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Module 2 Unit 1Tales of the unexplained 重点单词1search n&vi.&vt.搜索，搜寻，搜查【用法拓展】(1)in search ofin the/ones search for 寻找make a search 搜查(2)search sb.for sth.为某物搜某人身search for sth.寻找某物search out 找出，查到，搜寻到search through 查遍，搜遍search after truth 追求真理即学即用 完成句子The policeman searched the criminal to see if he had a gun. She searched her room for the missing money.她在自己的房间里找丢失的钱。美国传统To support the family，they left home _ _ _ work three months ago.They _ _ but found nothing.他们对他进行了搜身但什么也没找到。Volunteers joined _ _ _ the lost boy.有人自告奋勇来寻找那失踪的孩子。【知识小结】 search后接地点；search for后接人或物2witness n目击者，证人 vt.目击，见证【用法拓展】(1)witness nC 目击者；见证人；证明，见证 a witness to/of.是的目击证人(2)witness vt.&vi.目击，亲眼看见；为作证(3)witness to./to doing.为某事作证/为做某事作证 A psychiatrist (精神病医生)was c_ as _ _ _ for the defence. 作为被告的专家证人被传作证。 prosecution 原告证人She was _ _ of/to the accident. They were staying in the capital at the time of the riots and _ (目击 ) several street battles.He witnessed _( see ) the man enter the building. 他证明说看到那个人进了那栋楼。This gift _ _ his generosity. 这件礼物见证了他的慷慨。单项选择1.Many people _ the car accident，so it was not difficult to investigate.Awitnessed Bcontrolled Cswallowed Ddrugged 2.After the explosion，the police did a lot of work to find out some clues from the _. Alooker-on Bviews Cpeople Dwitnesses 辨析1 这些动词均有“看”之意。look:侧看“重”的动作。see:指看见。watch:指用眼睛跟随某物，以便对每一个变化、运动等进行观察。observe:侧重以客观的态度进行观察。witness:指当场看见，亲眼看见。辨析2 这些名词均有“证据，见证”之意。proof:指足以直接证明某事为某事实的依据，侧重作为充分证据所导致的结果。evidence:普通用词，在法律上指能起证明作用的，如证明、公证书以及所有的实物东西等。在生活中指任何一样可证明某一件事的真实性的东西。witness:指证据或证人，尤指后者，且有亲眼见到之意。testimony:指证据、证词，多系法律用语。3puzzle vt.&n.迷惑，困惑【用法拓展】(1)puzzle vt.使迷惑，使困惑(2)puzzle n难题，难解之事，谜(3)puzzled adj.困惑的，茫然的(4)puzzling adj.令人困惑的，莫名其妙的a puzzled mother 一位困惑的母亲a puzzling case 一件令人困惑的案件The findings of the survey _ metheyre not at all what I would have expected.The teacher _ _ by the students question. He couldnt sleep well as he was thinking about the _ problem.2.She listened with a _ expression on her face. 1. 单项选择1）She wore a(n) _ look on her face. It suggested that she could not work out the maths problem.A. exciting B. excited C. puzzlingD. puzzled 2）The situation is more _ than ever.Im _ about what to do next.A. puzzled; puzzled B. puzzling; puzzling C. puzzling; puzzled D. puzzled; puzzling 3)The _ boy made the police and his family _.Agone；puzzled Bmissing；puzzled Cmissing；puzzling Dlost；puzzling 注意：在英语中，动词的现在分词或过去分词可用作形容词。当用来表示人的情绪状态或感觉时，常用过去分词形式的形容词，这些词常用来修饰人或look，expression，voice，face 等名词。当表示事物的特征或属性时，常用现在分词形式的形容词。如：frighten vt.使惊吓 frightened adj.感到害怕的 frightening adj.令人害怕的 disappoint vt.使失望disappointed adj.感到失望的disappointing adj.令人失望的surprise vt.使惊奇 surprised adj.感到惊讶的surprising adj.令人惊讶的 excite vt.使兴奋excited adj.感到兴奋的，激动的 exciting adj.令人激动的4. convincing【用法拓展】(1)convincing adj.使人信服的，有力的，令人心悦诚服的 convincing evidence 令人信服的证据； convincing arguments 令人信服的论据(2)convinced adj.相信的，被说服的(3)convince vt.使相信，说服convince sb. of sth使某人相信某事sb.be convinced of.某人相信某事convince sb. that使某人相信某事convince sb.to do sth.说服某人做某事1).No one has come up with a _explanation of why dinosaurs died out. 