1、1. break into 破门而入；突然起来The thief broke into the office and stole some money.这个小偷闯入办公室，偷了一些钱。 He broke into a run when he saw the police. 他看见警察，撒腿就跑。 break in强行进入；打断；插嘴break up（关系）破裂；驱散（人群）break out （火灾、战争等）突然发生break down（机器等）出现故障；（人身体）出毛病break off折断（树枝） ；停止（工作）单项填空。How about your journey to Mount Em
2、ei?Everything was wonderful except that our car twice on the way. A. slowed down B. broke down C. got down D. put down【答案】B2. cut off 切断；切下（掉）Xinhua says the landslide also cut off power and communications.新华社报道，这次山体滑坡还切断了电力和通讯。 I was cut off on my line to London. 我打伦敦长途时，电话被切断了。 cut across 取捷径；走近路c
3、ut down 砍倒；削减；降低cut in插嘴cut up 切碎；使痛心；使难过单项填空。The whole area was by the big snow, and the government had to send food there by helicopter. A. cut away B. cut up C. cut off D. cut down【答案】C【解析】句意：整个地区被大雪阻断了，所以政府不得不用直升机给那里的人送食物。cut off“切断” 。3. up to now 直到现在up to now意思是“直到现在” ，谓语动词用现在完成时。Things have n
4、ot picked up up to now. 直到现在还没有收拾东西。from now on从现在起now and again/now and then 有时；不时I. 完成句子。1. (有时) he forgets to turn off the light. 2. (从现在起) the nights will get longer and longer. 3. Things have not picked up (直到现在). 【答案】1. Now and then / Now and again 2. From now on 3. up to now【解析】now and then或者
5、 now and again意思是“有时；不时” ；from now on意思是“从现在起” ；up to now 意思是“直到现在” 。II. 单项填空。Up to now, the program thousands of children who would otherwise have died. A. would save B. saves C. had saved D. has saved【答案】D 4. pick out 拾起；学会；获得；接人上车 pick up拾起；学会；获得；接人上车 pick out挑出；认出 pick at不断挑剔别人；找茬 pick off摘掉；取走
6、Lets pick out the bad potatoes from the basket. 我们把篮子里的坏土豆挑出来吧。I. 完成句子。1. Ill (开车接你) at your home tomorrow. 2. He (偶然听到) a piece of news that the singer had died. 3. I wish she would stop (挑剔) the little girl so much. 【答案】1. pick you up 2. picked up 3. picking at 【解析】pick up 有“接人上车”和“获得”之意，pick at 意
7、思是“不断挑剔，找茬” 。II. 单项填空。As we all know, a person who likes to others is definitely not easy to get along with. A. pick out B. pick at C. pick up D. pick off 【答案】B 【解析】pick at“挑剔（某人） ”；pick up“拾起；学到；获得；接人上车” ；pick out“挑出；认出” ；pick off“摘掉；取走” 。句意：我们知道，一个总喜欢挑剔别人的人一定是不容易相处的。5. badly off穷的；缺少的；境况不好的be badl
8、y off “穷的” ，其比较级是 be worse off。be badly off for 缺少be well off“富裕；情况很好” ，其比较级是 be better off。We used to be badly off，but now we are well off. 我们过去贫困，但现在富裕了。If he had worked hard when young，he would be well off now.如果他年轻时努力工作，现在就能过得舒服些。Mark has lost his job and is worse (bad) off than ever.马克的工作丢了，情况比
9、以前更糟。选词填空。convince, whisper, bore, wear, pick out, badly off, perform, astonish, cut off, unfortunately1. You mustnt laugh at people. 2. No one has come up with a explanation to why dinosaurs died out. 3. The girl came in and something in the teachers ear. 4. Because of the earthquake, all the suppl
10、ies of electricity and water have . 5. The car rushed at the bridge at speed. 6. I feel very and lonely. 7. When the best turned up in the end, the crowd let out a blast of whistle. 8. Wearing a suit of clothes to go to school made Jack feel ashamed. 9. How could you your own motorbike in a sea of motorbikes? 10. We are now living in a very bad condition but someone is even . 【答案】1. unfortunate 2. convincing 3. whispered 4. been cut off 5. astonishing 6. bored 7. performer 8. worn 9. pick out 10. worse off【解析】本题主要考查本单元重点词汇的用法。
