7. What the professor said ____ reasonable.

6. The young man was fired because everything he did

　 in the company couldn't ____ his boss.

5. With the news ____, all the peasants left their

　 hometown for the beach.

4. We realized that all of the sheep were lost in the for-

　 est, according to our ____ knowledge.

3. We should ask the children to eat more vegetables

　 which ____ a lot of vitamins

2. Our chemistry teacher ____ the experiment

　 while we sat in front of her.

1. His face ____ he was badly ill, but his uncle

　 suggested we not send him to the hospital.

3. variety [vo'raioti] n. 多样(性)，种类，变化

　 He left for a variety of reasons.

　 他由于种种原因而离开了。

　 We should give variety to the programme.

　 我们要把节目办得丰富多彩。

　 [拓展]various adj. 各种各样的；vary v. 改变，变化

[牛刀小试1]

用所给单词的适当形式填空：

(spread, satisfy, contain, common, suggest, perform,

pick, offer, sound)

12．treat[trit]

　 (1)及物动词“对待，看待，处理，视为”。treat

　 somebody badly 虐待某人；treat somebody / something

　 as... 把某人／某物看作是……。

　 She treats me aS her closest friend.

　 她把我看作是她的最亲密的朋友。

　 (2)及物动词“治疗”。

　 The doctor treated his fever with pills.

　 医生用药片治疗他的发烧。

　 (3)不及物动词“款待。”

　 treat sb. to dinner 请某人吃饭

　 Whose turn is it to treat next time?

　 下次该谁请客?

　 (4)名词“款待，请客，乐事”。

　 This is my treat. 这次我请客。

　 It's a treat to meet you. 见到你真高兴。

　 [拓展] treatment n. 治疗

4. similar adj. 相似的

　 similarly adv. 相类地，similarity 类似

　 be similar to sb. / sth. in... 在……与某人／某物相似

　 We have similar tastes in music.

　 我们在音乐方面爱好相似。

　 Gold is similar in colour to brass.

　 金与黄铜的颜色相似。

　 Your views on education are similar to mine.

　 你的教育观点和我的相似。

[考点6]sound的用法

▲ 构词：soundless adj. 无声的

▲ 搭配：

① in / within (the) sound of 在能听见……的地方

② sound in mind and limb 身体健全的

[考例6][2005 宜昌模拟] It caughl him right on the

ground without a ____.

　　 A. word　　 B. voice　　 C. noise　　 D. sound

[考查目标] 本题考查 sound 和其近义词的区别。

[答案与解析] D　 sound为普通的“声音”，noise为“噪

音”，voice一般用来指“人的声音”。　　

[考点10]spread的用法

▲搭配：

① spread out 张开，伸开，铺开，扩大／张，展开，伸长

② spread A on / over B = spread B with A 把 A 铺／敷

　 于B上

[考例10]After a short time, the bad news had ____

　　 all over the city and everybody knew it.

　　 A. scattered　　 B. spread

　　 C. covered　　 D. announced

[考查目标] 本题考查动词 spread 的词义。

[答案与解析] B　 spread 的词义是“蔓延；传播开采”，

既是及物动词又是不及物动词。它的过去分词和过去

式的变化是spread。

[考点1]suggest 的用法

▲ 构词：suggestion n. [C] 提议，意见，暗示，微量

▲ 搭配：

① suggest sth to sb 向某人提议／建议某事

② suggest (to sb) that-clause

友情提示：此句型中，suggest作第1种意思时常用虚拟

　 语气，作第2种意思时用陈述语气。

③ suggest doing sth 提议 / 建议做某事

④ make / offer a suggestion 提议，建议

[考例1][NMET 1 994] Jane's pale face suggested that

　she ____ ill, and her parents suggested that she

____ a medical examination．

　　 A. be; should have　　 B. was; have

　　 C. should be; had　　 D. was; has

[考查目标] suggest的宾语从句特点。

[答案与解析] B　 suggest表示“建议”时，从句用虚拟

语气；suggest表示“暗示，表明”时，从句用陈述语气。