1. need aux. v. & vt. 必要;
需要 n. [U,C]必要;需要
[考点1]
—Must I finish my homework now? —No, you ________. You may have a rest first.
(’03四川)
A. mustn’t B. can’t C. may not D. needn’t
[点拨]答案D。以must开头的一般疑问句,否定答语部分应用needn’t。
[考点2]She needs something to eat, _________?
(’02甘肃)
A. needn’t she B. doesn’t she C. isn’t she D. need she
[点拨]答案B。本句中need是实义动词,意为“需要”,因此反意部分用doesn’t。
2. keep vt. & vi. ①保存;保持;留住
②管理;经营;养活;饲养 ③使……
[考点1]I want to ________ this book for a month.
(’03吉林)
A. borrow B. keep C. lend D. get
[点拨]答案B。keep是延续性动词,可与表示一段时间的状语连用。其余三词均为瞬间动词。
[考点2]Don’t keep your mother _________ for so long.
A. waited B. waiting C. wait D. waits
[点拨]答案B。本题中keep用作使役动词,后可跟现在分词、过去分词、副词、形容词等作宾语补足语。
3. busy adj. 忙碌的;忙的
[考点]The little boy is busy ________ his homework now.
(’03广州)
A. do B. to do C. doing D. does
[点拨]答案C。“be busy doing sth.”意为“忙于做某事”。
4. tell vt. ①告诉 ②讲;说 ③辨别;识别
[考点1]Our teacher told us ________ too late but to have enough rest.
(’03浙江)
A. to work B. not to work C. working D. not working
[点拨]答案B。本句是“tell sb. not to do sth.”结构,意思是“叫某人不要做某事”。
[考点2]I can’t _________ which bike is hers.
A. say B. speak C. tell D. want
[点拨]答案C。 本题中tell是“辨别;识别”的意思。其它三个词与题意不符。
[考点3]He told me ________ his address.
A. about B. of C. on D. /
[点拨]答案D。tell的宾语如果是time, price, name, address, way, story等,tell后不跟介词about。tell后的直接宾语如果是比较抽象的名词,如:school, friends, life, work, study等,要跟介词about。
5. hope vt. & n. 希望
[考点]The artist said that he hoped _______ drawing the picture soon.
(’03呼和浩特)
A. his son to finish B. to finish
C. finishing D. his son will finish
[点拨]答案B。hope作动词,其后可接不定式作宾语,但不能接不定式(短语)作宾语补充语;也不能接双宾语或复合宾语。
6. remember vt. & vi. 记住;记得;想起;不忘;铭记
[考点1]Remember ________ the letter for me on your way home.
(’03江苏)
A. to post B. post C. to posting D. posted
I remember ________ you about it once last year.
(’03厦门)
A. telling B. to tell C. tell D. told
[点拨]答案A、A。remember后既可跟动词不定式也可以跟名词作宾语,但意思不同:“remember to do sth.”意思是“记住去做某事”(没做),“remember doing sth.”则指“记住曾做过某事”(已做过某事)。
[考点2] (’02武汉)
—______________. —Thank you, I certainly.
A. Happy New Year to you B. Let me help you with you English
C. Don’t forget to post the letter D. Remember me to your parents
[点拨]答案D。本句中remember意思是“代……问候/致意”。
7. ago adv. 以前
[考点]We visited her a month _________, but she had gone to Japan half a year _______.
A. ago; before B. before; ago C. ago; ago D. before; before
[点拨]答案A。一般情况下,从现在某时算起的过去用ago,从过去某时算起的过去用before。
8. always adv. 老是;总是;永远
[考点]Crows are not ________ black.
(03’广州)
A. usually B. always C. often D. sometimes
[点拨]答案B。always与not连用,意为“不总是;有时”。
9. happen vi. (偶然)发生;碰巧
[考点1]When will your sister’s wedding __________?
A. take place B. be happened
C. be taken place D. happen
[点拨]答案A。happen与“take place”都有“发生”之意,都是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态;都是短暂性动词,不能与表示“一段时间”的状语连用。其区别在于:happen往往表示偶然性的、没预料到的事情的“发生”;“take place”表示必然性的“发生”或是布置或策划好某事后的“举行”。
[考点2]I really don’t know what has happened __________ her?
A. for B. about C. to D. from
[点拨]答案C。表示“某人发生某事”,要用“happen to sb.”结构。另外,happen后还可接动词不定式,意为“偶然;碰巧”。如:I happened to be there.