4. Pressed from his parents, and _______ that he has wasted too much time, the boy is determined to stop playing video games. (2012 福建)
A. realizing
B. realized
C. to realize
D. being realized
3. _______ in a long queue, we waited for the store to open to buy a New iPad. (2012 陕西)
A. Standing
B. To stand
C. Stood
D. Stand
2. _______ an important decision more on emotion than on reason, you will regret it sooner or later. (2012 江苏)
A. Based
B. Basing
C. Base
D. To base
IwassleepingsoundlylastnightwhenIwasawakenedbysomeone’sgroans.
[考例答案]D
[考点考例三]if only 的用法
— Look at those clouds!
— Don’t worry. _______ it rains, we’ll still have a great time. (2012 北京)
A. Even if
B. As though
C. In case
D. If only
[知能进阶]
if only表示不能实现或难以实现的意愿或愿望，意为“但愿；要是……该有多好”，引导的句子多用虚拟语气。分如下情况：
(1) 表示与现在事实相反的假设，用一般过去时。如：
If only I knew where you were now!
(2) 表示与过去事实相反的假设，用过去完成时。如：
If only I had warned you of the danger!
(3) 表示与将来事实相反的假设，用“would +动词原形”。如：
If only life would give us a chance to go back to those days again.
[实例对接]If only daytime would come soon, everything would become easier. (P23)
[考例答案]A
[强化训练] (Unit 2, Book 1)
1. He got up late and hurried to his office, _______ the breakfast untouched. (2012 天津)
A. left
B. to leave
C. leaving
D. having left
Itappedthetopofmydesk,hopingforaneasywayoutofthismatter.
[考点考例二]when作并列连词
One Friday, we were packing to leave for a weekend away _______ my daughter heard cries for help. (2011 浙江)
A. after
B. while
C. since
D. when
when作并列连词，表示“就在此刻；突然”，常用的句型有：
(1) be about to do… when…正要做……，这时……
(2) be doing… when… 正在做……，这时(突然) ……
(3) had (just) done… when… 刚做完……，这时……
[实例对接]
5. — Do you think that housing price will keep ______ in the years to come?
— Sorry, I have no idea. (2007 江苏)
A. lifting up
B. going up
C. bringing up
D. growing up
Key:1-5 DBCBB
4. The growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of factors, ______ are beyond our control. (2008 湖南)
A. most of them
B. most of which
C. most of what
D. most of that
3. For many cities in the world, there is no room to spread out further, ______ New York is an example. (2008 四川)
A. for which
B. in which
C. of which
D. from which
2. The government has taken measures to ______ the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable. (2011 湖北)
A. take down
B. bring down
C. hand down
D. tear down
Ican’tremembertheageatwhichhewontheprize.
The person to whom you just talked is Mr. Mills.
Young girls like the heroine, whom they can identify themselves with. (P46)
He reached a peak in 1990 with Big (1998), for which he got his first Oscar nomination. (P55)
[考例答案]C
[考点考例三]it作形式主语
It suddenly occurred to him ______ he had left his keys in the office. (2012 江西)
A. whether
B. where
C. which
D. that
it作形式主语时，替代作主语的从句、动词不定式、动名词，而把真正作主语的从句、动词不定式、动名词后置。如：
It’s important that parents should have a voice in deciding how their children are educated.
It is no secret that you have wasted lots of precious time in these past days.
It is said that at one time a black man lived in the small house.
It’s unnecessary to cook such a big meal tonight.
It’s no use learning facts about a subject if you don’t really understand it.
It is obvious that the film is everybody’s idea of entertainment and the whole film is very enjoyable and unforgettable. (P46)
[强化训练] (Unit 4, Book 1)
1. It is by no means clear ______ the president can do to end the strike. (2012 全国Ⅰ)
A. how
B. which
C. that
D. what