令人信服的2).My boyfriend says Id enjoy a walking holiday，but Im not convinced. 可是我并不确定3.)I_ _ _ her innocence. 相信 4.)We _ Ann _go by train rather than by plane.我们说服Ann坐火车而不是坐飞机去。5)._ 我确信她在撒谎。 6).Scientists are convinced _ the positive effect of laughter _ physical and mental health.Aof；at Bby；in Cof；on Don；at 7). Finally she _ that Tom was guilty.Awas convinced of Bwas convinced Cconvinced Dwas convincing 8).He _ _ _ the difficulty of thework.他使我相信了工作的困难。5.Milti-coloured lightsMilti是一种前缀“多”Multi layer 多层的 ；milti -media多媒体 Multinational 多国的 milti-model多种方式的6.charge1）take charge of(be in charge of) 负责、管理、照顾 I have to take charge of the department.Can you take charge of the class?2）in charge(of) 做表语 Who is in charge here.(这儿谁负责?) .做定语 The doctor in charge request him to put on his clothes (主治医生)7、frighten vt 使惊恐Dont _ us .不要吓唬我们. We _by the tiger.老虎是不能把我们吓到的.The robber f_ the lady _handing over her jewels.frightened adj.(试与frightening比较) 受惊吓的;害怕的What made them so _? Tiger is very _. Why are you so _ of dogs? 你干吗这么怕狗?He was _ at the sight.看到这场面他很害怕.She threw us a quick _ glance.她急速惊恐地看了我们一眼8.rate 评估、估计、认为He _ one of the richest men in town. 被认为 How do you_our teams chance of winning. 评估 He was generally _highly as a poet. 评价。9.ensure保证、保证有(vt)I tried to ensure that everybody understand the instructions. 我努力保证每个人都明白这些指令。I cant ensure that he will be there in time.我不能保证他及时到那儿。10.confusion 混淆（不可数）If you write more clearly, youll prevent the confusion of the readers. here has been some confusion of names confuse (vt) They confused the noun and verb forms他们把动词和名词的形式弄混了14. possibility n. C/U One possibility is that./Another possibility is that One possibility is that well go to the United States. .the possibility of(doing) sth (干)的可能性The possibility of breaking the world record never occurred to him.他从来没想到会打破世界记录。 There is (a) possibility that.有可能Is there any possibility that the weather will improve this weekend. 辨析 Possible/probable/likely这三个词都表示“可能”，但possible和probable是形容词，只能修饰事、物；而likely既是形容词又是副词，可以修饰物，也可以修饰人。同时likely语气最强，probable次之，possible最弱。如：The USA is likely to carry out another attack on Iraq with the excuse of fighting terrorism 美国很可能以打击恐怖主义为借口，再次对伊拉克进行攻击。 Its possible but not probable likely that he will stick to his incorrect proposal 他也许会坚持他的错误主张，但可能性不大15.progressmake (good/much/rapid)progress in.在。取得（大的/迅速的）进步make little/no progress in 在。中取得很小/没有进步in progress 进行中 Please be quiet-recording in progress. 请安静，录音在进行。16.similar be similar to与。相似 （有明显的共同性质，但不完全一致）Usually, boys are similar to their mother. 通常,男孩长的像母亲. Your answers are similar to mine. 你的回答和我的很相似17.support养活 support oneself 养活自己，自力更 support a family 养活一家人支持support ones opinion支持某人的观点支撑/搀扶He was weak with hunger, so I had to support him.This bridge is strong enough to support heavy lorries.18.exist存在，生存 We cant exist without food or water.exist on(live on)靠.活下去(靠.生存) It was impossible for them to exist on such a small income.他们要靠这一点收入生活是不可能的。n. existence be existence 存在The only copy of the book that is still in existence is worth much.该书现存的孤本价值不菲。 come into existence 开始存在，成立 The city came into existence in the 1930s.bring into existence使。