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nt/continual/continuous

(1)constant adj.不断的，经常的，强调始终如一地经常出现。

(2)continual adj.连续不断的；频繁的，表示时断时续的发生。

(3)continuous adj.不停的，连续不断的，强调中间不停顿。

[应用1]　(1)the _________ wash of the tides潮水不停的拍击

(2)They have had a 3 days ____________ flight.他们已经有了一个连续三天的飞行。

(3)Air is in _____________ motion.空气在不停地运动。

答案是：continual;continuous;constant

2. 形容词做状语

[应用2]　(1)______ at her success, her parents took her to an expensive restaurant to celebrate.

A．To delight B．To be delighted  C．Delighted D．Delighting

答案：C

(2)He lay in bed all night, ______.

A．wake B．awake  C．waken D．woke

答案：B

(3)After his journey from abroad, Richard Jones returned home, ______.

A．exhausting B．exhausted  C．being exhausted D．having exhausted

答案：B

解析：形容词exhausted意为“(感到)精疲力竭的”，在此处做状语，说明主语的特征；exhausting意为“令人精疲力竭的”，常指事物；being exhausted仅能做状语，表示原因，此处与语境不符。

(4)－Why did John ask me about the problem?

－______， he tried to find a better way to settle it.

A．Not to be satisfied B．Not satisfied   C．Not being satisfied D．Don’t satisfy

答案：B

解析：过去分词做原因状语，not satisfied相当于because he was not satisfied.A项，表目的；C项，强调动作，此处表状态；D项，不符合句子结构。