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Ⅰ.词汇短语过关

1．struggle vt. 搏斗；斗争；努力；挣扎　n．斗争；挣扎

struggle with/against 与……搏斗/斗争

struggle for sth./to do sth. 努力/争取……

struggle through 奋力通过

struggle to one‘s feet 挣扎着站起来

struggle on/along (虽艰难仍)继续做某事

with a struggle 费劲地

[即学即练1]

(1)They had to _________ ______ their lives ______ weather and wild animals.为了生存他们必须与天气和野兽抗争。

(2)They had to _________ ____________ all kinds of difficulties.他们得和各样的困难作斗争。

(3)She _________ ______ ______ ______ ______ her attacker.她挣扎着想摆脱那个袭击她的人。

答案：struggle for against；struggle with / against；struggled to get away from

(4)______ ______ ______ __________， the old woman gained control of her business.经过长期努力，这位老妇人在业务上已能应付自如。 　

答案：After a long struggle

2．expand vt.&vi. 使变大；伸展；阐述

expansion n. 扩张；膨胀；扩大；发展

expansive adj. 扩张性的；开展性的；广阔的

expand into/to 使扩大，变大

expand on/upon 阐述，详谈

[即学即练2]

(1)Metals ________ when they are heated.金属受热会膨胀。

(2)We've __________ ______ __________ by opening two more stores. 我们增开了两个商店以扩展业务。

(3)I repeated the question and waited for her to _________.我把问题重复了一遍，等着她进行充分阐述。

答案：expand；expanded the business；expand

3. therefore adv.(＝as a result of that)因此；所以

[即学即练3]

He was very tired and __________ he fell sound asleep.
＝He was very tired. __________ he fell sound asleep.
＝He was very tired, ______ he fell sound asleep.他累得很，因此睡得很熟。

答案：therefore；Therefore；so；

提示：therefore 是副词，不能引导从句，两个句子之间要用连词或者分号；而 so是连词，可接从句。

4．equip vt.&vi. 配备；装备

equipment n. [U]装备；设备

equip sb./sth. with sth. 用某物装备某人/物

equip sb./sth. for (doing) sth. 为(做)某事而准备

sb. be equipped to do sth. 某人有准备做某事

equip sb. to do sth. 使某人能够做某事

be equipped with sth. 装备有某物

a piece of equipment 一件设备

[即学即练4]

(1)Our classroom ______ ________ ______ a TV set and a tape recorder.我们的教室里配有一台电视和一台录音机。

(2)A good education should ______ ______ ______ ______.良好的教育能使你受用终生。

(3)Our school has been given ______ ______ __________.我们学校有了一些赠送的新设备。

答案：is equipped with；equip you for life；some new equipment

5．regret v．&n. 遗憾；后悔；惋惜

refuse with much regret (many regrets) 婉言拒绝 

to one's regret 令人遗憾的是

feel regretful for....对……感到后悔

express regret for/at/over sth... 对……表示遗憾

regret＋n./pron./doing/having done 后悔做某事

regret＋that－clause 后悔，遗憾……

regret to say/tell/inform... 很抱歉地说/告诉/通知……

It's much to be regretted that... 令人遗憾的是……

[即学即练5]

(1)He regretted _________ ______ careless.
＝He regretted ______ ______ ______ ______ careless.他对于自己的粗心大意感到懊悔。

(2)I regret ______ ______ you that we are unable to offer you employment. 我遗憾地通知你，我们不能雇用你。

(3)______ ______ ______ ______， I must leave now.令我很遗憾的是，我现在必须离开了。

(4)We heard ______ ______ that you were not successful in your plan. 听到你的计划不能顺利进行，我们觉得很可惜。

答案：having been；that he had been；to inform；Much to my regret；with regret

6．focus n．(兴趣、活动等的)中心；焦点 v．(使)集中，聚集；(使)聚焦

be in focus 焦距对准；清晰

be out of focus 焦距没对准；模糊

bring sth. into focus 把某物集中在焦点上

focus sth. on (upon) sth.＝fix...on...使……集中于……

be focused on/upon sth.＝be fixed on 集中于……

[即学即练6]

(1)The ______ ______ my camera isn‘t working properly.我照相机上的调焦装置有毛病。

(2)Her beauty makes her ______ ______ ______ ________.她长得漂亮，很惹人注意。

(3)We should ______ ______ _________ ______ our study.我们应该把注意力放在学习上。

(4)She felt all the eyes ______ _________ ______ her.她觉得所有人都在注视着她。

答案：focus on；the focus of attention；focus our attention on；were focused on

7．reduce vt. 减少；缩减；简化

reduce one's expenditure 减少某人的开支

be reduced to despair 陷入绝望

reduce to... 降至……

reduce by... 减少了……