产生/使。存在Sudan was brought into existence at the end of the 1800s.苏丹国于19世纪末形成。19、ignore是及物动词(1) 忽略，不管，没有注意 Its not a question that can be ignored这不是一个可以置之不理的问题。2）不理睬，不理会 They ignored traffic regulations. 他们没理会交通规则20、appropriate 适合的,适当的(adj)His clothes were not appropriate for the occasion .他的衣服不适合这个场合。21、conduct(vt)=lead or guide 领导、指导、引导Miss Gao conducted the visitors round the museum.高小姐领着游客们在博物馆中参观。The servant conducted me to the door.仆人领我至门口conduct (vt &vi)管理、指挥、处理；与反身代词连用，意为“行为”He conducts his business affairs in a careless way.他处理公事很粗心。Who is conducting this evening.今晚由谁指挥。He conducts himself well.他行为端正。 Copper conducts electricity.铜导电。23、rule out1）排除、的可能性I can not rule out the possibility of trouble.2）使、不可能 Fathers death ruled out college for Jack.3）不允许 The headmaster ruled out dances on school nights. 重点短语1step up增加，促进；加快，加速【用法拓展】step forward 走上前来，跨前一步step back (由于吃惊)后退一步step inside(in) 进屋里来step into. 进入step by step 一步步地，逐步out of step 合不上步子take steps(a step) 采取措施，走(一步)Following the bomb explosion，security _ at the airport. 炸弹爆炸事件之后，机场加强了安全措施。 When Jack found that he was going to be late，he _ his pace.当杰克发现自己要迟到了，他加快了步伐。The government has decided to _ _ the pace of reform.政府决定加快改革步伐。2.due to【用法拓展】(1)due to (作表语)由于，因为 (2)due to(作状语)由于，因为(3)表示“由于；因为”的常用近义短语还有：because of.；owing to.；on account of. 但thanks to.幸亏，由于；多亏(表示的是正面的原因) 辨析1 这些词组均表示“由于”之意。due to:用于较庄重的书面语中，侧重“起因于”，在句中多作表语，有时作状语。due to +n (pron) 在句中做状语，不可置于句首；如要放在句首用owing to 或because of Owing to my busy work, I dont have much time to go to the club due to 在句中还可做表语或定语1）给予、应属于 The first place is due to Milton.第一名属于米尔顿。The wage due to him will be paid tomorrow.他的工资明天发。 2）由于，由、造成，归功于 His absence was due to the storm.他的缺席是由那场暴风雨造成的。What are earthquakes due to?地震是什么造成的owing to:可以和due to换用，但在句中多作状语，也可作表语。because of:着重某种原因的理由，在句中通常作状语。thanks to:突出一种感激之情，含“多亏”意味。Thanks to his effort，it is more successful than we have expected.Our delay was _ heavy traffic.Adue to Bowing to Cthanks to Daccording to3look into调查，检查；注视的内部或深处【用法拓展】look about四处寻找 look for寻找，期待 look after照顾，关心 look out 小心，注意look back 回顾，追忆 look over仔细查看look down on/upon轻视，看不起look up 仰视，好转The police_ why the plane crashed into the sea. 调查原因 He _ the box/the mirror/her eyes. 注视 单项选择The police will _the case further before they can find the suspected murderer guilty.Alook out Blook up Clook through Dlook into He _ _ the room but found nobody in.他朝房间里看但没发现有任何人在那。 4make up编造，捏造，构成；化妆；弥补；和解【用法拓展】(1)make sth./o 使变为，把制成(2)make of由组成(看得出原材料)(3)make from由组成(看不出原材料)(4)make out弄懂，发现，看出，认出来，读出来，填写，开列(清单)，声称，把说成(5)make for走向，驶往，促使Uncle Phillips _ _ a very interesting story for the children. 编故事。We often quarrel but we always _ _ _ soon after. 和好 She takes ages to _ _ in the mornings.化妆 The research group _ 15 members has made great achievements in recent years.Ais made up of Bmakes up Cmade up of Dmaking up of Kathy _ some French while she was away on a business trip in France.Apicked up Btook up Cmade up Dturned up 语法精讲现在完成时/现在完成进行时一、现在完成时1概念现在完成时主要强调过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响，或过去发生的动作还未结束，一直持续到现在或将来，重点在于对现在的影响。