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摘要：used to be/ do 过去常常. e.g. I used to work hard．我过去常常努力工作. People used to believe the earth was flat．过去人们认为地球是平的. There used to be a cinema here, didn't there? 那儿过去是一家电影院.是吗? Mother used not to be so forgetful. 妈妈过去不是这么健忘. [辨析] be/ get/ become used to sth/ doing sth. 习惯于/变得习惯于.used是个分词型形容词to 是介词.因此后面只能跟名词.代词或动名词.be强调状态.get/become强调由“不惯到“习惯于这一动态的过程. e.g. He was used to the cold weather after he lived there for two years．在那里住两年后.他已习惯了寒冷的天气. The little boy has been used to the local foods now. 这个小男孩已经习惯了当地的食物. They got used to living in the countryside．他们已习惯于住在农村. [联想]有时be used to do是动词use的被动语态.在这种结构里.to是不定式符号. 也可以使用介词for.即be used for doing e.g. Wood is often used to make/ for making desks and chairs. 木头常常被用来制作桌椅.

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     Although it's foolish to smoke, fifty million people in the United States still do that. Most of them
want to give up smoking, but smoking is a habit that is not easy to break. Luckily, thirty-five million
Americans have stopped it.
     Frank used to (过去常常) smoke a lot. He started to smoke when he was 16. Many of his friends
were doing it, and it made him feel like a grown-up. His parents told him that he was making a mistake,
but he didn't listen to them. When he joined the football team in the United States, he stopped smoking,
but then he started again.
     A month ago, he had a pain in his chest and stomach. "The pain isn't too bad. I'm sure it will go away
and I'll be fine. I probably eat too much," he told his wife, Helen. But it didn't go away and they both
began to worry. Frank called the doctor. The doctor told him that Helen should drive him to the hospital
right away. They examined his heart, took a chest X-ray, and kept him in the hospital overnight (一整夜).
      The next day his doctor read the X-ray report. He told Frank that he was okay, and that he could
be back to work after a few days' rest. But he advised him to stop smoking. Frank and Helen were very
happy. They were afraid that they were going to get bad news.
     Since Frank stopped smoking, he has been feeling better. He doesn't cough in the morning the way
he used to. His house and car don't have smell of smoke, and his wife and children are breathing cleaner
air.

l. Today, the number of smokers in the United States is _____ it used to be.

A. larger than
B. smaller than
C. as large as
D. the same as

2. Frank started to smoke when he was _____.

A. a football player
B. fifteen years old
C. with many of his friends
D. sixteen years old

3. What was wrong with Frank a month ago?

A. He ate too much.
B. He had a pain in his chest and stomach.
C. He stayed in the hospital overnight.
D. He took a chest X-ray.

4. —In the hospital, why did they think they might get bad news?
—Because _____.

A. Frank smoked a lot for a long time
B. he was kept in the hospital overnight
C. the pain didn't go away quickly
D. all of the above

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进入初三后，你的朋友Larry变化很大，昨天班会课老师表扬了他。你为他感到高兴，一高兴你就想写点什么，于是就写了一篇关于他变化的文章以之鼓励。

Larry	过去	现在
个性	内向，朋友少，偶感孤独	外向，友好，朋友多
作业	没有完成，抄别人的	在朋友的帮助下，能完成
行规	上课吃东西，听音乐,这是不允许的	遵守班规,上课认真，进步大，老师喜欢
理想	篮球运动员，父母反对，打球妨碍学习	英语好，想当英语教师，
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