8. fire

　 (1) 动词用法：v. 点火，开火，解雇

　 We had no idea who fired the house.

　我们不知道谁放火烧了这座房子。

　 The officer ordered his men to fire at the enemy.

　 军官命令士兵向敌人开枪。

　 The cook was fired for stealing things from the

　 kitchen.

　 厨师因为偷厨房的东西而被解雇了。

　 (2) 名词用法：火，火灾，燃烧，热情(比喻说法)

　 They made a fire and sat around it.

　 他们升起一堆火并围在一起坐着。

　 A fire broke out in old house last night.

　 昨晚这座老房子发生一场火灾。

　 [注意] fire作可数名词时表示具体的“一堆火”或

　 “一场火灾”，作为物质名词为不可数，如：

　 Don't play with fire. 不要玩火。

　 与 fire 搭配的词组常见的有：

　 catch fire 着火了(表动作)

　 be on fire 着火了(表状态)

　 set sth. on fire 使某物开始燃烧

　 set fire to sth. 放火烧某物

　 be on fire for sth. 热衷于做某事

3. engage vt. & vi. 订婚，约定，从事于，保证，雇用，聘

　 请，电话占线，有事，有活动(用过去分词作表语)

　 [词组] be engaged to sb. 与某人订婚(表状态)

　 get engaged to sb. 与某人订婚(表动作)

　 engage sb. (oneself) to do sth. 让某人干某事

　 be engaged in doing sth. = be busy doing sth. = be

　 busy with sth. = be up to sth. 忙于做某事

　 John is engaged to Mary.

　 约翰和玛丽订了婚。

　 Father engaged an experienced man to manage his

　 farm.

　 父亲聘请了一个有经验的人来管理农场。

　 -- Can you come on Sunday? 你星期天能来吗?

　 -- No, I'm engaged. 不能，我有事。

　 The line is engaged.

　 电话占线。

　 The company has engaged to finish the building by

　 May.

　 公司承诺保证在五月以前完成这栋楼。

5. disable vt. 使丧失能力

　 He was disabled in the war；he lost his left arm.

　 他在战争中残废了；他失去了左臂。

　 The disabled are to receive more money.

　 残疾人应该接受更多的捐助。

[考点8]effort的用法

▲ 搭配：

① make a good / great effort 做出很大努力

② make an effort 尽心；努力

③ make every effort 尽一切努力

▲ 句型：

① make a great / good effort (to do sth) ∥ make every

　 effort ∥ make great / good efforts

② Please make an effort to do sth 请劳驾干……

③ do sth with a great effort / great efforts 费力干某事

④ do sth without effort (毫)不费力地干某事

⑤ devote one's (great) efforts to doing sth

⑥ spare no effort(s) to do sth 不遗余力干某事；尽全力

　 干某事

[考例8](2000上海春招)The rescue team made every

____ to find the missing mountain climber.

　　 A. force　　 B. energy

　　 C. effort　　 D. possibility

[考查目标] 名词和动词的搭配关系。

[答案与解析]C make every effort to do sth 意为“竭

尽全力干某事”。

[考点5]elect的用法

▲ 构词：election n. 选举

▲ 辨析：choose; elect; pick out; select

该组词均表达“选择”之意，但choose意为“选择．挑

选”，多指以个人好恶为标准，侧重于根据自己主观印

象做出判断。表示从两者中选一个时，必须用choose。

elect意为“选举，选择”，指在众多人中进行挑选，强调

经过深思熟虑后做出的选择。pick out意为“选好，挑

出”。多用于有形的东西，指精心仔细地挑选，含有“挑

剔”的意思。select意为“选择，挑选”。指从众多东西

中，更加仔细、慎重、有比较地进行挑选，其语义比

choose强。例如：

I leave it to you to choose between the two methods. 我

任你在这两种方法之间做出选择。

We elected him chairman. 我们选他当主席。

Pick Out the stamps you like best, please. 请挑出你最

喜欢的邮票。

The finest products were selected and sent to the exhi-

bition. 选择了最好的产品送到展览会去。

[考例5]We ____ him our team leader by a show of

hands.

　　　 A. selected　　　　　　　　 B. chose

　　　 C. picked out　　　　　　 D. elected

[考查目标] 一组近义词的区别。

[答案与解析]D “通过举手表决的方式推选”当然应

使用elect。

2. debate n. & v. 辩论，争辩，参加辩论；讨论，考虑

　 (如何较好)

　 They were debating about a foolish question.

　 他们正在争论一个愚蠢的问题。

　 They debated the question in whispers.

　 他们小声辩论了这个问题。

　 After a long debate, they finally reached an agreement.

　 经过长时间辩论后，他们终于达成一致协议。

　 The subject was hotly debated.

　 这个主题经过激烈的辩论。

　 We were debating where we should go for our holiday.

　 我们正在讨论去哪里度假。

　 [提示] debate多作可数名词，有时也作不可数名词。

　 After much debate, we decided to move to Oxford.

　 我们经过充分讨论决定迁往牛津。

12. Maybe it would be better to choose...

☆词汇短语☆

[考点9]complete 的用法

▲ 辨析：accomplish；complete；finish

三词均意为“完成”，但所接名词不同。accomplish一般

后接“任务、使命、目标、航程”或其他抽象名词。com-

plete意为“完成，完结”，多指完成一项指派的任务或把

未完成的事情完全结束，强调整个的全过程，后所接的

名词往往更具体些，如“建筑物、工程、书籍”等。finish

意为“结束”，多指着手进行的事或所作的动作完成，尤

指完成工作的最后一步，后面可接名词或动名词，如

“用完、吃完”等。complete a book写完一本书，finish a

　book读完或写完一本书。例如：

One more week，and we'll accomplish the task. 再给我

们一周，我们就能完成这项任务。

When the building has been completed, it will look im-

pressive. 这座建筑物完成后一定会很宏伟。

Have you finished typing that letter? 你把那封信打好

了没有?

[考例9](2004广东) ____ the programme, they

have to stay there for another two weeks.

　　　 A. Not completing

　　　 B. Not completed

　　　 C. Not having completed

　　　 D. Having not completed

[考查目标] 非谓语动词及其时态。

[答案与解析] C　 非谓语动词的否定形式是在其前加

not。故排除D项，主语they执行非谓语动词所表示的

动作，故可排除B项，根据句子的意思，“没有完成计

划”的动作应发生在have to say动作之前，故应使用现

在分词的完成体。

[考点4]curious的用法

▲ 构词：

① curiously adv. 好奇地

② curiosity n. 好奇心；求知欲

▲ 搭配：

① be curious about 对……(感到)好奇；很想知道……

② curiously (enough) 说来(足够)奇怪

▲ 句型：

① be curious to do sth 急于千某事；渴望干某事

② It's curious that... 真奇怪……

[考例4](1998上海) Don't be too ____ about

things you are not supposed to know.

　　 A. strange　　 B. amusing

　　 C. curious　　 D. conscious

[考查目标] 形容词在语境中的用法。

[答案与解析]C　 be curious about表示“对某事好奇”。

11. What's your opinkm?

10. I would rather...

9. There is no doubt that...

8. It's clear that...

7. It's hard to say.