1. Education was intended for white settlers only, and until very recently no school lessons were held in languages rather than English.教育只是为白人殖民者而办的,而且直到最近以前,还没有一所学校使用英语以外的语言进行教学。

　　1) intend...for是固定搭配,意思是"打算给(某人);打算作(某种用途)",多用于被动结构。例如:

　　He intended this land for his two sons.他想把这块土地分给两个儿子。

　　This book is intended for the students of Senior 3.该书专为高三的学生而编。

　　2) rather than / other than / or rather用法辨析:

　　① rather than"而不是",不表示主观愿望,而表示一个事实,注意rather than后的动词要和主句中的动词在形式上保持一致。例如:

　　He has been playing all afternoon rather than getting on with his work.他整个下午不工作,而是一直在玩。

　　在本单元的这个句子中, rather than相当于other than,意思是"除了……以外"。

　　② other than"除了……以外",通常用于否定句。例如:

　　You can't get there other than by swimming across the river.除了游过这条河之外,你是无法到达那里的。

　　③or rather"或者",是当我们要纠正已说过的话,或欲使已说过的话更确切时常用的表达方式。例如:

　　I'll meet him, or rather I'll ask him to meet me.我要会见他,或者更确切地说,我要请他来见我。

　　[原题再现]

　　Rather than ________ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ________ a bicycle.

　　A. ride; ride B. riding; ride C. ride; to ride

　　D. to ride; riding

　　答案是C。

　　2. Having been separated from other continents for millions of years, Australia has many plants and animals not found anywhere else in the world.因为与其它洲分离数百万年了,所以澳大利亚有许多动植物是世界上任何其它地方所没有的。

　　Having been separated from...是现在分词完成式的被动式作状语。现在分词的一般式表示的动作与句子中的谓语动词的动作同时发生,如果分词所表示的动作发生在谓语动词的动作之前,就用分词的完成式。

　　[原题再现]

　　________ such heavy pollution already, it may now be too late to clean up the river.

　　A. Having suffered B. Suffering C. To suffer D. Suffered

　　答案是A。

　　(文/高导；英语辅导报高三版2003-2004学年第3期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)