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自我完善•误区备考

1. reward/award/prize

(1)reward 指对某人的服务或工作等的报答,也指因帮助警察抓住罪犯或帮助失主找到东西而得到的奖金、酬金。

(2)award 指为鼓励在工作中达到或完成所提出的要求或条件的人而进行的奖励,往往强调荣誉而不在乎奖品的多少。

(3)prize多指在各类竞赛、竞争或抽奖中所赢得的“奖,奖品”。

[应用1] (1)She received a medal as a ______ for her courage.她得到一枚奖章,作为对她勇敢的奖赏。

(2)A ______ was given to the person who had the winning number.奖品给了那个获得中奖号码的人。

(3)He won the ______ for the best student of the year.他获得本年度优秀学生奖。

答案是:reward;prize;award

2. 名词短语或副词做连词,引导时间状语从句

[应用2] (1)Betty shows great interest in this poem now, but she thought it boring ______ she read it.

A.at the first time B.the first time  C.for the first time D.at first

答案:B

解析:the first time“第一次时”,引导时间状语从句。

(2)My sister came ______ she got my short message.

A.exactly B.especially C.directly D.simply

答案:C

解析:directly=as soon as“一……就……”,引导时间状语从句。

(3)He left Europe ______ World War Ⅱ broke out.

A.the year B.in the year  C.during the year D.for the year

答案:A

解析:the year“在……这一年”,引导时间状语从句。