文档介绍：Section Ⅱ Word power &
Grammar and usage
Ⅰ.信息匹配
根据对话内容，从下列方框中找出与之相匹配的信息。
1．—How long have you been working there?
—_elp.
A．grow B．appear
C．become D．stay
【解析】 四个选项后都可以接形容词作表语，但A、C两项是表示动态变化的动词，不符合句意；appear显得，好像，也不符合句意；stay calm保持镇静，stay表示“保持某种状态”。
【答案】 D
...but no evidence of life has been discovered on any of the planets so far.……但是，迄今为止在其中的任何星球上都没有发现生命迹象。
so far此处表示时间，“到目前为止”，与现在完成时、现在完成进行时连用，相当于up to now，up till now，till now，也可表示“到某一点、距离、程度为止”。
How many of the books have you read so far?
迄今为止，这些书你读了几本了？
as far as 远达
far from 远离，远非
by far ……得多，最……
by far 修饰比较级和最高级，强调程度、数量等；可置于句中和句末，在句中时必须在定冠词the之前。
※Of the two poems，the shorter is by far the better.
两首诗中，这首短的较好。
※It seems to me to be by far the best hiding place.
对我来说这似乎就是最佳的藏身之地了。
※He goes as far as the supermarket.
他一直走到超市。
fact，he is very practical.
A．so far B．as far as
C．by far D．far from
【答案】 D
Some time after the rockets and the space shuttle are launched，the rockets will separate from the space shuttle and fall into the ，火箭将与航天飞机分离并坠入大海。
some time一段时间
I’ll stay here for some 。
another time改个时间 at times有时
from time to time不时地 now and then时不时地
once in a while偶尔
We have apple pie for dinner at times.
晚餐我们有时吃苹果馅饼。
3.(2008年重庆卷)—Could we see each other at 3 o’clock this afternoon?
—Sorry，let’s make it________time.
A．other’s B．the other
C．another D．other
【解析】 another time改个时间。
【答案】 C
In outer space astronauts cannot take off their spacesuits，which protect them and provide oxygen.
在太空中，宇航员不能脱下保护他们和提供氧气的宇航服。
take off (飞机、太空船等)起飞；脱掉(衣服)；(事业等)取得成功
Take your coat 。
The plane takes off at seven o’。
Her singing career took off after her TV appearance.
她在电视上亮相后歌唱事业迅速起飞。
take in接纳，收容；吸收；理解；欺骗；包含
take on呈现；具有；雇用
take out取出；拔下；带……出去
take over接任，承袭，接管
take to喜欢，亲近
take up拿起；着手处理，开始从事；把……继续下去；占用(时间、空间等)
The village has taken on a new 。
Jianlian，a promising new star，said goodbye to CBA for NBA and is ready to________in a new world