unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world

（一）詞語辨析：

Ⅰ. succeed/success/successful的用法

succeed,v 實現目標，成功

succeed,不及物動詞 succeed in doing sth 如：

He succeeded in swimming across the river 他成功的游過了這條河。

success,名詞可數名詞（成功的人或事）；不可數名詞（成功）如

Failure is the mother of success

失敗是成功之母。

successful形容詞，成功的，如

He is a successful writer.

他是個成功的作家。

【典型例題】

1. The man_____(成功)in setting up a company last year.

【答案】succeeded

【考點】詞語運用

2. He is organized and is often . I hope he will have more at his business.

A. success; successful

B. successful; success

C. successfully; successful

D.successful; successful

【答案】B

【解析】句意：他很有條理，常常成功。我希望他會在生意上更加成功。Succss成功，是名詞；successful成功的，是形容詞；successfully成功地，是副詞。所以選B。

【考點】考查形容詞。

Ⅱ. population的用法

population 人口；人口數量

population做主語且強度整體人口時，謂語動詞一般用單數，

The population is increasing faster and faster.

當主語時「人口的百分之幾、幾分之幾」時，謂語動詞常用複數形式。

Three quarters of the population are workers.

表示人口的"多"或"少"時, 用"large"或"small"

The population of China is very large.中國人口眾多

提問有多少人口，常用「 what is the population of…?」

What is the population of Canada?

加拿大的人口有多少?

表示 「某地有多少人口」 時，常用 「… has a population of …」 句型

【典型例題】

1.---Do you know ____________ the population of China is?

---Yes, it has the __________ population in the world, about 1.3 billion.

A. how much, most

B. how much, largest

C.what, most

D.what, largest

【答案】D

考點：考查特殊疑問詞和形容詞

2.Two thirds of the population of the village ________ farmers. The number of them________ about 2,000.

A. is, is

B. is, are

C. are, are

D. are, is

【答案】D

【解析】

試題分析：句意：這個村莊三分之二的人都是農民。他們的數量是2000。Population前有分數修飾，謂語動詞要用複數。The number of「……的數量」做主語，謂語動詞用單數。故選D。

考點：考查主謂一致。

Ⅲ. famous的用法

famous = well – know adj. 著名的，有名的

(1) be famous for 因……而著名 （某人因某種知識、技能或特徵而出名）

China is famous for the Great Wall and Pandas

(2) be famous as 作為……而出名（某人以某種身份而出名）

Lu Xun was famous as a writer.

【典型例題】

1. France ______ for its food and wine.

A. is famous for

B. is famous to

C. is famous as

D. is famous with

【答案】A

考點：考查固定短語。

2. ---Can you tell me something about Liu Yang?

---Oh, she _____ the first Chinese woman astronaut to get into space.

A. is famous as

B. is famous for

C. is interested in

D. is proud of

【答案】A

【解析】

試題分析：句意：你能告訴我一些關於劉洋的事嗎?哦,她是著名的第一個進入太空的中國女太空人。is famous as是著名的；is famous for因……而聞名； is interested in對……感興趣；is proud of為……而自豪。所以選A。

考點：考查固定短語。

Ⅳ. a lot /a lot of辨析

a lot … ……得多；很多；非常

(1) a lot 很多，做副詞短語，修飾動詞，放在動詞之後。相當於very much.

It usually rains a lot at this time of year.

(2) a lot of =lots of + 複數名詞 =many +複數名詞=much+ 不可數名詞

【典型例題】

1. He knows ____ about this event.

A. a lot of B.lots of

C. many D. a lot

【答案】D

【解析】

試題分析：句意：----對於這次事件他了解很多。a lot 很多，做副詞短語，修飾動詞，放在動詞之後。相當於very much.結合句意，故選D。

考點：考查副詞的用法。

2. He drinks _____. He’s got ___ money but not ____ friends.

A. a lot; plenty of ;much

B. much; a lot of ; many

C. a lot; a lot of; many

D. a lot of ; a lot; a lot of

【答案】C

考點：考查副詞的用法。

Ⅴ. spend/pay/cost/take辨析

spend … (in) doing 花時間做某事

spend/pay/cost/take 花費

(1) spendspentspent v 花費,主語是人

sb.+ spend +時間/錢+onsth

sb. +spend +時間/錢+（in）doing sth

spend on= pay for 支付

He spends too much time on the computer games.

(2) pay paid paid v 支付，主語是人

sb.+ pay + 錢+for sth I pay 10 yuan for the book.

(3) cost cost cost v 花費，主語是某物或某事

sth cost sb. +錢 某物花費某人多少錢

A new computer costs me a lot of money.

(4)taketook taken v 花費

It takes /took sb. some time to do sth.

做某事花費某人多長時間

It takes him 3 hours to do his homework.

【典型例題】

1. I _______ two hours _______ the book last night. It’s very interesting.

A. spend reading

B.spent reading

C. took reading

【答案】A

【考點】考查動詞短語的用法。

2.What a nice coat! How much did you_____ for it? It_____ me twenty yuan.

A. pay, cost B. pay, paid

C. cost, pay D. cost, cost

【答案】A

【解析】

試題分析：句意：多麼漂亮的一件外套呀！你多少錢買的？花了我20元錢。pay for意為「支付，為某物付錢」；sth cost sb money則意為「某物花了某人多少錢」；故選A。

考點：考查動詞的用法辨析。

Ⅵ. 表示事物的長、寬、高、深等的表達方式

「基數詞 + 單位名詞+ 形容詞（long,wide,tall,deep等）」。如果數詞超過1，單位名詞要用複數形式。

【注】單位詞有： meter; foot; inch; kilogram等

Yao Ming is over 2 meters tall.

The river is 50 meters wide.

「基數詞+ 單位名詞+in + 名詞（length; width; height; depth等）

two meters long = two meters in length （2米長）

three feet high = two feet in height. （3英尺高）

長、寬、高、深還可用復合形容詞表示

「數字+ 量詞（單位）+形容詞（long/wide/ tall/ deep等）」 .各個詞間用連字符連接，常作前置定語修飾名詞。

【典型例題】

1. The river is over 200 meters_____..

A. wide B. long C. tall

【答案】A

【解析】句意：這條河超過200米寬。A. wide寬的；B. long長的；C. tall高的。根據句意只能是指河流的寬度，故選A。

【考點】考查形容詞辨析。

2. Over the river there is ____________ bridge.

A. a 110-meter- long

B. a 110-meters-long

C. an110-meter- long

D. an 110-meters-long

【答案】A

考點：考查復合形容詞的用法。