董明义

1. 【知识要点】 Deng Yaping was born on the 2nd of June, 1973.

【中考链接】 History was made _______ 24th, 2007 when Change I went into space. (2008湖北襄樊)

A. at B. in C. of D. on

【解析】 选D。表示“在某日”要用介词on。

2. 【知识要点】 —How long did he hiccup?

—He hiccupped for 69 years and 5 months.

【中考链接】 —_______ has your brother studied in New York?

—For two years. (2008福建福州)

A. How far B. How old

C. How often D. How long

【解析】 选D。从答语判断，问句所问的应该是“多长时间”。

3. 【知识要点】 When did he stop hiccupping?

【中考链接】 当老师走进教室时，学生们立刻停止了谈话。（2008北京市朝阳区）

When the teacher came into the classroom, the students ______ ______ at once.

【解析】 填stopped talking。stop doing sth.意为“停止做某事（正在做的事情）”。

4. 【知识要点】 You are never too young to start doing things.

【中考链接】 Little Jim is only five years old. He cant make model planes by himself. (合为一句)

Little Jim is ______ young ______ make model planes by himself. （2008重庆市）

【解析】 填too, too。too ... to ...的意思是“太……而不能……”，too后面接形容词或副词，to后面接动词原形。

5. 【知识要点】 It was a comedy called...

【中考链接】 根据句子意思及汉语提示，写出所缺的单词。（2006江苏徐州）

Do you like the novels ______(写) by Mark Twain?

【解析】 填written。此题考查过去分词（短语）作定语修饰名词，过去分词一般要放在所修饰的名词的后面，称为后置定语。

6. 【知识要点】 I saw her play when I was eight.

【中考链接】 My neighbor Ben is a funny boy. We can always hear him ______ (laugh) in the next room. (2007贵州贵阳)

【解析】 填laugh。动词see, hear等后面可接不带to的动词不定式作宾语补足语，表示（看到/听到）动作发生的全过程；也可接现在分词作宾语补足语，表示动作的正在进行。

7. 【知识要点】 He began to learn the accordion at the age of four.

【中考链接】 选择与划线部分意思相同或相近的选项。

Jim could play soccer when he was five years old. (2008四川巴中市)

A. at the age of five B. five years ago

C. since he was five years old

【解析】 选A。at the age of ... 所表示的意思是“在几岁时”，与when引导的时间状语从句所表达的意思相同。

8. 【知识要点】 In October 2000, Li Yundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. 【中考链接】 我们应该多参加课外活动。（完成译句）

We should ______ ______ in after-school activities more often. （2008重庆市）

【解析】 填take part。take part in是一个固定短语，意思是“参加”。

9. 【知识要点】He stopped playing football because of his sore back.

【中考链接】 The headmaster said the School Art Festival will be put off ______ the bad weather. (2006贵州贵阳市)

A. because B. for C. because of

【解析】 选C。because of与because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后面要接名词或代词。