay for 付……的錢；為……付代價

③ pay off 還清；付完丁資后解雇；成功

[例句] Have l paid you back the $20 you lent me? 你借給我的20美元我還給你了嗎? He paid me back by not coming. 他采用不來的辦法報復(fù)我。Before he pays he likes to know what he's paying for. 在付錢時，他喜歡知道他要付什么錢。He paid dearly for his careless slip. 他為自己粗心的失誤付出了巨大的代價。Our plan certainly paid off; it was a great idea. 我們的計劃當然成功了，那是個很好的主意。When the building was completed, he paid off the laborers. 大樓建好后，他付完工人的工資，打發(fā)他們離開。

▲ 辨析：pay back 還給。只說歸還，但不談還清與否；而pay off是還清了。

[考例1]It's high time the sum was paid ____ to the bank with interest.

A. for　　 B. off　　　 C. back　　 D. on

[考查目標]此題主要考查短語辨義。

[答案與解析]C　 正確分析各選項的意義。題意是：到向銀行還本付息的時候了。

15. may / might as well do 最好，還是做某事好，做某事也無妨 Since nobody else wants the job, we might as well let him have it. 既然誰也不要這份工作，我們不妨讓他去做吧。There is nothing to do, so I may as well go to bed. 沒事可做，是去睡覺也無妨。

[考點5]含 mercy 的短語

① have mercy on / upon 對……表示同情(憐憫)

② show mercy to sb. 憐憫／同情某人

③ beg for mercy 乞求寬恕

④ at the mercy of 任……擺布；在……掌握中

⑤ leave...to the mercies of 讓……受……的擺布

⑥ throw...on one's mercy 請求……寬恕

⑦ without mercy 無情地

[例句]They had no mercy on the prisoners. 他們對犯人毫不留情。They showed little mercy to the enemies. 他們對敵人毫不憐憫。He went down on his knees and begged for mercy. 他跪下來乞求寬恕。I shouldn't like to be at the money of such a cruel man. 我不愿任由這樣兇殘人的擺布。The slaves were left to the mercies of their master. 奴隸們受盡了主人的虐待。He threw himself on my mercy. 他請求我寬恕他。He was treated without mercy. 他受到虐待。

▲友情提示：mercy 在以上短語中使用時，常作不可數(shù)名詞(但第⑤個短語除外)。

[考例5]She is a kind-hearted woman and often has mercy ____ these who are in trouble.

A. a; for　　 B. 不填; on　 C. some; to　 D. much; with

[考查目標]此題主要考查短語的介詞搭配問題。

[答案與解析]B　 have mercy on / upon 是固定短語，只能使用介詞 on 或upon。另外，短語中的mercy是不可數(shù)名詞，前面不可加不定冠詞。

9. be in love with sb. 該短語意為“愛上某人”，其中的be可用fall替換，即fall in love with sb. 也意為“愛上某人”。Henry was / fell in love with Mary.

make love to sb. 向某人示愛

2. as far as I know

as far as I know = as far as I am concerned 就我所知

They returned at nine, as far as we know. 據(jù)我所知，他們是九點返回的。As far as I know, he is still working there. 就我所知，他還在那兒工作。

as far as I can see 據(jù)我看As far as I can see, the wea- ther is not likely to clear up. 據(jù)我看，天氣不大可能放晴。

[考點4]in + 名詞 + of

① in the eyes of 在……心目中；在……看來

② in terms of 就……而言；根據(jù)

③ in the area of 在……領(lǐng)域

④ in time of 在……的時候

⑤ in honor of 為紀念；為向……表示敬意

⑥ in case of 萬一

[例句] You are only a child in the eyes of your teacher.在老師眼里你只是個孩子。Many of the scientists and engineers are judged in terms of how great their achieve- ments are. 人們往往從成就的大小來評價一些科學(xué)家和工程師。There have been many developments in the area of language teaching。 語言教學(xué)領(lǐng)域有很多發(fā)展。

[考例4]As for Latin America generally，there is no reason why, ____ available resources, it cannot become a highly industrialized area.

A. in terms of　　 B. by means of

C. rather than　　 D. next to

[考查目標] 此題主要考查短語辨義。

[答案與解析]A　 by means of 通過。rather than 而不是。next to 幾乎；僅次于，除……之外。

6. believe, believe in, trust

三者均有“相信”的意思。believe指“相信某人(所說的話)”。I don't believe what she says.

believe 后可跟 that 從句，表示“相信，認為”。He firmly believes that I can do it well alone.

believe in 表示“信任，信仰(真理、宗教、原則等)”。The western people mostly believe in God.

trust 指“相信(某人的品德、為人、能力等)”。

I don't trust him. (= I don't believe in him.)

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