河南省林州市第一中学高中英语Unit2Poems考点点拨新人教版选修6.doc

Unit 2 Poems1. run out of【用法】 run out of 意为“用完（某物）”，其主语多为表示人的名词或代词。如：Tom is always running out of money before payday. run out意为“用完”，其主语常为表示时间、食物、金钱等的名词。如：We must act now because time is running out.【考例】Food supplies in the flood-stricken area _. We must act immediately before theres none left. (重庆2012)A. have run out         B. are running out        C. have been run out    D. are being run out【点拨】选B。因run out的主语是Food supplies，故用主动语态，排除C、D两项，且根据后一句We must act immediately before theres none left可知，食品供给快用完了，故用现在进行时表示将来。2. sponsor  【用法】sponsor作名词，意为“赞助人，主办者，倡议者”。如：The sponsors of a television program pay the costs of making the program.They are the sponsors of the Christmas parade every year.sponsor作动词，意为“赞助，资助，发起，举办”。如：The firm is sponsoring an engineering student at the university.The government sponsored the activity to raise money for elderly people.【考例】Two lawyers have donated $50,000 to _ our schools campaign “Help the Needy”, which was started by our former headmaster three years ago. (湖北2012)A. sponsor           B. launchC. organize          D. plan【点拨】选A。sponsor在此意为“赞助（活动、节目等）”，符合题意：两名律师捐了五万美元来赞助我们学校的“帮助有需之人”活动。这项活动是由我们的前任校长于三年前发起的。launch发动；organize组织；plan计划。3. blank 【用法】blank作名词，意为“空白，（空白）表格”。如：Leave a blank if you dont know the answer.Fill out this application blank and return it at once.blank作形容词，意为“空白的，没有表情的，困惑不解的”。如：Please write your name in the blank space at the top of the page.The stranger returned my greeting with a blank look.【考例】The professor could tell by the _ look in Marias eyes that she didnt understand a single word of his lecture. (浙江2011) A. cold            B. blank  C. innocent    D. fresh【点拨】选B。表示“茫然的”用blank。题意：教授能够从玛丽亚茫然的眼神看出她一点儿都没听懂他的演讲。2