[即学即练6]

(1)She prefers to ______ rather than ______.她宁愿当演员，不愿当导演。

(2)The police officers had __________________ search the building. 警察奉命搜查这栋大楼。

(3)The judge _________ that the mother be given custody of the child. 法官判决这孩子由母亲照管。

答案：act；direct；been directed to；directed

7．particular adj. 特殊的，特别的，挑剔的 n. 细节，细目

be particular to 是……特有的

be particular about/over sth. 对……讲究，挑剔

in particular 尤其，特别，格外

[即学即练7]

(1)The coconut __________________ the tropics.椰子是热带地区特有的。

(2)She __________________ her clothes.她对衣着很讲究。

(3)She loves the song ____________， because her mother used to sing it.她特别喜爱这首歌，因为她妈妈过去经常唱。

答案：is particular to；is particular about；in particular

8．whisper v．&n.低语，耳语，私语；私下说，低声地说

in a whisper (＝in whispers) 低声地

whisper about sth. 密谈某事

It is whispered that... 有人私下说……

whisper to sb. 对某人窃窃私语

[即学即练8]

(1)They debated it ____________.他们低声辩论。

(2)The two girls were ______________ in the library.这两个女孩在图书馆里低声说话。

(3)After a few minutes, he ___________ the answer ______ the creature’s ear.过了几分钟，他小声在这个动物的耳旁说出答案。

(4)__________________ that he was heavily in debt.据说他负债累累。

答案：in whispers；whispering；whispered in；It was whispered

提示：whisper 后接双宾语时，间接宾语无论在前还是在后，其前都要带介词 to, 即whisper sth. to sb.＝ whisper to sb. sth.。类似结构还有：

announce sth. to sb. 向某人宣布……

explain sth. to sb. 向某人解释……

introduce sth. to sb. 向某人介绍……

suggest sth. to sb. 向某人提议

report sth. to sb. 向某人报告

9．react vi.&vt. 反应，反抗；起化学反应，起作用

react to sth. 对……作出反应

react on (upon)

对……起作用，对……有影响，对……起反应

react against 反抗，反对

[即学即练9]

(1)How did he ____________ the news?他对这消息有何反应？

(2)Will the people ever ____________ this dictator?有朝一日人民会起来反抗这位独裁者吗？

(3)Applause _______________ a speaker.鼓掌对讲演者有影响。

答案：react to；react against；reacts on/upon

10．badly off 穷的；缺少的

be badly off 拮据，贫穷

be badly off for sth. 某物短缺，不够＝be short of/lack of

be well off 有钱的，富裕的

be well off for sth.某方面是充裕的

[即学即练10]

(1)I have got a big room so I‘m not too____________.我有一间蛮大的屋子，所以住得还不坏。

(2)His family is not ____________.他家境不太富裕。

(3)We _______________ for storage space in the new offices.我们的新办公室里有很多贮藏东西的地方。

(4)She ______________ for friends.她缺少朋友。

答案：badly off；well off；were well off；is badly off

(5)I went to his home and found his living conditions were ____________ than mine.我去他家一看，发现他的生活状况比我的更差。

答案：worse off

11．pick out 选出；选拔；分辨出；领会

pick on 选择(某人或某物)作受罚(挨骂、干不愉快的工作)的对象

pick up 拾起，捡起；收拾，整理；得到；学会；用车接某人；收听到；身体好转

pick off 摘下，摘掉；逐个地(或有选择地)瞄准射中

[即学即练11]

(1)Let me ____________ some good ones for you.让我来替你挑几个好的。

(2)It's easy to __________________ in a crowd because he is very tall.很容易从人群中辨认出他，因为他个子很高。

(3)The bus ____________ passengers outside the airport.公共汽车在机场外接乘客。

答案：pick out；pick him out；picks up

12．cut off 切掉，割掉，分离，隔离(常跟 from)，中断

cut across 抄近路穿过；对直穿过

cut away 切掉，剪掉；逃走，跑开

cut down 砍倒；(疾病等)夺去生命；削减，缩短；毁灭，破坏

cut in 插嘴；突然插入

cut into halves/pieces 切成两半/切碎

cut out 切掉；删掉

cut up 切碎，切掉；使丧气，使痛心

[即学即练12]

(1)I had my hair ____________ and sold it.我把头发剪掉卖了。

(2)Just when she had reached the most important point we ______________.她刚刚讲到最要紧的地方，我们的电话就被切断了。

(3)We were completely ______________ the outside world.我们和外界完全隔绝了。

答案：cut off；were cut off；cut off from