1. In small groups, discuss what they have in common?

　　解析：in common 共同的；共有的

　　They have nothing in common. 他们没有任何共同之处。

　　In common with other boys, he likes football. 他和其他男孩一样喜欢足球。

　　考例：In ________ , the northerners are keen on dumplings while the southerners are fond of rice. (2003上海 春)

　　A. common B. total C. general D. particular

　　点拨：in total总的，全部的；in general =generally 一般说来，总的说来；in particular特别地，尤其地。故选C。

　　2. Anyway, let's go back to my history.

　　解析：anyway=anyhow 不管怎么说/做；无论如何；仍然；反正。

　　I am going anyway, no matter what you say. 不管你怎么说，无论如何我都要去。

　　Anyway it's worth trying. 这至少值得一试。

　　考例：They're not very good, but we like ________ . (2000 上海)

　　A. anyway to play basketball with them

　　B. to play basketball with them anyway

　　C. to play with them basketball anyway

　　D. with them to play basketball anyway

　　点拨：anyway是副词，通常放在句首或句末。like的常用结构是like to do sth.；play的常用结构是play sth. with sb.。故选B。

　　3. I was so excited at the thought of meeting Yang Liwei that I could not sleep.

　　解析： excited, moved, interested, tired, bored等过去分词形式叙述的是人的本身感受，常翻译为“受到或感到……的”。exciting, moving, interesting, tiring, boring等现在分词形式说的是某一物或某一事给人的感受,常翻译为“令人……的”。

　　考例：Mr. Smith, ________ of the ________ speech, started to read a novel. (2003北京 春)

　　A. tired; boring B. tiring; bored C. tired; bored D. tiring; boring

　　点拨：根据以上解释选A，句意为“史密斯先生对这个令人厌烦的讲话感到厌倦了，所以开始读起一本小说来。”

　　4. In this way, I can make up new moves.

　　解析：make up词义很多。

　　1) 编造

　　The whole story is made up. 整个故事完全是编造的。

　　2) 补足；弥补

　　We still need $50 to make up the sum we asked for. 我们需要50元补足所需的数目。

　　3) 化装；化妆

　　She made up her face to look more beautiful. 她把脸化了妆以便看上去更漂亮些。

　　4) 组成

　　Are all animal bodies made up of sells? 动物的身体是由细胞组成的吗？

　　5) make up a bed 铺床

　　考例：The idea puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds to try to ________ . (2003北京 春)

　　A. make it out B. make it off C. make it up D. make it over

　　点拨：选A。此题考查由make构成的短语的用法。make sth. out书写，填写，拼凑，进展，说明，设法应付，理解，辨认出，了解；make sth. off 离开，(尤指做了错事后)匆忙离开，逃走；make sth. over(尤指以法律形式)转让，(所有权)移交，改造，修改，移转。句意为：这个想法让我太迷惑了，以至于我停了一会儿努力把它弄清。

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