构成：助动词have(has)动词的过去分词(2)基本用法：1)表示动作发生在过去某个不确定的时间，但对现在留下了某种影响和结果。常被just、already、yet等副词修饰2)表示从过去某一时刻开始一直持续到现在的动作或状态。这个动作可能刚停止，可能仍然在进行。常带有for，since，in the past，in the last.，all this week，so far等表示一段时间的状语3)表示说话前发生过一次或多次的动作，现在成为一种经验，一般汉语译为“过”，常带有twice，ever，never，three times等时间状语注意：have(has)been(to)与have(has)gone(to)的区别：have(has)been(to)表示“去过某地(现在已经回来了)”，可用于各人称；have(has)gone(to)表示“去某地了(说话时某人不在当地)”，常用于第三人称，前者可与once，never，several times等连用，后者则不能It is/has been一段时间since某事发生这个句型里，since后是持续性动词时要理解为“某事结束后已经有多久了”； since后是短暂性动词时要理解为“某事发生后已经有多久了”It/This is序数词 time或最高级that后面的从句用现在完成时含有终结或短暂意义的动词不能和一段时间搭配Ive just copied all the new words.我刚抄写了所有的生词。(表示不要再抄了)She has lost her books.她丢失了她的书。 (表示到目前为止还没有找到)Weve just cleaned the classroom.我们刚好打扫了教室。(表明现在教室是干净的)You have never come to our school，have you？你以前从来没有来过我们学校，是吗？Have you ever made dumplings？你曾经做过饺子吗？Yes，I have.是的，我做过。二、现在完成进行时1现在完成进行时的构成方法:现在完成进行时由“have/hasbeen现在分词”构成。2现在完成进行时用法(1)现在完成进行的基本用法表示现在以前这一段时间里一直在进行的动作，这动作可能仍在进行，也可能已停止。It has been raining since last Monday.自上周一以来就一直在下雨。Shes been watching television all day.她看了整整一天电视。(2)现在完成进行时有时表示根据直接或间接的证据得出的结论。I am very tired. Ive been typing letters all day.一整天都在打信件，我太累了。Susans eyes are red.She has been crying.苏姗一直在哭，眼睛都哭红了。三、现在完成时与现在完成进行时的区别1现在完成时通常只陈述事实，而现在完成进行时还可表示一种感情色彩。I have waited for two hours.我等了两小时。(陈述事实)I have been waiting for two hours.我等了两个小时。(等得好辛苦)2现在完成进行时通常用来谈论较短暂的动作或情况，若要谈论时间延续较长的动作或情况或永久性情况，则通常用现在完成时。He has lived in Paris.他(一直)住在巴黎。He has been living in Paris.他(目前)住在巴黎。3不用于进行时态的动词通常也不用于现在完成进行时，但它们可以用于现在完成时。Theyve been married for twenty years.他们结婚已二十年了。The war has lasted for a long time.这场战争持续了很长时间。4现在完成进行时不用于被动语态，若要用可用现在完成时的被动语态代替。The house has been painted for a month.这房子已经粉刷了一个月。The problem has been studied for five days.这个问题已经研究了五天。语法专练1How are you today?Oh，I _as ill as I do now for a very long time.Adidnt feel Bwasnt feeling Cdont feel Dhavent felt 2I _ pingpong quite well，but I havent had time to play since the new year.Aplayed Bwill play Chave played Dplay 3The population of Jiangsu _ to more than twice what it was in 1949.The figure is now approaching 74 million. Ahas grown Bhave grown Cgrew Dare growing 4The first use of atomic weapons was in 1945，and their power _increased enormously ever since.Ais Bwas Chas been Dhad been 5. She has set a new record，that is，the sales of her latest book _50 million.Ahave reached Bhas reached Care reaching Dhad reached6More patients _in hospital this year than lastyear.Atreated Bhave treated Chad been treated Dhave been treated7The window is dirty.I know.It_for weeks.Ahasnt cleaned Bdidnt clean Cwasnt cleaned Dhasnt been cleaned8Years ago we didnt know this，but recent science _ that people who dont sleep well soon get ill.Ashowed Bhas shown Cwill show Dis showing9Although medical science _ control over several dangerous diseases，what worries us is that some of them are returning.Aachieved Bhas achieved Cwill achieve Dhad achieved10Excuse me，Marcia，a reporter from Vanity Fair _ all day.Could you speak to her now？ Aphones Bhas phoned Chas been phoning Dphoned11.Lucy has _ all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university. Aacquired Bfinished Cconcluded Dachieved12.Over the past decades，sea ice _ in the Arctic as a result of global warming. Ahad decreased Bdecreased Chas been decreasing Dis decreasing13.Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and _ jokes.(江苏，23)Aturning up Bputting up Cmaking up Dshowing up14.The building around the corner caught fire last night.The police are now _the matter.(湖北，26)Agetting through Bworking out Clooking into Dwatching over Unit1 Tales of the unexplained-Task词汇测试一 单项选择(共30小题，每题1分，30分)1. We not only respect our teachers, but also _ them. I dont _ what you said.A. believe in; believe in B. believe; believe C. believe in; believe D. believe; believe in2. He hasnt _ yet. What happened _ him?A. disappeared; to B. shown up; to C. come; for D. appeared; for3. I didnt see her in the meeting room. She _ at the meeting.A. mustnt have spoken B. shouldnt have spokenC. neednt have spoken D . couldnt have spoken4. _ of the truth of the report, he told his colleagues about it.A. Convinced B. Convincing C. To convince D. Having convinced 5. Many people are still _ all over the world.A. gone hungry B. going hunger C. going hungry D. gone hunger 6. The play is going to _ again tomorrow evening. A . produce on B. be put on C. put on D. produce 7. _ that at least a score of buildings will be built soon. A. It hopes B. It is hoped C. We are hoped D. It is wished 8. The _ look on her face suggested that she _ it. A. puzzling; hadnt expected B. puzzled; hadnt expected C. puzzling; wouldnt expect D. puzzled; shouldnt expect9. When she saw the _tiger, her face turned pale_. A. frightening; with fear B. frightened; with fear C. frightening; as fear D. frightened; as fear10. It seems that she is thinking about something.-Yes, she cannot remember what key she _ to her computer.A. set B. had set C. has set D. sets11. When I return to the classroom, I found my pen _. A. going B. losing C. missing D. missed12. _, the population of China is the largest in the world. A. It is known that B. As is well known C. Which is well known D. We all know13. They went out _ water. A. in search of B. in a search of C. in search D. search for14. He must have _ the funny story. I cant believe that its true. A. picked up B. turned up C. done up D. made up15. What he has done is really _. Now his parents are _him. A. disappointing; disappointed at B. disappointing; disappointed about C. disappointing; disappointed with D. disappointed; disappointed by16. Why did he have to leave school? -He happened to _ a laptop computer from the school lab. A. be seen steal B. be seen stealing C. be caught to steal D. catch stealing17. Enough sleep can make us _ energy and make it possible for us to perform well in the exam. A. filled of B. full of C. fill with D. full with18. As we join the big crowd, I got _ from my friends. A. separated B. lost C. divided D. missed19. Dont _ him just because he hasnt been as successful as you. A. look on B. look down on C. look up D. look up to20. My parents provided me_ 800 yuan _ my study every year. A