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□高德胜

时间如梭，眨眼间到了期末，老师特意为大家准备了一道“知识回顾”盛宴，祝大家在期末考试中取得好成绩。

1. too much/ too many/ much too

There is too much water these days.这几天雨水太多了。Eating　 too　 much　 is bad　 for your ___________ ______ ________________ health.吃得太多对健康有害。It’s much too hot in summer here.这里的夏天太热了。He has too many questions to ask ___________ ______ ________________ you.他有太多的问题要问你。too much 太多much too 太too many 太多修饰不可数名词，意为“太多”修饰动词修饰形容词或副词修饰可数名词

【考考你1】The new kind of machine is________dear. I don’t have________money to buy it.

A. too much；much tooB. much too；too much

C. much too；too manyD. too many；too much

2. thanks for/ thanks to

thanks to为介词词组，意思是“多亏；由于；因为（含义相当于because of）”.如：Thanks to your help，we finished the work in time.由于你的帮助，我们及时完成了工作。

thanks for表示“因……而感谢”，其中的thanks为复数名词，介词for指原因，后接名词、代词或动词的ing形式。如：Thanks for your help.谢谢你的帮助。Thanks for inviting me.谢谢你的邀请。

【考考你2】Thanks________the teacher’s help，I passed the exam. Thanks________helping me.

A. for；forB. for；toC. to；toD. to；for

3. have problems（in）doing sth.

have problems（in）doing sth.是固定结构，意为“做某事有问题/麻烦”。如：

If you have problems finding the way to the bus stop，you can ask the police for help.如果你找去车站的路有困难，你可以向警察求助。

【考考你3】—Do you have any difficulty in________English？

—Yes，but I try to make myself understood.

A. to speak B. speaking C. spoke D. speaks

4. used to do sth./ be used to do sth./ be used to doing sth.

used to意为“过去常常”，其后跟动词原形，表示过去的习惯、经常发生的动作或状态。如：

He used to be a teacher in our school.他曾经是我们学校的一位老师。

be used to doing sth.表示“习惯于做某事”，其中to是介词，后接名词或动名词。如：The old man and his wife have been used to living a simple life.这对老夫妇已经过惯了简朴的生活。

be used to do sth.表示“被用来做某事”。如：This computer is used to control all the machines.这台电脑是用来控制所有机器的。

【考考你4】Maria________watch TV，but now she________listening to music.

A. used to；is used toB. is used to；used to

C. used to；used toD. is used to；is used to

（2015黔西南）

5. at the age of

at the age of是介词短语，后面接数词，意为“在……岁时”，相当于when sb. was... years old。如：At the age of five，she could play the piano.她在五岁时就会弹钢琴了。

【考考你5】At the age of eighteen，he joined the army.（改为同义句）

________he________eighteen years old，he joined the army.

6. take after

take after表示（外貌或行为）像，相当于be similar to，其中after是介词，其后常接名词或代词等作宾语。如：To my surprise，she doesn’t take after her mother.令我惊奇的是，她长得一点也不想她妈妈。

【辨析】take after/ look like

意为“外貌或行为像”，尤指因有血缘关系而相像。意为“看上去像……”，多指外貌，可指人或物。take after look_ like

【考考你6】Jack takes after his father. They’re both tall and strong.（选出与划线部分意义最接近的解释）

A. take care ofB. feels excited about

C. looks likeD. waits for

（2014云南）

7. as soon as

as soon as意为“一……就……”，引导时间状语从句，强调两个动作几乎是同时发生的。如果主句用将来时或为祈使句，从句须用一般现在时代替将来时。如：I will tell you as soon as he comes back.他一回来我就告诉你。

【考考你7】Jim will help with the housework________he gets home after school.

A. sinceB. whileC. as soon asD. when

8. It’s +adj. +for sb. to do sth.

It’s +adj. +for sb. to do sth.表示“对于某人来说做某事是……的”。It作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的动词不定式。在该句型中，形容词往往是表示客观的词，如easy，hard，important或impossible等。如：It’s important to lie down in bed for some time.卧床休息一段时间是重要的。

【拓展】It’s + adj.+ of sb. to do sth.表示“某人做某事是……的”。其中的形容词一般用来说明人的性格、特征或品质。如：nice，good，right，wrong，kind，careful，polite等。如：It’s very kind of you to help me.你能帮我真是太好了。

【考考你8】It’s very excited________me________to such music.

A. of；to listenB. for；listening

C. for；listenD. for；to listen

参考答案：1. B 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. When，was 6. C 7. C 8. D