1. balance n. 天平；平衡；结余，余额 v.平衡；权衡 Can you balance yourself on skates? 你穿冰鞋能保持平衡吗? If you earn 100 and spend 60，your balance is 40. 如果你挣100英镑，花60英镑，那么你就会结余40英镑。 You have to balance the advantages of living in the country against the disadvantages. 你得权衡一下住在乡下的好处和坏处。 常用结构: keep a balanced diet 保持饮食平衡keep ones balance 保持平衡 lose ones balance 失去平衡 out of balance 不平衡=off balance a sense of balance 平衡感 bank balance 银行余额 balance of trade贸易差额 keep balance of nature保持生态平衡 The two trucks had wheels out of balance on delivery. 这两部卡车在交货时车轮失去了平衡。 The boy has a lot of disadvantages, but on balance I think he is still a good boy. 这个男孩有很多缺点，但全面考虑，我认为他仍然是好孩子。 联想拓展 balanced adj. 合理的；收支平衡的；镇静的 balanced diet 均衡饮食 a balanced judgement 公平的判决 高手过招 单项填空 In education there should be a good among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment A.distribution B.balance C.combination D.assignment 解析:选B。balance平衡；distribution分发,分配,散布,分布； combination结合,联合；assignment分配，功课，任务，被指定 的（课外）作业；（分派的）任务，委派。根据句意，选B。 2. lie vi. had laid B. lain; had laid C. lying; had lain D. laid; had been lain解析:选C。第一空是“处于/在于”的现在分词，第二空是其过去完成时。 3. amount n. 数量 vi. 合计，总计达；相当于，等同于 常用结构: amount to 总共达；相当于；等于 an amount of . 大量的 the amount of . 的数量 Planning without any real action amounts to nothing. 表示数量的短语及用法： a great deal of，a largesmallhuge amount of+不可数名 词(作主语时，谓语用单数形式) largevast amounts of+不可数名词(作主语，谓语用复数形式)many，a goodgreat many，a number of，large numbers of，a few，dozens of，scores of+可数名词复数(作主语，谓语 用复数形式) plenty of, a lot of+可数名词复数(作主语，谓语用复数形式；也 可接不可数名词(作主语，谓语用单数形式） a large quantity of+名词，large quantities of+名词（作主语， 谓语与quantity一致） I need a large amount of money to buy a new house. 我买新房需要一大笔钱。 高手过招 单项填空 Because of mail we receive，we may not be able to reply to your letter. Please remember to include your full name with your letter. (200912江西师大附中检测) A. a great many of B. a large number of C. a large amount of D. a great plenty of解析:选C。mail邮件，不可数名词。故用a large amount of。 4. curiosity n. 好奇心 Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them. 小孩子对他们周围的世界有着天生的好奇心。 I opened the packet just to satisfy my curiosity. 我打开包裹只是为了满足我的好奇心。 常用结构: out of curiosity 出于好奇 with curiosity = curiously好奇地 联想拓展 curious adj. 好奇的 curiously adv. 好奇地 be curious about sth. 对某事好奇 be curious to do sth. 好奇地做某事 高手过招 完成句子Margaret looked at him (好奇地). She decided to try a cigarette (出于好奇). All the employees in this firm (好奇) the personal life of the general manager. (奇怪的是) enough, he had never seen the little girl. (好奇心) drove Mary to open her husbands letter though she knew it was wrong. 答案 : with curiosity out of curiosity are curious about Curiously Curiosity 5. benefit vt. 有利，有益 n. 好处；利益；优势 常用结构: benefit from/by. 从受益，得益于 benefit sb. 对某人有益 be of (much, great)benefit to sb. =be beneficial to sb. 对某人有益处 be of no benefit to sb. 对某人没有益处for the benefit of .为了的利益 I have benefited a lot from extensive reading. 广泛的阅读使我受益匪浅。 It is said Yoga is of great benefit to human health. 据说瑜伽对人体健康有很大好处。高手过招 单项填空 We should spend the money on something that will everyone. (200912福建福州检测) A. benefit B. benefit from C. beneficial D. benefit to Never forget _ we receive from our parents. (200912福建龙岩检测) A. the benefit B. the benefits C. beneficial D. to benefit 解析: 选A。此处需要用动词作谓语，benefit 可作及物动词，意 为“对有益”。 选B。句意为：永远不要忘记我们从父母那儿得到的恩惠。 benefit意为“具体的好处”时是可数名词，可用复数形式。6. combine vt. to 重点短语 8. get away with 被放过；（做坏事）不受惩罚 If you cheat in the exam, youll never get away with it. 考试作弊必予追究。 I wont have you getting away with cheating in the exam. 我不能容忍你考试作弊而不受惩罚。 联想拓展 get across=put across (使)被理解；(把)讲清楚 get rid of 摆脱；除掉 get away (from) (从)脱离，逃脱 = break away from get down to (doing)sth. 开始认真地做某事 get in 插话；收获 get in touch with 与取得联系 (lose/keep) get into the habit of. 染上的习惯 get into trouble 陷入困境 get out (of .) 出去，离开，逃脱，摆脱 get hold of 抓住 get on/along well with.与相处得好； 进展顺利(多用进行时) get over 爬过；克服(困难)；从中恢复过来 get through 完成；花光(时间、金钱等)；通过；接通电话 Hes not very good at getting his ideas across. 他不太善于清楚地表达自己的思想。 We should get rid of the bad style and keep the good. 我们应该摒弃不良作风，保持优良作风。 高手过招 (1)单项填空 Youre coughing badly, Martin. Why not give up smoking? Give up smoking? Easier said than done, Amy. Once You_ the habit of smoking, it is very hard for you to. (200912江苏启东检测) A. keep up; break it away B. take up; drop it out C. pick up; get rid of it D. build up; do away with it (2)完成句子（原创） To my surprise, the baby wolf (与相 处得不错) the dogs and then managed to survive. She never arrives on time at the office, but she somehow managed to (侥幸逃脱) it. Well, stop chatting. Its time we (开始，着手) some serious work. The news was a terrible blow to her, but sh