Unit 10重难点解析
1. Use the questions below to get started and try to think of more questions.(Speaking)
get started意为 “开始活动、工作等”。类似的还有：get washed洗脸；get dressed穿衣；get lost迷路。如：
Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you wouldn’t have time to _____ before the party. (NMET 2004 I)
A. get changed B. get change
C. get changing D. get to change
此题选A。句意为 “你恐怕在晚会开始之前没有时间换衣服了”。
2. We often talk about how important it is to take good care of ourselves and our planet... (Reading)
这里宾语从句是一个感叹句结构，how是感叹副词。如：
You can’t imagine how proud Du Li was when she won the first gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
你难以想象当杜丽赢得2004年雅典奥运会首枚金牌时是多么自豪。
Parents are taught to understand ______ important education is to their children’s future. (广东2004)
A. that B. how C. such D. so
此题选B。宾语从句是一个感叹句结构，原句缺少感叹副词how。
3. When the habitat of a species is changed or destroyed, the animal or plant has to either adapt to the change or find a new home. (Reading)
1）species意为“（动植物）物种；种类”，单复数同形。如：
A species can become endangered for different reasons.
一个物种濒危可能是各种原因引起的。
The Origin of Species was written by Charles Darwin.
《物种起源》是查理达尔文写的。
2）either...or...是并列连词，连接两个并列成分，意为“或者……或者……”。连接并列主语时，谓语要与邻近的主语保持人称和数的一致。如：
Either my father or my brothers are coming. 不是我父亲就是我兄弟要来。
Either say you’re sorry or else get out! 你要么道歉,要么滚开!
3）adapt意为“使适应(to)；使适合(to)；改编(for; from)”。如：
You should adapt yourself to the new environment. 你应该适应新环境。
The movie was adapted from a novel.
这部电影是由小说改编的。
4. Even small things can make a big difference. (Post-reading)
1）even用作副词，意为“甚至；更”，起加强语气的作用。如：
Everyone was on time for the meeting -_____ Chris, who’s usually ten minutes late for everything. (湖南2004)
A. but B. only C. even D. yet
此题选C。这里even表示强调，意为“即使；连……都”。
2）make a/no/much difference意为“有影响/无关紧要/很重要”。如：
Exercise can make a big difference to your state of health.
锻炼对你的身体状况影响很大。
5. Professor Stevenson, who has devoted himself to protecting the milu deer, gave a talk to Chinese college students in Beijing. (Grammar)
devote oneself/one’s life/one’s time to表示“把自己/某人一生/某人的时间投身于”，to 是介词，后接名词、代词或动词-ing形式。devoted to表示“专心致志于, 献身于；热爱，很喜欢”。如：
Although the working mother is very busy, she still ______ a lot of time to her children. (上海2000)
A. devotes B. spends C. offers D. provides
Reed made up his mind to devote all he had to _____ some schools for poor children. (上海2001春)
A. set up B. setting up C. have set up D. having set up
Her son, to whom she was so _______, went abroad ten years ago. (上海2001)
A. loved B. cared C. devoted D. affected
这三个题的最佳选项分别为A、B、C。例1和例3侧重于动词词义辨析和该短语的识别；例2侧重于该结构中介词to的判断与运用。he had是定语从句，修饰先行词all, 此处省略了关系代词that。
6. Reduce the amount of rubbish. [Integrating Skills]
reduce常用作及物动词，意为“减少，缩小（尺寸、数量等），降低（价格、程度等）”。如：
-The cars give off a great deal of waste gas in the streets.
-Yes. But I’m sure something will be done to _____ air pollution. （上海1998）
A. reduce B. remove C. collect D. warn
此题选A。从上句“汽车排出大量的废气”可知，应用reduce表示“采取措施的目的”是“降低空气污染的程度”。
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