英汉对比考试： 英语的名词优势：
1. Drinking water must be pure. Chemicals are added to maintain its purity 2. The scientist persisted in making the experiments. His persistence resulted in the discovery of a new material.
3 His contributions to charity were generous. His generosity was appreciated by those he helped
4. Can you describe the car? The police need a full _______ in order to find it. 5. I have arranged for your appointment, and this________ cannot be changed
6. Very few people attended the lecture. The speaker was disappointed at the poor _________.
7. It was a very peculiar story. Its _________ made it even more fascinating.
8. He expected to win the election, but the vote he got exceeded （超过） his __________.
9. There’s no point in arguing about this situation, because this ________ can never be resolved.
10. She usually depends on her husband’s judgment. He enjoys her ________ on him. 11. His furniture design was original. Because of its ______ , it won an award.
12. That comedian（喜剧演员）loves to exaggerate. His humor is based on ___________ of his misfortunes
13. The tailor will measure you for the suit. We will keep a record of your ____________ for future use.
14. We extend your time for two weeks, but no further ________ will be allowed. 15. The Senator (参议员) stated that he would not seek re-election. The newspapers printed his _________ on the first page.
介词词组的使用：
1. Did anyone inform you that the plans had been changed? ------- Did anyone inform you of the change of the plans? 2. Because he made a mistake, several people died. ------- Because of his mistake, . . .
3. If it weren’t for his sister’s money, Harry would never be a doctor. ------ Without his sister’s money, …
4. Are you sure that Liming has disappeared? (about)
5. The young man convinced everyone that he was innocent. (of)
6. I must remind you that you have a responsibility toward your friends. (of) 7. Every precaution was taken that the plan might fail. (against)
8. Many of the war prisoners died on the march because they were starving or because they had been severely wounded. (from)
9. There are criminals who will commit murder only because they want money. (for) 10. I assure you that I am willing to stand down（让位）. (of) 11. Though he had a large fortune, he died a most unhappy man.
(for all)
12. No one told me that there were these problems. (of)
改写句子：
（一） 1.Panting for breath after running up the stairs, Mr. Wood stood at his neighbor’s
door and knocked again and again until someone opened the door. Mr. Wood ran up the stairs. He was panting for breath. He stood at his neighbor’s door. He knocked again and again. Then someone opened the door.
2 Jim stood in front of the mirror.
He looked at his image.
He wondered at the big change.
It had come over him in recent years.
Standing in front of t he mirror, Jim looked at his image, wondering at the big change that had come over him in recent years.
3 Far above the waters of a beautiful lake stand five pavilions. The pavilions are in Chinese style.
They stand over the tops of the tall pine trees. The pine trees grow on the steep slopes of a hill.
Far above the waters of a beautiful lake and over the tops of the tall pine trees growing on the steep slopes of a hill stand five Chinese-style pavilions.
4 The story is written in plain language.
It consists of three parts. It has an interesting plot.
The plot centers round an old aristocratic family. The family lived in 17th-century France.
The story, written in plain language, consists of three parts with an interesting plot centering round an aristocratic family living in 17th-century France.
（二）3. 史密斯先生是托尼的前雇主，他答应托尼干半天的活，一周可以得到二十英镑。托尼想，得把这消息在家人当中宣告。 Mr. Smith was Tony’s former employer. He promised Tony a half-day job.
The job would give Tony 20 pounds a week.
It was necessary to break this news to his family, Tony thought.
c.p. Tony thought it necessary to break the news to his family, that Mr. Smith, his former employer, had promised him a half-day job at 20 pounds a week.
1. 汤姆最近继承了一笔财产，镇上的人都很嫉妒。他用这笔财产购置了一幢大房子，还买了镇上最大杂货店的部分股分。 Tom came into a fortune recently.
The town folk envied him.
With the fortune he bought a big house.
With the fortune he also obtained a partnership in the biggest grocery in town.
c.p. The town folk envied Tom, who had come into a fortune recently with which he bought a big house and obtained a partnership in the biggest grocery in town.
2 这老人在街道深处停了下来，靠在一根电灯杆，聆听着从街对过一家餐馆里传过来的欢快的歌曲。
The old man stopped farther down the street. He leaned against a lamp-post. He listened to a song. The song was cheerful.
It came out from a restaurant.
The restaurant was on the opposite side of the street.
c.p. Farther down the street, the old man stopped and leaned against a lamp-post, listening to a cheerful song coming out of a restaurant on the opposite side of the street.
客体意识与主体意识。在英汉语上的表现例：
1） His new book hits off the American temperament with amazing insight. 他在新作中对美国人性格的描写可谓洞察秋毫。 （不说“他的新作 . . . . . . ” ）
2) The remembrance of these will add zest to his life. 他想起这些，便会增加对生活的乐趣。 （不说 “对这些事情的回忆会. . . . . .” ）
3) Astonishment, apprehension, and even horror oppressed her. 她感到心情抑郁，甚至惊恐不安。 （不说“惊恐??压住了她”）
4) The Second World War brought him rapid battle promotion. 他在二战中屡建奇功，晋升很快。
（不大说“ 二战使他在战场上迅速得到提升”）
5) His absence of mind during the driving nearly caused an accident.
用非人称代词 “it” 作主语： 1. It was a difficult time for them. 当时他们的处境很困难。
2. It is necessary for us to have some exercises everyday. 我们每天必须做一些运动。 3. It appears that you are right. （ ）看来你是对的。 被动句
1. Everything possible was done to conceal our movement from the enemy and to mislead them.
我们已采取了一些一切可能的措施，以便对敌人隐瞒我们的活动情况，并迷惑他们。 2. Table tennis is played all over China.
中国到处都打乒乓球。
