高考英语一轮复习(人教版必修5):Unit 3 Life in the future
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自我完善•误区备考
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。