7. Nobody knows how much the portrait is

6. I will ask Mr. Brown to ____ our company in-

　 stead of my uncle.

5. The plane out of ___, crashed in the valley at

　 last.

4. They are too weak. I ____ whether they can bear

　 the bad climate.

3. ____ by the beauty of nature, they stayed in

　 Hangzhou for another three days.

2. You have cut your hair so short that I can hardly

　 ____ you.

1. I meant to buy the clock, but the seller ____ too

　　 much.

15. tear (tore，torn) vt. & vi. 撕碎

　 He tore the letter into pieces.

　 She was so angry that she tore the picture in half.

　 This cloth tears easily.

　 [搭配] tear sth. down 拆除；拆毁 tear sth. up 撕碎

[考点8]worth的用法

▲构词：

① worthless adj. 无价值的，无益的

② worthwhile adj. 值得做的．值得出力的

③ worthy adj. 应得某事物；值得做某事；有价值的，可

敬的，相称的

▲ 搭配：

① be worth notice / the trouble (抽象名词)值得注意／

　 费点事

② be (well) worth doing某事(很)值得一做

▲ 友情提示：此时worth后的动名词的主动式具有被

　 动的含义。

③ It's (well) worth doing sth 做某事是(很)值得的

④ worth it 值得花费时间／精力，值得一千，有必要

[考例8][2005北京西城模拟]

-- How much is the T-shirt ____?

-- 65 dollars.

　　 A. worth　　 B. cost　　 C. worthy　　 D. paid

[考查目标] 本题考查 worth 的基本用法。

[答案与解析]A　 加 worth 的后面可以接表示价格的

名词，就可以用how much来提问。

[牛刀小试1]

用所给单词的适当形式填空：

(recognize, continue, conduct, charge, control, at-

tract, worth, doubt)

13. shock n. 打击，震惊，震动 vt. 使震惊，使惊愕

　　 [拓展] shocking adj. 令人震惊的

　　 She was white with shock.

　　 The news of her husband's death was a terrible shock

　　 to her.

　　 It shocked me to see how my neighbours treated their

　　 children.

　　 见到邻居们这样对待孩子，我吃了一惊。

　　 [注意] be / get shocked

　　 Mr Smith got shocked when he touched the wire.

　　 史密斯先生触到电线时遭到电击。

1. reeognise vt. 识别，认出；承认，认可

　 reeognisable adj. 可认出的；可识别的

　 recognition n. 认识，认出；承认

　 I recognized her by her red hat.

　 我根据她的红色帽子认出了她。

　 He recognized his lack of qulifacation for the post.

　 他承认了自已不够条件承担那个职务。

　 I recognise him to be cleverer than I am.

　 = I recxgnise that he is cleverer than I am.

　 我承认他比我更聪明。

[考点1]recognize的用法

▲ 构词：recognition n. 赞誉，承认，重视，公认，赏识，

识别

▲ 搭配：

① recognize sb as / to be... 承认／公认某人……

② beyond / out of recognition 完全改了模样，面目全非

③ escape recognition 使人认不出

[考例1][2002北京] One of the processes of growing

uD is being able to ____ and overcome our fears．

　　 A. realize　　 B. remember

　　 C. recognize　　 D. recover

[考查目标] 本题考查recognize的意思。

[答案与解析]C　 在本句中recognize的意思是“认

清”。