7. for the first time 第一次

(1) for the first time 第一次，后面不加从句，在句中作状语 They came to Beijing for the first time.

(2) the first time 名词短语，在从句中充当连词，后接时间状语从句，不接that，when等连词。有同样用法的短语还有：every time; next time; the last time

They liked Beijing the first time they went there.

(3) It's / This is the first time that + 从句(用现在完成时)这是……的第一次 It's the first time that I have ever been abroad at all.

2. 该句中的 "stay" 为系动词。后接表语 (the same)。 除了stay外，常见的系动词还有: become, get, turn, grow, go, come, run, fall, keep, stay, remain。

[考例](NMET 2003) Why don't you put the meat in the fridge? It will ____ fresh for several days.

　 A. be stayed　 B. stay　 C. be staying　 D. have stayed

[考查目标] 系动词的用法。

[答案与解析] B　 系动词没有被动语态，一般不用进行

时态，排除A、C；句意不是表示完成，排除D。系动词表示状态。

1. 该句中的“while"用作并列连词．表示前后对比，意为　 “然而”。“while"充当连词，还能引导时间状语从句。意为“during the time that…”；引导让步状语从句，意 为“although…”。

6. For a long time the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed. 长期以来，美国英语保持不变，但英国英语变化了。

2. 该句子中 volleyball 是作同位语。例如：He advised farmers to choose the best seed-heads, the ones that had the best color.

注意：这种同位语(不是同位语从句)与非限制性定语从句的区别。

[考例](NMET 2002) Meeting my uncle after these years was an unforgotten moment, ____ I will always treasure.

　 A. that　　 B. one　　 C. it　　 D. what

[考查目标] one作同位语，指代a moment。

[答案与解析] B　 that不能引导非限制性定语从句，排除A；if不能作同位语，排除C；what既不能引导非限制定语从句，也不能作同位语。可以填which，这样就成了非限制性定语从句。

1. 该句中的"in order to"，意思为“为了，以便”，作目的　 状语。在句子中作同的状语的常见句型有五种结构：to do sth / in order to do sth / so as to do sth / in order that clause / so that clause

注意：(1) so as to do sth 不能位于句首。(2) 如果主句与从句的主语一致时，四个结构可以相互转换。(3) 在in order that / so that 引导的从句中，谓语动词常与can, could, may, might 等情态动词连用。

[考例](2005北京) I'd like to arrive 20 minutes early ____ I can have time for a cup of tea.

　　 A. as soon as　 B. as a result　 C. in case　 D. so that

[考查目标] 目的状语。

[答案与解析]D　 as soon as “一…就…”；as a result“结果是”；in case “万一”；so that“以便，为的是”。句意：“我想提前二十分钟到以便有时间喝杯茶”。

5. In order to survive, Chuck developed a friendship with an unusual friend - a volleyball he called Wilson. 为了生存下去，查克和一位不寻常的朋友--“排球”建立了友谊，查克叫他威尔森。

4. He has to learn how to collect water, hunt for food, and make fire. 他不得不学会收集淡水．寻找食物，生火什么的。

该句中的“how I to collect...”为动词不定式短语作宾语。例如：We must decide which one to buy. 疑问词which, what, how, when, where等与小定式构成不定式短语。

[考例] I've worked with children before, so I knew what ____ in my new job.　 (NMET 2000)

A. expected B. to expect　 C. to be expecting D. expects

[考查目标] what to do sth 不定式短语作宾语。

[答案与解析] B　 该句需要填非谓语动词。排除A、D。句意为“以前我与孩子在一块儿工作过。因此我知道我的新工作需要什么。”C不表示进行，排除C。

3. One day Chuck is on a flight across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes. 一天，查克在飞越太平洋时．他的飞机突然坠毁了。

该句中的“when”表示“正在这时”，相当于and just或and at that time. 这时不能用while / as 替换。

常见句型：(1) be about to do sth when... (2) be doing sth when... (3) be on the point of doing sth when...

[考例]We were swimming in the lake ____ suddenly the storm started. (2004北京春招)

A. when　　 B. while　　 C. until　　 D. before

[考查目标] "when" 作连词，表示“正在这时”。

[答案与解析] A　 意为“我正在湖中游泳，突然暴风雨来了。”只有when才能用于这种句型。

2. Chuck is a businessman who is always so busy that he has little time for his friends. 查克是个生意人，他总是那么忙，几乎没有时间和朋友在一起。

该句中so...that... 和such...that... 都能连接结果状讲从句，但要注意词序不同。例如：Joan is such a lonely girl that all of us like her. = She is so lovely a girl that we all like her.

常见句型：

(1) such + a / an + 形容词 + 单数可数名词 + that clause

(2) such + 形容词 + 复数可数名词 + that clause

(3) such + 形容词 + 不可数名词 + that clause

(4) so + 形容词 + a / an + 单数可数名词 + that clause

(5) so + 形容词 / 副词 + that clause

(6) so + many / few + 复数可数名词 + that clause

(7) so + much / little + 不可数名词 + that clause

注意：① 当little不表示数量“少”而表示“小”的意思时，仍然　 要用such。② 当so + adj. / adv. 或 such + n. 位于句首时，主句需要倒装。

[考例] So difficult ____ it to live in an English-speaking country that I determined to learn English. (2001上海)

A. I have felt　　　　　 B. have I felt

　 C. I did feel　　　　　　 D. did I feel

[考查目标] so + adj. 位于句首时，主句倒装。

[答案与解析] D　 A、C语序不对，排除。B时态不对。