1. She turned round and there was an antelope with a sad face looking at her.

　　解析：with的复合结构即with+宾语+宾补结构中，宾补的形式有现在分词、过去分词、动词不定式、形容词、副词、介词短语和名词。在句子中作伴随、原因状语等。

　　He went along the street, with his eyes watching the windows. 他走在大街上眼望着橱窗。

　　He is studying with the door closed. 他在学习，门关着。

　　He likes sleeping with the light on. 他喜欢开着灯睡觉。

　　考例： ________ production up by 60%, the company has had another excellent year. (NMET 2000)

　　A. As B. For C. With D. Through

　　点拨：答案C。考察with+宾语(production)+宾补(副词短语up by 60%)结构。其他三个选项均构不成此结构。

　　2. They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being.

　　解析：million, hundred, thousand 等前面有具体数字或several等词时要用单数形式，如果其前没有具体数字且与of搭配表“数以……计的”时，加s。

　　several hundred 几百，hundreds of 数百，thousands of 数以千计的，millions of 数以百万计的，tens of thousands of 成千上万的，hundreds of thousands of 好几十万的。

　　考例： ________ people in the world are sending information by E-mail every day. (2001 上海 春)

　　A. Several million B. Many millions C. Several millions D. Many million

　　点拨：根据上面的解释选A。

　　3. In the same way there are animals that have died out more recently and no one knows why.

　　解析：recently 时间副词， 意思是“近来；最近”，通常与完成时连用。如：

　　I have been very busy recently. 最近我很忙。

　　考例：I wonder why Jenny ________ us recently. We should have heard from her by now. (NMET 2002)

　　A. hasn't written

　　B. doesn't write

　　C. won't write

　　D. hadn't written

　　点拨：根据上面的解释选A。

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