I 重点短语： 1. run into ①撞上……； ②偶然遇见（某人）； ③跑进（房间等）； ④（液体）流入； ⑤陷入（困难等）； ⑥（金额）总计达…… 相关短语：run across①偶然遇上（某人）；②跑过，横跨（道路等） meet with① +sb. 和某人会面（商讨问题等）；② + sth. 遭遇到（不愉快的事） knock into①偶然遇到（某人）②撞在……上；③将……打入……
2. step up ①走上（阶梯等）；②加速、加快；③促进、增加、改善 vi. & vt. 相关短语：step on踩、踏 step aside站到一边、让路、让工作给某人（for sb.） step down辞职、下台、从（车子等）下来 search for 3. search search … for … in search of…
①到期（应偿付、付给或举行等）My salary is ————— tomorrow. 4.due ②定于（某时）到达/做（某事）Mary —— ——— ——— leave at two o’clock. ③due to （1）（作表语/定语）应属于、应给予A great of money is due to you. （2）（作表语/定语/状语）由于、归功于He arrived late —————— the storm. 比较： due to / because of / owing to / thanks to ①穿上 （→take off） put on your coat ②播放 ——— ———his favourite CD 5. put on ③上演 put on performances ④增加（速度、体重、班次等）put on weight ⑤装出，假装 ——— ——— a look of not caring 装出一副不在乎的样子
6. show up ①vi. 出现、露面 = turn up；②vt. 暴露、揭发；③vi. & vt. 突出、显眼 7. white-skinned 白皮肤的 注意其构成法：adj. + n-ed。 如： warm-hearted； blue-eyed； good-tempered；middle-aged；cold-blooded 8. rule out: (可分开用)排除……、拒绝考虑……、划线去掉…… (常以possibility为宾语) 9. look into ①朝……里面看 ②调查、检查③浏览（书籍等）、快速翻查 = look through 10. possibility “可能性”。 后常接of短语或that引导的从句。 ①编造、虚构 make up a story ②构成…… Seven members make up a group. 11. make up ③弥补、补足 make up (for) lost time ④化妆、打扮 make up one’s face
⑤和好、和解 Why don’t you make (it) up with her? ⑥配制 make up a bottle of cough medicine make out ①勉强分辨出……②理解……③ (事物)顺利进行(with…) carry out实施、履行 The plan should be carried out immediately. 12. carry on继续、进行 Despite all the noise, he carried on reading. carry away拿走、冲走；吸引住（某人）I was carried away by her songs. carry off运走；获得（奖赏）She carried off the first prize.
at a time 一次、每次=each time We can’t do two things at a time. at one time ①曾经、一度 =once ②同时 at any time 随时 注：Any time. （口语）哪里，哪里；随时效劳 （用于对别人道谢的回答） 13. at no time在任何时候都不 At no time have I said such a thing! at all times 老是、总是 = always at times 有时、偶尔 = sometimes in time ①来得及②总有一天 in no time立即，立刻 = soon
in return （for…） 作为回报 14. He didn’t expect anything in return for his help. in turn ①依次地、轮流地②反过来、转而 take turns to do something/in something 15. similar be ~ to； in a ~ way
on average = on an average = on the average the average of … ……的平均数 16. average above / below average 在一般水平以上/ 以下 up to (the) average 达到平均 the average age / temperature 平均年龄/ 温度
17. make one’s way (to…) ①（辛苦地）前进、行走②（通过努力）发迹、成功
①继续活着 18. live on ②以……为主食 They live on fish and rice. ③靠……生活 He lives on $80 a week.
【词汇操练】 （根据所给汉语或者首字母写出单词的正确形式，使句子完整通顺，每空一词）。 1.One of Charles Dickens’ novels is called A T______ of Two Cities. 2.There are many s_______ of UFOs all over the world every year. 3.Professor Wang has been doing r_______ on Yetis for about 20 years. 4.Could you tell me what you have been doing l_______? 5.It’s important to find e_______ to support your judgement . 6.Many people believe in the ________(存在) of Yetis. 7.The majority of the ______(村民) believed that the crop circles were left by aliens. 8.As students, we should work hard and make _______(进步) every day. 9.There is no _______(可能性) that the missing boy was taken away by aliens. 10.The only ________(目击者) to this car accident has gone to America. 【动词练习】 (选择动词或动词词组，并用其适当形式填空)。 show up support make up murder look into search rule out exist run after step up 11.After the thief was caught ,one of the policeman ________ him and found five mobile phones in his pockets. 12.Can you find a sentence from the reading passage ________ your choice ? 13.It’s said that the pyramids in Egypt ________for several thousand years. 14.If you ________ two hares, you will get neither of them. 15.As you know, Abraham Lincoln _________ in a theater in the year 1865. 16.“We ________ the case now and we are sure to find out the murder soon,” said the police. 17.It’s already 10 o’clock in the morning but he ___________ (not) yet. 18.“_____________your search for the missing boy,” the police office ordered his men. 19.Don’t believe him. He is used to ________ an excuse at any time. 20.Although we have found some evidence, we are not able ________ the possibility of his being murdered. 【句子改写】 (不改变句意，根据上句完成下句)。 21.People show great interest in his disappearance due to sightings of UFOs. →People _________________________his disappearance _____________ sightings of UFOs. 22.Mrs Foster become worried when Justin did not show up at the family lunch the next day. → Mrs Foster become worried when Justin did not _____________at the family lunch_______________. 23.Lots of creatures, who are white-skinned and had large black eyes, were standing inside the UFO. →Standing inside the UFO were lots of ____________creatures________________________. 24.Police have ruled out the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens. →Police say that______________________________ that Justin was taken by aliens. 25.Detective Sam Peterson took charge of the case. →The case ____________________________________________ Detective Sam Peterson。 26.Two rockets supported by a launch tower will lift the space shuttle into space. →Two rockets,___________________ a launch tower, will lift the space shuttle into space. 27.Dr Krantz says that this creature possibly lived in Asia some 3,000,000 years ago. →Dr Krantz says it __________ that this creature lived in Asia ________ 3,000,000 years ago. 28.There are many sightings of UFOs all over the world every year. → Every year many people ________________________report ________________UFOs. 29.Yetis are said
