Step1 Revision (Competition)
Step 2 Language points
1.in a word 简言之，总之
have a word with sb. 与某人谈一下
have words with sb. 与某人吵架
keep one’s word 守信，信守承诺
Word came that … 有消息称······
2. a number of 许多（用于修饰可数名词）
the number of … 的数目
3.代词+of which/whom引导定语从句的用法:
most, both, all, neither, either, none等代词+of whom（指人）/which（指物）可以引导定语从句。
4. the connection to … 也可以用介词with 与······的联系
5. before long 不久以后，很快 long before 很久以前
6. be used to do 被用来做某事 used to do 过去常常做某事 be used to doing习惯于做某事Key: C
7. strike/hit/pat sb. on the 部位
8. a hidden weakness 隐藏的弱点，不为人知的弱点 hidden过去分词作定语
9. in honor of … 为了纪念，为了欢迎，为了庆祝
Step 3 Practice
Fill in the blanks with the phrases in the box below. Change the form where necessary.
by and by be used to do in other words in honour of strike sb/sth on the … have a thorough understanding of have a connection to be proud of be related to waste time doing
1. Computers ______________ help us make many things easy.
2. It will come all the easier to like him __________ when we are all together.
3. The stadium was named ____________ the club’s first chairman.
4. Chinese people _______________ their motherland that has made such great achievement during the last ten years.
5. The football _________________ back suddenly.
6. The doctor said that his disease ____________________ the bad working conditions.
7. Never draw a conclusion until you __________________________ what I say.
8. He didn’t do well in the College Entrance Examination. ________________, he may not go to any key university.
9. Nowadays many teenagers are ____________________ computer games.
10. What we will discuss today ____________________ the increasingly terrible traffic.
Keys: 1. are used to 2. by and by 3. in honor of 4. are proud of 5. struck me on the 6. had a connection to 7. have a thorough understanding of 8. In other words 9. wasting time playing 10. is related to
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