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1.       能力

1/ There was a big fire last night, but everybody ______ escape.

  A. was able to         B. could          C. able           D. unable

2/ This middle aged woman ______ speak English since she was a child.

  A. was able to         B. could          C. has been able to  D. has able to

※be able to 和can 的区别：

时态上，can/could用于一般现在时和一般过去时，但be able to 可用于完成时和将来时等多种时态。

意思上：can表示潜能和本能，be able to 表示通过努力已经实现的某种能力。

词汇拓展：

able a.有能力的----ably ad.__________ unable a. __________ enable vt. __________

                ability n. __________disability n. __________ inability n. __________

                disable vt__________disabled a. __________ the disabled __________

be able/unable to do

2. 出国

1/ All the passengers ______ were enjoying the scene on both sides.

A. aboard          B. broad         C. on the board         D. abroad

2/ Do you often listen to the news ______?

A. at your home                     B. at home and abroad

C. at your home and abroad            D. at home and abroad

3/ ----Listen, the new is _______.

  ---- That’s no news to me.

A. broadcast                        B. being broadcasting

C. being broadcast                   D. broadcasts

※Be on board if you want to go abroad! Look, our road is so broad.

  想出国就快上车。看，我们的道路多广阔。

Why write on the blackboard and why not broadcast?

为什么写在黑板上而不广播？

词汇拓展：

abroad ad.   at home and abroad

aboard ad = on board

board n.       blackboard n.        boarding school  寄宿学校

broad a.       broad sea           broad shoulders

broadcast v. n.

3. 出席

1/Much to my delight, ______ agreed to my newly-made plan.

A. all the present people            B. all the people present

C. all the people present at          D. all the people presence\

2/ Because of her ______, we put off the meeting.

A. absent         B. absence        C. present         D. presence

3/ There are many children on the stage, ______ flowers to their teachers.

A. present        B. presented       C. presenting      D. to present

※ present 作形容词“到场的，出席的” ，修饰名词要置于名词的后边

   present 作动词 “赠与，介绍， 上演， 提出”

   present 作名词  “现在，目前”，“礼物” at present=now=nowadays

词汇拓展：

absence  n. 缺席      absent  a.  __________    be absent from the meeting

presence  n. 出席，存在   present  a. __________    be present at the meeting

4. 接受

1/ He ______ my invitation but he didn’t ______ it because he was on business then.

A. accepted, receive             B. received, accept

C. accepted, accept              D. receives, accept

2/ Our president is busy ______ foreign friends almost every day.

A. to receive           B. accepts         C. receiving       D. accepting

3/ Why not _____ her advice? She tried to persuade you out of smoking.

A. receive              B. receiving       C. accept         D. accepting

※receive a good education                 receive the Nobel Prize/an award for

  receive a doctor’s degree               receive guests

an accepted theory= a received theory     公认的理论

词汇拓展：

accept  vt. 接受，认可      acceptance  n. 接受，接纳      acceptable  a. 可接受的

receive v. 接受，接待    reception n. 接待，招待      reception desk ;  a warm reception

refuse vt.  拒绝  refuse to do    refusal n.  

reject vt.  抵制  n. 被抛弃的人或物

5. 机会

1/ This way, please! This is the only access ______ the village.

A. to              B. towards        C. for             D. on

2/ Every students has ______ to the library, so you’d better seize the opportunity

A.  a free access    B. free access      C. accessible      D. no right

3/ It was lucky for me to take a photo with the film star by ______.

A. access          B. opportunity      C. chance         D. accidents

※ access=way 作“道路”讲

   have access to + n.  “有权利，有机会干某事” access是不可数名词

   by chance = by accident  “碰巧”

词汇拓展：

access n. 通道，机会，权利       accessible  易接近的，易达到的

right n. 权利，右边    a. 右边的，正确的     ad. 刚好

chance  n. 机会   =   opportunity

challenge vt. 向…挑战       challenging a. 富有挑战性的        a challenging student/job

6. 计算

1/ When I was a child I was told the stars in space are ______.

A. count         B. account        C. uncountable        D. countless

2/ ---- Why did you come to the bank so early today, Sara?

  ---- Because I want to open a(n) ______.

A. report        B. account        C. count              D. counter

3/ This is really an exciting ______ of the match, isn’t it?

A. news         B. information     C. account            D. count

4/ Why not ______ for each sum of the money you spent?

A. account       B. accounting      C. to account          D. accounted

※ countless  a. 无数的，数不清的

open an account  开帐户

   account  作“报道”讲 = report

   account for  “解释，说明”

Without a counter I can’t count so many counters on account of those people around me who always account or count me very stupid. （account=count 认为）

没有计算器我数不清这么多柜台，因为我周围的人总认为我蠢。

词汇拓展：

account  n.  报道；账目；理由；因为  

v.  说明； 认为； 总计

on account of = because of   因为

count  v. 计算，有价值，重要

       Every second counts. 每秒钟都很重要。

countable  a. 可数的   ----   uncountable  a .  不可数的      countable noun

counter n. 柜台

discount n. 折扣  v. 打折扣     at a 40% discount   打六折

7. 精确

1/ ---- Is this watch accurate?

  ----______, it gains three minutes a day and I have to adjust it.

A. Yes           B. Sure         C. No           D. Certainly

2/ To tell the truth, this is ______ what I want to buy.

A. accurately      B. correctly     C. exactly        D. exact

3/ She was praised because she answered all the questions______.

A. accurate       B. correctly      C. incorrectly     D. correct

※ gains three minutes  手表快三分钟

   to be accurate  准确地说       to be exact  精确地说、

   correct mistakes 纠错          correct children  惩戒小孩

   not exactly不一定

The time by my watch is correct and my watch is exactly half past eight. You know my watch is always accurate

我手表的时间是对的，刚好八点半。你清楚我的手表一直很准。

词汇拓展：

accurate  a. 正确的，精确的     accurately  ad. 正确地，精确地

exact  a. 精确的，严密的       exactly  精确地，严密地，正好      

correct  a. 正确的   v. 纠正