1. I prefer living in a modern flat.

　 prefer 后可接不定式或动名词，意思区别不大，但搭

　 配不一样，分别为prefer to do...rather than do...；

　 prefer doing...to doing...

　 I prefer to stay home rather than go out.

　 = I prefer staying hometo going out.

　 prefer后面还可以接名词，如：

　I prefer a double room to a single one.

　 我宁可住双人间也不住单人间。

2. get through, go through, live through

　 get through 及物或不及物用法，意为：通过，完成，

　 接通 (电话)，渡过 (难关) 等。

　 (1) The line is busy, I can't get through.

　 电话线路忙，我打不通。

　 Have you got through your homework?

　 你完成作业了吗?

　 注：get through 后接 with 只有“完成”，没有“通过”的

　 意思，如：

　 I got through with the examination, but I didn't get

　 through.

　 我完成了考试，但没有通过。

　 (2) go through 及物用法，意为：穿过，仔细查看，浏

　 览，经历(苦难)

　 Go through the papers and find out useful information.

　 浏览一下这些报纸，找出有用的信息。

　 He went through untold hardship in the war.

　 战争中这位老人受尽了苦难。

　 (3) live through 经历，度过

　 The old man lived through two wars in life.

　 老人一生中经历了两次战争。

　 He possibly can't live through this winter.

　 他可能活不过这个冬天。

　 试比较：He can't possibly get through this winter.

　 他可能挨不过这个冬天。

　　 ☆句型诠释☆

1. despite, in spite of, though, although, as

　 (1) despite, in spite of 尽管，不顾

　 despite, in spite of 是介词或介词短语，后面只能接名

　 词、代词或动名词。

　 He came to school despite his serious illness.

　 = He came to school in spite of his serious illness.

　 尽管他病得很重，他还去上学。

　 Despite / ln spite of the rain, we won't stop our work.

　 尽管下雨，我们也不会停止工作。

　 (2) though, although, as 尽管，虽然

　 though, although 为从属连词，一般接从句，也可接

　 分词；though 还可以用于倒装句，这种表达法相当于

　 as 表示“虽然”时的用法。

　 Although given enough time, he didn't finish the work

　 in time.

　 虽然给了他充分时间，他还是没有及时完成工作。

　 Seriously m thou曲he was, he went to school.

　 = Seriously ill as he was, he came to school.

　 注：though 还可以单独作副词用，意为“可是”、“然

　 而”，通常放句末，如：

　 The boy was injured. It was nothing much, though.

　 那个男孩子受伤了，不过并不重。

5. the Chinese Revolution, ____ the Russian Rev-

　 olution, is the most important political event in

　 ____ history.

　　 A. next to; 不填　 B. close to; the

　　 C. up to; 不填　　 D. as to; the

　　 ☆词语比较☆

4. He repeats that he is telling the story as ____ by

　 himself at the time.

　　 A. seeing　　 B. to see

　　 C. saw　　 D. seen

3. As you can see, the mini-skirt comes into ____

　 again this year.

　　 A. being　　 B. effect

　　 C. practice　　 D. fashion

2. Seeing its mother coming, the child was so happy

　 that its eyes ____ pleasure.

　　 A. were lighted with

　　 B. lit up for

　　 C. lit up with

　　 D. were lighted up for

1. I can't tell you what it's worth, you nlust get an ex-

pert to ____ it.

　　 A. look into　　 B. look at

　　 C. look up　　 D. look out

8. set aside 把……放在一边；留出

　 He set aside his book and lit a cigarette.

　 他把书放在一边，点燃一支香烟。

　 Each month she tried to set aside part of her salary.

　 每月他都设法留出工资的一部分。

　 aside 其他常见用法还有：

　 stand aside (靠边站)

　 move aside (移到旁边)

　 put sth. aside for sb. (把某物留给某人)

[考点2]含 up 的动词短语

① call up 召唤；调动；使人想起；打电话给

② light up 照亮；变得高兴起来

③ fill up 填写；盛满

④ take up 占用；拿起；从事

⑤ pick up 拾起；接送；听到；学会

[例句] Your letter calls up the days when we worked

together in the countryside 20 years ago. 你的信使人想

起20年前我们在一起工作的日子。

Sue's face lighted up when she heard the good news. 听

到这个好消息时，苏流露出愉快的面容。

The room soon filled up with people. 房间里不久就挤

满了人。

She's taken up flower-decoration at evening classes. 她

在夜校学习插花。

[考例2]It has been raining harder and harder for quite

a few days. The village seemed to be in danger of being

flooded．Mr Smith decided to ____ all the young

men in the village to strengthen the river bank.

　　 A. call in　　 B. call up

　　 C. call at　　 D. call for

[考查目标] 此题主要考查动词辨义问题。

[答案与解析]B　 call in 召进，请进。call at (a place)

访问(某地)。call / or需要，去接。

[考点5]副词短语

① far from 完全不．远不

② next to 儿乎；仅次于

③ in a hurry 匆忙；很快地

[例句] The problem is far from (being) easy. 这个问题

完全不容易。

Papering the ceiling proved next to impossible without a

ladder. 用纸糊天花板没有梯子儿乎是不可能的。

She dressed herself in a hurry. 她匆匆地穿上衣服。

▲友情提示：far from 后可接名词、形容词，或 being +

形容词／名词。next to后常接一些否定词。

[考例5]I'm terribly sorry to tell you that your work is

far from ____.

　　 A. satisfying　　 B. a satisfaction

　　 C. being satisfactory D. to satisfy

[考查目标] 此题主要考查 far from 的用法。

[答案与解析]C　 satisfaction 是不可教名词，前不可使

用a。from后不可接不定式。satisfying虽然意思与

satisfactory 相同，但常使用satisfactory，其中being经

常省略。

[牛刀小试2]

7. send for 派人请，叫人拿

　 We sent for the document this morning.

　 我们今天上午派人去取这份文件。

　 -- Will somebody go and get Dr. White?

　 有人去请怀特医生了吗?

　 -- He's already been sent for.

　 已经派人去了。

　 与 send 的常见搭配有：

　 send off (发出) send up (发射) send out (发出)等。