7. It is the bad weather that __ the goats' life in

　 this area.

☆词语比较☆

6. At last they　　　　　 in the west of America and

　 started their hard life.

5. A group of tourists from Taiwan ____ the view

when it began to rain.

4. I only ____ that I have too little money to buy a

　 house for you.

3. The company my cousin ____ was closed last

　 year, leaving a lot of debt.

2. --Jackie won't come to see you this afternoon.

　 -- But he ____.

1. The noise was so great that most of the children

　 couldn't ____.

5. value n. 价值；重要性

　 You must realise the value of the dictionary.

　 你必须意识到这本字典的重要性。

　 be of (no) value 有(无)价值

　 [拓展] value n. 评价，重视，珍视，估价

　 How do you value him as a teacher?

　 照你的评价他是个怎样的老师?

　 We valued the house at $30,000.

　 我们估计这栋房子值3万美元。

　 I value your friendship very highly.

　 我非常珍惜你的友谊。

[牛刀小试1]

用所给单词的适当形式填空：

(run, admire, regret, bear, promise, settle, affect)

1.surround vt. 包围，环绕

　 be surrounded by / with 被……围住

　 The village is surrounded on all sides by hill.

　 这个村子四面环山。

　 She has always been surrounded with fashionable friends.

　 她周围总有许多爱赶时髦的朋友。

　 [拓展] surrounding adj. 附近的；四周的

　 The students in our school come from the surrounding

　 area.

　 我们学校的学生来自周边地区。

　 surroundings n. 常用复数形式，意为“环境”。

　 The surroundings a child grows up in may have an

　 effect on his development.

　 小孩生长的环境会影响他的发展。

2. settle vi. 安放，安居，定居 vt. 解决

　 My son has settled in Beijing.

　 我儿子已定居在北京。

　 After years 0{travelling, they decided to settle down

　 here.

　 旅行多年以后，他们决定定居下来。

　 They settled the dispute among themselves.

　 他们自己把这个争论解决了。

　 [词组] settle down 安下心来

　 settle into 习惯于

　 settle up 结清

[考点6]settle的用法

▲ 构词：

① settled adj. 固定的，不变的，永久的；(账单上)付讫．

　 结讫

② settlement n. 殖民，移民；定居点；和解，解决，决

　 定；清算，清账；财产的赠与

③settler n. 定居者

▲ 搭配：

① That settles it! (口)事情就这样定了!这就完了!

② settle down (使)平静下来；(活动一段时间后)舒舒

　 服服地坐下，躺下；定居。成家

③s ettle (down) to sth 安下心来做某事

④ settle to do sth 决定去做某事

[考例6][2004辽宁]..., and laws had to be made to

　protect the water rights of the ____ and the use of

the water resources accordingly．

　　 A. winners　　 B. settlers

　　 C. fighters　　 D. supporters

[考查目标] 本题考查 settle 派生词的用法。

[答案与解析]B settle的名词形式之一是settler，意思

是“定居者”。