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自我完善•误区备考

1. fare/fee/charge/cost/price/expense

(1)fare 指交通费用。

(2)fee 指给律师、医生等的费用或(考试)报名费,入会费等。

(3)charge (可数或不可数)费用,索价;记账,赊账。

(4)cost (可数或不可数)代价,价格,费用;(常复数)成本。

(5)price 价格,价钱。

(6)expense 支出,开支,费用;(常复数)经费,支出金额;(薪水外的)津贴。

[应用1] 

(1)He can’t earn enough to cover his own living _____________.他挣的钱不够他自己的生活开销。

(2)______ are going up.物价正在上涨。

(3)After I gave the taxi ______ to the driver, I went to the office to pay my lawyer's ______.付了出租车费后,我去事务所付了律师费。

答案是:expenses;Prices;fare;fees

(4)She built the house without regard to ______.她盖这所房子根本不在乎花多少钱。

(5)All goods are delivered free of ______.一切物品免费送货。

答案是:cost;charge

2. finally/at last/ in the end

(1)finally 常用来表示顺序,引出最后一项内容,一般不带有感情色彩。

(2)at last 暗含“等候或耽误很长时间之后才……”,带有浓厚的感情色彩,如不耐烦、不顺心、不如意等,而且语气很强烈。

(3)in the end 表示经过许多变化、困难和捉摸不定的情况之后某事才发生,可以用来预示将来。

[应用2] 

(1)____________! Where the hell have you been?总算找到你了!你到底上哪儿去了?

(2)After a long delay the performance _________ started.演出拖延很久,最后总算开始了。

(3)_____________ they reached a place of safety.最后他们到达安全地带。

答案是:At last;finally;In the end

3. view/scene/scenery/sight

(1)view常指在远处或高处从某个角度看到的 scenery 的一部分,还有“观点,看法”的意思。

(2)scene 普通名词,指“一眼可浏览的风景”,不限于自然景色,也可指“现场”“场景”。

(3)scenery 集合名词,指某地方的“整个风景”,是由多个 scene构成的景色。

(4)sight 风景,名胜。用复数形式指人文景观。

[应用3]

(1)There were distressing(悲惨的)_________when the earthquake struck the city.

(2)On the top of the mountain you'll get a good______of the city.

(3)Switzerland is well-known for its impressive mountainous_______________.

(4)Look! What a beautiful_________of the sunset!

答案是:scenes;view;scenery或 sights;sight

4. insist一词的用法

[应用4] 

(1)Seeing that he was so seriously ill, I insisted that he ______ to hospital at once.
A.was sent B.be sent C.will be sent D.had been sent

解析:insist在此表示“坚决要求”,从句中省略了情态动词should,这种句式结构为insist/suggest/demand that sb. (should) do sth.“坚持/建议/要求某人干某事”。题意:看到他病得这么严重,我坚持马上送他去医院。

答案:B

(2)The old worker insisted that he ______ old and ______ back to the working post again.
A.wasn’t; be sent B.wasn’t; was sent C.be not; send D.isn’t; sent

解析:从题意看,这位老工人“坚持认为一种观点”和“坚决要求做某件事”。因此,涉及insist的两种不同用法。“老工人认为他没有老”,其谓语用正常时态;“应该再次被派往工作岗位”,其谓语要用(should) do形式。

答案:A

(3)She insisted ______ to Miami for her summer vacation though it would cost much money.
A.on taking B.on being taken C.to take D.to be taken

解析:insist on doing sth.是常用短语,此处take与前面的主语是被动关系,故用动名词的被动式。

答案:B

(4)Sam insisted that he ______ the law and ______.
A.didn’t break; mustn’t be punished
B.doesn’t break; shouldn’t punish
C.hadn’t broken; be not punished
D.hadn’t broken; not be punished

解析:句意是:萨姆坚持说他没有犯法,不应当受到惩罚。“没有犯法”发生在insisted之前,所以不要用虚拟语气;“不要受到惩罚”发生在insisted之后,要用虚拟语气。

答案:D

(5)No matter what you say, I shall ______ my opinion.
A.carry out B.insist on  C.keep up D.stick to

解析:短语动词辨析。句意为:不论你说什么,我都要坚持我的意见。carry out完成,实现,执行;insist on多用于坚持主张、看法、意见或要求,后接动名词;keep up保持,维持;stick to表示坚持原则、决定、诺言、理论或理想等。

答案:D