题目内容
They did not find ___ to prepare for the worst conditions they might meet.
A.worth their while | B.it worthwhile | C.it worth | D.it worthy |
B
解析试题分析:考查形容词辨析:worthwhile,worth,worthy都有“值得“的意思,但用法不同:worthwhile用于:It is worthwhile to do/doing,worth用于be worth (doing) sth,worthy用于be worthy of being done或be worthy to be done,结合句子是It is worthwhile to do/doing,这个句型的变形,用于find it+adj+to do这个句型中了,句意:他们没有发现值得为他们遇到的最糟糕的状况做准备。
考点:考查形容词
点评:平时学习的时候要把一些经常考查的形容词进行归类总结,特别是同一个形容词有不同搭配,要在语境中进行区别。形容词是高考的重点,一定要加强识记和辨析。做题时一定要结合上下文做题。

请将下列方框里所列词汇的正确形式填到短文中,每空限一词,不能重复使用。
depend important similar contribute mean pronunciation differ strength end up attend |
We can see the 1) __________ between American English British English but they are different sometimes. Many students want to know about the 2) __________ between American English and British English.
At first the language in Britain and America was the same. In 1776 America became a (an) 3) __________ country. After that, the language slowly began to change. For a long time the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed. For example, 300 years ago the English talked about "fall".
Today, most British people talk about "autumn", but Americans still talk abut "fall". In the same way Americans still use the expression "I guess" 4) __________ "I think", just as the British did 300 years ago.
At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages, 5) __________ with different words. For example, the British took "typhoon" from Chinese, while the Americans took "tornado" from Spanish.
In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. He wanted to make American English different from British English, so he changed the spelling of many words. That’s why the words "colour", "centre" and "traveller" are spelt "color", "center" and "traveler" in American English. Except for spelling, written English is more or less the same in both British and American English.
They are also different in the spoken language. For example, Americans say dance /dæns/, and in southern England they say /dɑ?ns/. In America they 6) p__________ not /nɑt/; in southern England they say /n?t/. However, most of the time people from the two countries do not have any trouble in understanding each other.